how to wire up lights??

[hippy]

ok i want to put some globes into the standard bars fog lights where there is none at the moment .. there definitely is a hole there .. i dont' understand why they would put a hole there and not put any lights?? maybe because its just too hard to get down there?? anyways just wondering how u wire up the lights so that they turn on when the parkers turn on, and also how do i wire up neons which my cousin gave me so that it also turns on at the same time??

thanks ..

[WazR32GTSt]

hippy,

i suggest you wire the lights up to the fog light switch that is already there (well there is one opn the r32s anyway) as it has its own fuse and too much current will not be an issue

if u wire it up to the parkers, it may (depending on the power rating of the globe) either blow the fuse or heat up the wires if it draws too much current

simply mount the lights, run a wire from the plug to the light then from the light back to the plug

btw... i just did this last weekend as i had no fog lights but a switch in the dash and plugs doing nothing in the engins bay!

Waz.

[ron]

hippy,

i suggest you run an extra in-cabin switch. find out the wattage or current draw for the globe and use cables/ switch to cover the power. globes are resistive loads so you only have to hook up 2 wires. + and common

ron

[hippy]

can u get defected by putting blue lights in there?? i seen sooo many commies and geminis have blue lights on their squirters and parking lights .. come to think of it ... its waaaay more common to see non jap ricey cars ...

[nismoman18]

just wire them directly to the parker light wires. thats what i did when i had spotlights on, they were 35 watt H3 bulbs, no problems. but i suggest keep it low wattage, maybe even just small bulbs or LEDS in there cos u might blow a fuse or fry some wiring. I think im also gonna do that, put some lights in that empty area. It would look good with like blue LED's or sumthing! and yes u can get defected for having blue lights, i got fined for having blue lights in my car!

[hippy]

fined for in the car?? tell me what happened?? i thought lights in the car were ok??

[nismoman18]

they were blue leds pointing outside the car, much like windscreen washer LEDS (which are illegal if blue) yeah he pulled me over for speeding then said those lights cannot be seen from the outside cos ppl might think ur a poilce vehilce! so i just paid the fine and took the lights off. However i still have blue lights everywhere my mates got a 4wd and has a blue strobe light he pretends to pull ppl over but drive off when the stop hehe u can have blue lights in the car man just make sure they arent visible from outside like 2 m away

[CMS Drifter]

Hook up your foggies to you parkers, and run a relay. Then it wont matter if you draw 1 amp or 30 amps. (ie run 35w globes or 135w globes)

As far as I know, any coloured lights which you can see the source outside the car is illegal.

[pstanbis]

I hooked a set of 55w driving lights into the factory fog light leads on my 32, and the factory switch had no worries with it at all, only problem is that as they are larger than the wattage of the low beam lights, they have to turn off when the headlights are dipped, so am in the process of installing another switch and relay to give high beam switching. and it is a B*** pain in the a&** trying to find ANY particular wire under the dash in these damn things... jeez!

and Your right CMS Drifter, you can have any coloured light you like, as long as you can't see the source (ie globe, LED) from outside the car. Mate got pulled over about a week ago for a blue neon under his RX7, looked cool, even after moving it to a "safer" location...

[hippy]

pale blue kind of colour should be fine

[Scotty]

Hi WazR32GTSt and pstanbis,

You guys mentioned that there is a fog light switch for the R32. May I ask, are you aware of a similar switch in the R33 as well?

Wouldn't mind getting that factory look, over an after market one.

Thanks

[WazR32GTSt]

scotty,

not sure about the r33 as i don't have one! my switch is above the instrument cluster on the border that surrounds the cluster.

it has the fuse located in the fuse area under the dash - look to see if u have a fuse for it and work back to see if there is a switch maybe

Waz.