how to keep the headlights down?
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how to keep the headlights down?
what i want to do is have my headlights stay down when i turn them on so they just go through the ftp's. but i dont want to just pull the fuse, i want to beable to use the pop up switch above the headlight switch so i can pop them up as soon as i get off street lighted roads. this is just a cruising the city mod. anyone know how to make it so they dont automatically pop up when you turn them on but do pop up when you turn the switch?
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trying to avoid that
also, does anyone know how to take the ftp's apart? i just got done buffing the plastic but one of them has condensation in it so i put a hair dryer on it for 40 minutes and it didnt work. i pulled out the little vent plug too but there is still water.
also, does anyone know how to take the ftp's apart? i just got done buffing the plastic but one of them has condensation in it so i put a hair dryer on it for 40 minutes and it didnt work. i pulled out the little vent plug too but there is still water.
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Your trying to avoid making a switch, and you dont want to pull the fuse?
Well, in that case you should try saying "abra kadabra" before you turn on the lights. That has worked well for me.
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Well, in that case you should try saying "abra kadabra" before you turn on the lights. That has worked well for me.
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for the ftp's, i remember someone once drilled a very small hole and then baked it in the oven. For your headlight thing, take a look at the wiring diagrams in the FSM, and you can probably figure out some way to rewire it all so it does what you say automatically.
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what i want to do is have my headlights stay down when i turn them on so they just go through the ftp's. but i dont want to just pull the fuse, i want to beable to use the pop up switch above the headlight switch so i can pop them up as soon as i get off street lighted roads. this is just a cruising the city mod. anyone know how to make it so they dont automatically pop up when you turn them on but do pop up when you turn the switch?
I don't remember what this website is, but it sounds like you can modify the switch itsself to accomplish this.
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ya thats exactly what i was looking for but i hope there is a way to do it myself because im sure the one they have isnt cheap and mines not broken.
has anyone taken apart an ftp lense? it looks like it just pulls apart but im sure after 18 years the glue is pretty solid so i dont want to break it
has anyone taken apart an ftp lense? it looks like it just pulls apart but im sure after 18 years the glue is pretty solid so i dont want to break it
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damn man your either going to have to do it yourself or pay for the switch that does what you want you cant have it done for you for free either put in a switch or buy the modified switch
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Well, I studied the circuit diagram in the FSM, in the body electrical system section, page T-22. I'm no electrical engineer, heck I'm still in high skool. So correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what I think you'd do. Disconnect the circuit at the red mark, and make a circuit shown by the green line. That should bypass the switch in the headlight switch that powers the retractor motor relays and rely only on the retractor switch. Now you just need to take the headlight switch apart, find out which wire is "BA" (look at the labeled connector at the bottom of the page in the FSM) going into the headlight switch, and figure out some way to do as I suggested.
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ya, i will **** it up if i take it apart. i just got a new one cuz my old one only worked on one speed. ill look around tomorrow and see if i can find the old one and experiment on it
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http://www.aaroncake.net/rx-7/lights.htm
I think this is kinda like what you are looking for. Hope it atleast helps you out.
I think this is kinda like what you are looking for. Hope it atleast helps you out.
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Originally Posted by yelloweg
Originally Posted by jgrts20
pull the fuse in the engine bay for the headlights motor
Originally Posted by thadrunknmunky
doesnt the jdm ftp's have drl's or something like that?
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just go to aaron cake's site and wire in a switch, it's not very difficult
i did it to my FC and it works fine, i get to try to look cool at around dusk now...
i did it to my FC and it works fine, i get to try to look cool at around dusk now...
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