12/28/17
I was really hoping to have the car running by the end of the Christmas holiday break. Really cold weather, family time and the non motivational feelings to do work slowed things down. I found I was missing some parts and others needed attention so I just worked for an hour when the time presented itself.
Dan had a custom harness made for his headlights. It includes a function to turn on his fog lights located in his front bumper when either his headlights or high beams are active. The harness is actually quite nice and includes relays and circuit breakers. It mounts in the inner fender near the battery. The wires get routed through the stock holes and get zip tied to the factory one.
Luckily I had sealed mating connectors for his blue DRL's. I installed them using wire I supplied and tapped them into the marker lights. It looks factory now and we won't have to worry about the elements causing grief. While I was in there I noticed some of the old split loom was missing and it had been replaced with 3/4 split loom. As I opened things up I found several of the pig tails had been replaced and the connections were made using butt connectors. I thought it looked bad so I bought some smaller loom and secured it over the new soldered extensions.
The new harness has the proper connectors for connecting to the T84 bulbs. Everything else uses the factory harness. Once I connected everything and verified the bulbs worked, I installed the clear corners as well as the supplied headlight covers to give it a clean appearance.
That wraps up all the projects associated with the lights. The only thing left is to connect the driving lights but with the wires already there, it shouldn't take too long = project for another day!
I was really hoping to have the car running by the end of the Christmas holiday break. Really cold weather, family time and the non motivational feelings to do work slowed things down. I found I was missing some parts and others needed attention so I just worked for an hour when the time presented itself.
Dan had a custom harness made for his headlights. It includes a function to turn on his fog lights located in his front bumper when either his headlights or high beams are active. The harness is actually quite nice and includes relays and circuit breakers. It mounts in the inner fender near the battery. The wires get routed through the stock holes and get zip tied to the factory one.
Luckily I had sealed mating connectors for his blue DRL's. I installed them using wire I supplied and tapped them into the marker lights. It looks factory now and we won't have to worry about the elements causing grief. While I was in there I noticed some of the old split loom was missing and it had been replaced with 3/4 split loom. As I opened things up I found several of the pig tails had been replaced and the connections were made using butt connectors. I thought it looked bad so I bought some smaller loom and secured it over the new soldered extensions.
The new harness has the proper connectors for connecting to the T84 bulbs. Everything else uses the factory harness. Once I connected everything and verified the bulbs worked, I installed the clear corners as well as the supplied headlight covers to give it a clean appearance.
That wraps up all the projects associated with the lights. The only thing left is to connect the driving lights but with the wires already there, it shouldn't take too long = project for another day!
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