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ah...

well here is what I did today....


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After:

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Think this looks much better than stock... what do you dudes/ladie/s think?
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that is cool!

i remember that i did this mod to my car ages ago!

its funny how you forget this stuff once its done!
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teach me
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veecee wrote:that is cool!

i remember that i did this mod to my car ages ago!

its funny how you forget this stuff once its done!
hehe nice VC! yeah think its a nice and easie mod to do... it also helps if you have all the correct plugs etc... :D :D
rat wrote:teach me
Will take a bit more tech pics tonite. but its quite simple actually. it just depends if you want to use it for brake and tail light or just the one or the other...

but yeah... i'll take indepth pics tonite, just for you rat. :wink:
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thx :wink:
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Rat do you mind if i have a peek as well? :D
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Charlvdw wrote:Rat do you mind if i have a peek as well? :D
depends whats in it for me *evil laugh*
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hey.... i want at least a 30% cut of whatever rats getting... :D :lol: :lol:

The whole job took about an hour or so to complete.

Basically what i did was the following:

Plug out the the two tail light plugs from the fittings.

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Seperate the wires.

wires:

red/green - tail light
red/blue - brake light
black - ground
green/yellow - Indicator (i think its g/y but might be only green too...)

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Now you need to cut into these wires, and then wrap another wire around them and extend it

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Then get a car light fitting that looks like this. I used the S14 one that I got with that massive wiring harness i bought.

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Now those fittings you have - take them and soldier the wires together, so the brake light to brake light etc. you won't be using the indicator wire, so just leave it.

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Now for fitting the brackets etc...


For the right hand side I just used the light bracket already there...

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just attached the new light fitting and unplugged the fog light plug.
don't think you really need the fog light... especially when your running dual light setup...

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On the left I needed to build something to make it fit... this is what oyu can do: get a piece of hardboard, mark it out and then cut it to size, use the foglight fitting to do the measurements... fit the light bracket to the cutout and then use 4 screws to secure in the hole.

I didn't need to do that though... used a spare fitting i had

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then after all is connected... test it.

it should come out like mine did.
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thats way too complicated!

i found an original fitting from an s13, added a globe, and soldered two wires (each globe) i think!
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veecee wrote:thats way too complicated!

i found an original fitting from an s13, added a globe, and soldered two wires (each globe) i think!
hehe... true...

did yours work just for tail lights or just brake lights? or both?
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well at long last I got my rev counter working! whooohoo!!

now tomorrow I'm gonna wire in the consult plugs and put the interior back together again. :D :D
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well found another problem... my ECU water temp sensors plug is missing... not just not plugged in... just completely cut off... F#!@!!!!

no wonder I can't get the thing to idle etc correctly.. there is always something!

at least I got the consult plug wired in, added a pushbutton start (don't judge me! :oops: )

closed up all the gaping holes, soldered the last few wires, forgot to add a check light DOH! so need to reopen the passenger kickpanel!

argh!!

oh fitted modified LED side indicators.. looks good in my opinion...

what else... mmm not sure....

still need to fit wideband and water temp guage.
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pics?
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will go and take some now
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here are some piccies just for you VC

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Enzio wrote:Who needs ligths? When you're going sideways forward facing lights don't do anything but confuse squirrels and sheep next to the road...


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