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Nov 22nd, 2019, 18:01 | #11 |
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Umm, that militates to one of the door switches being stuck "on". Try taking out each switch in turn, disconnect, that may show a defective switch. I'm assuming the light unit is in good, clean order, contacts making an breaking as should.
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Nov 22nd, 2019, 19:01 | #12 |
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That's a good idea. Thankyou for that. I'll give it a go. Yeah the light switch itself is spotless and all the connections are good.
I'll let you know how I get on. Thankyou for that |
Nov 22nd, 2019, 19:13 | #13 |
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Look out for shorts ahah !
This is def going to be my next project. My car didnt had a bulb in the dome light so I never had interior lights. I pulled out my old plastic-y piece of moisture that used to be the headliner. I don't think I'll put one back in, its a pain to do anyway. Ima hide some lights in the structure of the roof, like the beams. I'll look cool for sure + I gained a few cm of head room. Any experience you'll get will help me ^^ Good luck with that |
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There are a few 240s in my town. A diesel wagon, a sedan I think and a really really good looking 242 gt with original paint with the stripes and the period correct headlights ! My 88 white GL looks lame aside it ahah |
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Nov 23rd, 2019, 17:41 | #16 |
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I was doing a job down near Agen, there were quite a few there, too; i saw an estate converted to a pick up. Ah, France! , why aren't our roads like yours?!
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The only issues with our roads are... the cops, the laws and other drivers... Back to the subject, have any of you done LED conversion, and if yes is it a good idea ? Im afraid that LEDs would kill the interior, I mean being bright as f'ck and too cold of a color ? I love the bulb's warm and soft light but sometimes I wish I had better lights... I don't know what kind of power the stock system can deliver, I could wire in a parallel LED system for when I need more light and keep the original system aside for when I don't ! But I need to finish installing this shiny 123 Dizzy before... |
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Nov 25th, 2019, 23:21 | #18 |
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There's no reason why u can't fit a pair of led driving lamps, the power draw from them is minimal compared to the same with H4 bulbs, the alternator would easily accomodate them. Get the lamps an a simple relay switch, use a main beam wire to the headlamp as the relay switch feed, the power wire for the new lamps goes directly to the battery. Voila!
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Nov 27th, 2019, 11:51 | #19 |
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So I disconnected the switches one by one and the light remained on. This suggests the circuits live at all times to me. I did find one broken switch so I'll replace that and if I have no joy an auto electrician can have a look.
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