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Old May 30, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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smoked interior harness.. need help.

OK, so my interior harness became fried due to a faulty headlight switch. the fuse never popped and it just kept smoldering. I plan on tearing the whole interior of this car out over the winter for a cage install.

However, i want to drive this car right now, but seeing as i dont have any lights i cannot. I would like to be able to just make a completely seperate harness from the stock one. I want a very simple one that just i can just splice into the origional harness at the pigtails.

What all do i need? im ok with wiring for the most part, but i feel like this car has a problem with me.

I dont need the lights to flip up as i am getting BN aero.
Can i use a harness that is meant for fog lights and just run a switch to the running lights and headlights?

Thanks a lot guys, i appreciate it.

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Old May 30, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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How much of the harness? Is it just the part where it connects to the headlight switch?
If so, that's a smaller harness that gets replaced whenever you replace the headlight switch. [Has a blue connector above your left foot area, remove the speaker in the dashboard to make access easy]
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Old May 30, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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the Green/White wire, as well as the Red/Black wire are fried. All the way through the harness. Even passed the blue connector. the Green/White wire goes to the fuse box, and the Red/Black wire goes through the firewall. they are both melted. The fuse even melted but never popped. I think it was a harbor freight or something..
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Old May 30, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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im parting out an 97 na 5 speed coupe,i also have part of engine harness im parting out,let me know if i can help you with replacement wiring steve
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Old May 30, 2011 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by southsidecox
im parting out an 97 na 5 speed coupe,i also have part of engine harness im parting out,let me know if i can help you with replacement wiring steve
a 97?
I think you mean 87 right?
by the way,OP: the s4 and s5 interior harnesses are different..so get the right one,,and it is a Beotch of a job to do..involves taking the whole dash out,..among other things.
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Old May 30, 2011 | 10:41 PM
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yeah that was a typo,its 87 model and i just took out the whole dash today and it was a real PIA!!
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Old May 30, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by southsidecox
yeah that was a typo,its 87 model and i just took out the whole dash today and it was a real PIA!!
he..isn't that a Fun job?..like Yankin your crank in a Seniors home!..haha!..(Wtf?..Sorry man!).
BUMP..lets get the OP (and me) some help!.haha!
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Old May 31, 2011 | 04:56 AM
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Can I use a universal fog light harness and just splice into the lights for now? I just need something for the rest of the summer. Car gets stripped and caged this winter.
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Old May 31, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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would these work to just rewire the car? please help me out on this guys!! thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/UNIVE...item2a083df058
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Old May 31, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by southsidecox
im parting out an 97 na 5 speed coupe,i also have part of engine harness im parting out,let me know if i can help you with replacement wiring steve
How much for the hl harness shipped to 49006?
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Old Jun 2, 2011 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by nismo_bill
How much for the hl harness shipped to 49006?
let me rummage thru some parts,i know i have one extra but i would like to have backup for my car just in case,if i find another ill pm you
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