First, whenever you about to "cut" the wiring harness to install something, you should STOP.
It's not necessary to cut anything to install the R&G tail tidy.
Second, use the wiring diagram - it show what goes where and to what:

 

to the OP, yes and yes.

a little smoke? could be anything. put some dye in the oil it will help you trace the leak. my leak was difficult to trace till I dyed the oil

 

the irony of his name makes this thread an instant classic.


that wiring diagram cageyar posted should help you out a lot. befoe you start cutting stuff, you should trace where they go/what they do and label them accordingly. if you cant read that diagram, turn on one side of your blinkers and use a test light to see which wire makes your test light flash on/off.

 

I was thinking the same thing...I installed mine and didn't go cutting anything...

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No offense but this is pretty easy. Without the diagram its just a matter of guess and check. I made my own fender eliminator and it prolly took 30 mins max. Nothing wrong with a little forplay.
That being said, try one wire at a time. Turn the blinker on both ways and see which wire responds. If your lights are at a constant and not blinking that must be the white wire and that is to illuminate the license plate. That tripped me out for a sec. Good luck.


( this coming from a guy that took a whole week to install his evo4 . thanks for the motivation Streebs)


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ya i kept getting them both to work individually then when the both are hooked up the left would work. But when I do the right then they turn into hazard lights. Either way I got it to work and im all good now. I had a running wire in the mix I didnt need (the yellow one) I found on another post someone said

Brown = ground
Purple = left positve
black = right positive
yellow= license plate light

thats pretty much what i was looking for, Oh and YES i did need to cut the harness so I could splice the wires together. those 4 were all together in one plug and the turn signals are obviously aren't on a harness so idk how you guys wire things without splicing wires. But thanks anyway everything's good now ill look into the dye fast4d was talking about.

 

I prefer using magic when i wire up turn signals.

 

A magic wand?? What are you an amateur??

I just use the power of thought.

And hand signals.