Stock Rear Wing swap to Dayz Wing Query

[Stagea_Neo]

Hi All,

I managed to locate a Dayz wing in Japan (at long last/excited).

Just wondering has anyone swapped theirs at all?

I'm curious about the rear hatch on the right, is there a pre-existing hole with grommet under the original wing where the wiring can feed through?

Cheers,

Pete

[Duncan]

I don't know if there is a hole on top of the boot lid under the stock spoiler (probably not, because why would there be...) but the underside of the bootlid and the rear cabin do have holes and grommets so it should all be fine.

At worst you have to drill a hole in the top of the bootlid, protect the cables through it with something (eg, a short piece of rubber host) and make sure the spoiler's gakset seals properly to the boot (if not, a thin line of silastic would help)

[Stagea_Neo]

Cheers for the reply and advice Duncan.

Yeah a bit of wishful thinking on my behalf.

Hoping Nissan being Nissan, they plan ahead. ie. any of those with wings have have a hole pre-fab from factory whether it has the light/wiring for brake light or not.

[Stagea_Neo]

Put the wing on, had to drill couple of extra holes for the loom and bolts.

Painted holes so any exposed metal not exposed to moisture.

Worked out alright.

Just gotta suss out the voltage drop I have for the rear brake loom.

Have 11.5v, which powers the standard brake lights ok (incandescent).

But the LED in the wing needs at least 12v.

[Stagea_Neo]

Correction to my above observation on the led not working under 12v.

It does work with voltage lower than 12v.

Tested it out further this arvo, connecting only the wing light into the brake loom and all good.

But when connected in parallel with the brake light in the rear window hatch, nothing.

Might try all led in the hatch brake light and see what happens.

If no joy maybe I need a resistor or diode or something.. will need to suss it out.

Edited May 7, 2023 by Stagea_Neo

[GTSBoy]

Measure the voltage at the point where you connected it to the main loom while the brake lights are being pedaled on. Might be quite a bit low. Incandescents keep glowing, LEDs don't get over the line?