Automatic headlights
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Re: Automatic headlights http://www.xse.com/leres/ss/drl.html
Instead of soldering a connection between A and B I jumpered it on the connector with a wire.
Instead of soldering a connection between A and B I jumpered it on the connector with a wire.
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Re: Automatic headlights </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by cobray:
<strong>http://www.xse.com/leres/ss/drl.html
Instead of soldering a connection between A and B I jumpered it on the connector with a wire.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can you explain in a little greater detail. I'd really like to do the !DRL mod. I tried it once before, but I didn't solder anything. I just pulled the blue plug. Everything was cool except my turn signals didn't work.
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<strong>http://www.xse.com/leres/ss/drl.html
Instead of soldering a connection between A and B I jumpered it on the connector with a wire.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can you explain in a little greater detail. I'd really like to do the !DRL mod. I tried it once before, but I didn't solder anything. I just pulled the blue plug. Everything was cool except my turn signals didn't work.
Dan
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Re: Automatic headlights Im not sure what you need more detail about? On the C2 connector I took one of the wires from an old 4-prong computer power supply that had a male and female connection on it. I shoved the female end into the top of the connector so it went over the male pin B. Then I shoved the male end of the wire into the top of the connector to pin A.
The whole procedure took me 10 minutes and I was being super careful.
Im sorry it is not as easy as pulling the blue plug. Life is a bitch sometimes. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
<small>[ July 25, 2002, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: cobray ]</small>
The whole procedure took me 10 minutes and I was being super careful.
Im sorry it is not as easy as pulling the blue plug. Life is a bitch sometimes. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
<small>[ July 25, 2002, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: cobray ]</small>
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Re: Automatic headlights I did it following those instructions on the website. Soldering and everything. I eventually re-activated the DRL's and it was easy to just take a razor and cut the soldering.
So if you are worried about the soldering, don't be. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
So if you are worried about the soldering, don't be. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Automatic headlights </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by SS 414:
<strong>I did it following those instructions on the website. Soldering and everything. I eventually re-activated the DRL's and it was easy to just take a razor and cut the soldering.
So if you are worried about the soldering, don't be. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks guys. I'll be doing this mod soon.
Dan
<strong>I did it following those instructions on the website. Soldering and everything. I eventually re-activated the DRL's and it was easy to just take a razor and cut the soldering.
So if you are worried about the soldering, don't be. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks guys. I'll be doing this mod soon.
Dan
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Re: Automatic headlights Ok, the !DRL mod is done. It didn't go off without a hitch however. Here's the story:
I went to sears and bought a $6 solder iron.I have never soldered anything in my life before. I literally tried to solder this thing correctly for 2 hours! I feel like an idiot for that. But trust me, I'm not (senior chemical engineering student). Anyway, once I got the thing soldered and reinstalled in the dash I started up the car. It would barely idle. That has never happened before. I though maybe I short circuited something. I had the negative battery cable disconnected the whole time. I'm thinking the battery got drained a little or something. Is that possible with just the hot wire hooked to the battery? The car sounded like the alternator kept kicking on and the rpm's dropped to 200 several times. I took it for a spin and all seems to be well now. So what do you think? Was it just the battery?
Dan
I went to sears and bought a $6 solder iron.I have never soldered anything in my life before. I literally tried to solder this thing correctly for 2 hours! I feel like an idiot for that. But trust me, I'm not (senior chemical engineering student). Anyway, once I got the thing soldered and reinstalled in the dash I started up the car. It would barely idle. That has never happened before. I though maybe I short circuited something. I had the negative battery cable disconnected the whole time. I'm thinking the battery got drained a little or something. Is that possible with just the hot wire hooked to the battery? The car sounded like the alternator kept kicking on and the rpm's dropped to 200 several times. I took it for a spin and all seems to be well now. So what do you think? Was it just the battery?
Dan
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Re: Automatic headlights You know the same thing happened to me. I also disconnected the negative terminal when I was doing it. The problem for me was I didn't have a wrench that could completely re-tighten the wire to the negative terminal so I had to go buy one that would fit in that little area.
Really tighten that connection. Worked for me.
Really tighten that connection. Worked for me.
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Re: Automatic headlights </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by SS 414:
<strong>You know the same thing happened to me. I also disconnected the negative terminal when I was doing it. The problem for me was I didn't have a wrench that could completely re-tighten the wire to the negative terminal so I had to go buy one that would fit in that little area.
Really tighten that connection. Worked for me.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was out all night in the car tonight and I had no problems. Weird. I really like the !drl mod. I'll be installing my clear corners on monday. That should help the sleek look I'm going for.
<strong>You know the same thing happened to me. I also disconnected the negative terminal when I was doing it. The problem for me was I didn't have a wrench that could completely re-tighten the wire to the negative terminal so I had to go buy one that would fit in that little area.
Really tighten that connection. Worked for me.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was out all night in the car tonight and I had no problems. Weird. I really like the !drl mod. I'll be installing my clear corners on monday. That should help the sleek look I'm going for.
Re: Automatic headlights Yep I did the sodder mod about a month ago and so far am not lookin back to get those damned auto-lights and DRL back on without me controling them <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> . It just helps so much when you gotta go many places late at night and you can turn your lights off when your waiting for someone at there house ect...