how to destroy pop-up lights

Post by **stutt944** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

speaking of proper/better lighting...anyone seen WRC-style round hellas mounted on the front of the hood? maybe its just me, but a subtle body-colored brush guard and 2 (OR 4) hellas might look right nice...if the 240 was dirt covered with baja T/A's, i mean. just an idea. and not something i would ever do to my car. or suggest you do to yours. unless you have a spare. and if you do...i want it. k thanks.

Post by **slw240sx** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

you might need more then a rotary knob.. im goin to look into a stepper motor and dial that way i can control height and speed .

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

stepper motor..now there's a good idea! let us know how that works..i've got some laying around from an old engineering project!

Sean

Post by **UnderPressure** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i was thinking about making my own flush mount lights (if you can fiberglass it would be easy, maybe i could form carbon fiber. . . ) and put the hella 90mm lights in there. the hella lights are the ones you always see on lemans cars and stuff. they're like the best you can buy. what do ya'll think?

Post by **UnderPressure** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

oh and i want to put some hella DE micro xenons on her too. they are the smallest HID lights out. the lens is like the size of a quarter but they provide awesome lighting. pimp ***. . .

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i've seen someone here on the boards to that with the hellas, fiberglass, and an rx-7 mounting kit..it looked really nice! I can't remeber who it was but you could probably find it by searching

Sean

Post by **UnderPressure** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

sweet, im there

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i dont know anything about electronics, but couldnt you just wire the adjuster knob right were the toggle button normally is or is that what is being proposed? like i said, my house doesnt even have electricity.

Post by **Nismo1182** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

midwestdrifter wrote:i dont know anything about electronics, but couldnt you just wire the adjuster knob right were the toggle button normally is or is that what is being proposed? like i said, my house doesnt even have electricity.

Thats what i was going to do, but then someone brought up the idea of a stepper motor. what is a stepper motor and where can i get one?

Post by **MainEvent212** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

haha...

i think ur idea is the best way to do it...a rotary switch might be good...but i just have to say...ur pretty awesome for thinking that **** up..spending 5 bucks instead of 500 on sweet headlights

Post by **slw240sx** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i brought up stepper motor, but i dont know exactly what they do although i know they would be of use ??

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

stepper motors have a certain number of turn sections...i don't know how to describe it...so for example...it could have 500 steps per complete rotation, so you can set it to go 256 steps or whaever to control how far it turns...does that make sense?

Sean

Post by **sxse** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

I think these are the most bad azz lights for the S13:http://www.clearcorners.com/pr...wpro/

Post by **UnderPressure** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

THOSE ARE THE HELLA 90mm projectors/HID! thats what i want except they charge too much and they wont sel the kit- you have to go get them installeg. GRRRR i want hid lows, hid spot/driving highs, and hid amber fogs. damn thatd be pimp

Post by **slw240sx** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

yeah you can set it make 230 steps on say a 500 step rotation motor right ? to reduce move ment by small incriments .. i know we used them in a laser show system we built to help make elaborate designs using only some switches and dials .... which i was more educated in electronics

Post by **Nismo1182** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

how big are those things? I dont want to make something elaborate, i want to keep things simple. I'll try the rotary knob tomorrow after i get out of school and see how that turns out. I'll post up results here.

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i've only seen the ones we used on my project but they were maybe 2 inches in diameter and 3 inches long...and yes jon thats exactly it...

Sean

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i just wired in my sleepy eye conversion. it kicks the llamas a$$. anyways i did it a little different. i used a momentary on/off button. this effectively does what a stepper motor does but for two dollars. i took pictures of the whole operation, if anyone wants to see. let me know. the button let me set the lights exactly where i want them. its pretty cool

Post by **Nismo1182** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

post pics of the button and where did you get it?

Post by **Eklectrick** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

midwestdrifter wrote:i just wired in my sleepy eye conversion. it kicks the llamas a$$. anyways i did it a little different. i used a momentary on/off button. this effectively does what a stepper motor does but for two dollars. i took pictures of the whole operation, if anyone wants to see. let me know. the button let me set the lights exactly where i want them. its pretty cool

yes, please. Pics and walkthrough if possible.

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

here is the set up. i drilled a hole in the dummy button under my light button. i used banana clips to make the whole thing easy to remove.

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

i got the switch at radio shack. part # 2750609 pk2 spst push sw. the banana clips were already on hand. there might be a better way to make it removable, but these were free.

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

here it is with everything sodered (sp) together and the banana clips together. they work just like rca jacks. the dummy button took a lot of work to fit the button inside, but nothing a pair of needle nose pliers wont fix.

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

well that is about it just stick the dummy button back in, reconnect the plugs and put the dash back together.

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

looks kinda like your setup ehh Nismo???:D

Sean

Post by **midwestdrifter** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

the most important thing is getting the right switch. you need a momentary on switch. that way the current flows just when the button is depressed. but if you use that part number you should have no problem. we almost had the whole thing sodered together only to find out our first switch was momentary off, doh. anyway here is the end result.

yeah i know they are uneven, but that is just on my car because of a slightly dented fender. dont make fun of the mono wiper, the story of why pisses me off.

good luck, any other questions let me know.

Post by **NeedCAforS13** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

lol on the mono wiper...its ok man! but very good idea on the lights:D I like it alot!

Sean

Post by **slw240sx** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

how much did the switch cost bout 5$ ? im goin to go down tommorow and get one where is the wiring diagram at >??

Post by **Nismo1182** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:43 am

slw240sx wrote:how much did the switch cost bout 5$ ? im goin to go down tommorow and get one where is the wiring diagram at >??

http://www.imagestation.com/pi...2.jpg

thats the one i used.

I still need to try a rotary knob.

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