spooledUP7

I just thought I would share this little mod I did today. It is totally reversible, and takes about 7-10 minutes to do. I have always liked the vett and other GM orange daytime running lights, and I wanted something similar for my 7. I'm sure this mod has been done, but I can offer detailed pictures.

All I really did was swap the turn signal wire with the daytime runner wire. Simply remove the plastic inner (yellow) guard from the water proof harness, and push out the two outer pins (red and green) to swap them. Plug it back in and you have it. The only problem is that the blinkers blink about 2/3 speed faster, although I think that some of you ricers out there may like it. I am going to see if I can swap the bulbs to get the same resistance or modify the resistance. Later I am going to make them true daytime runners by wiring them into an auxiliary on source, but for now, this is good enough for me.

7-sins

Thats actually pretty sweet. I might have to give it a try one of these days.

DK

iTrader: (5)

You like those running light things? I think they look pretentious ... like "Hey get out of the way! No ***** coming through!"

GoRacer

iTrader: (2)

I actually like the Vette with the daytime lights but thought it was weird since it supposed to be illegal to use parking lights when you are driving.

Anyhow, since i've thought twice about it because I don't want anything that makes my car more noticable to the Chipy's.

spooledUP7

It's ok, I have no ***** and that's fine. I like them because they stand out and that is safer, and yes pretentious.

frank69m

Why do that when you could just turn on your parking lights by yourself? You have more control then to have always have that on when you turn the key.

spooledUP7

You are right, and maybe I will wire in a parallel auxiliary switch so that I can turn them on without the other runner and tail lights on.

Quik 93 FD

wouldnt it be easier to just switch the bulbs in the turn signal hjousing. Just cut the part where the bulb goes into and switch them around...food for thought

spooledUP7

Different fittings. I tried that first. As you can see by the final image, I have some other issues to work out, like getting rid of a 16 second pass from under the hood, but I thought this would be fun to divert my attention. It really is reversable, and is much quicker than modifing anything permanent.

Quik 93 FD

i was talking about actually switching the fittings by cutting the wires and rewiring it back up.
like the turn signal fitting wired to the inside light wiring and vice versa.

spooledUP7

That's what I essentially did, only without cutting any wires. There is only one harness. See pic. Three wires, two hots (red for turn, green for daylights) and one common ground. The bulbs are not colored, it is the plastic housing that is tinted. Like I said before, the only problem is that the flashers blink faster due to the different resistance of the two bulbs (the blinker is dual filament ).

Maybe I am miss reading what you are saying.

MazdaMike

thats hot, how do u have ur car jacked up it looks like its on the front bumper almost

spooledUP7

It is up on four jacks. I have 6 and left one out by accedent and tucked it out of the way so that it wouldn't get jacked while at work. I didn't notice it in the pic, but it does look like I am holding it up by the bumper. I learned that lesson from a former local mechanic/human.

Quik 93 FD

alright, i get it now, i didnt read it right the first time. I would try this, but i took the orange reflector lens out...Maybe ill buy an amber bulb and experiment with it...

ttb

now people will really mistake your car for a vette!!! don't do it

t-rex7

I like it. There is no way i'd do it though...well i can't; i have the '99 blinkers

rxshun7

somebody needs to figure out how to keep the fog lights lit without the headlights up. If anyone has any ideas or has done this, please share.

spooledUP7

I'll see about that one, I would like to do the same for the above lites. I am not sure if the fogs are switched by hot or ground. When I installed my alarm, the P-lights were a negative pules, so who knows.

rx7tt95

When I went with the FEED front end and the 99-spec driving lights, I had to do a bit of modifying to get the bulbs in the housings. In addition, I simply cut the wires and rerouted them to an unused power block in the fuse box located in the nose (in my case, the airpump.) They come on whenever the ignition is on and I don't have to worry about remembering to turn them off either. I live in God's waiting room and the increased visibility is definitely a plus with the gereatrics that drive around here. My next phase will be to wire in a set of higher wattage lights. PIAA makes a round 35 watt fog that's about $100 which should increase the brightness over those wedge bulbs considerably.
Michel