Lit Sleepy Eyes Write Up

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santana56
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LOOKS GOOD TOO BAD I DONT HAVE THAT OPTION


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smart a$$ ..

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Vroom..nice write up. I'm going to try this but have one question. I have just a two prong switch. Will it work right with the one wire coming to the switch from the fuse box and the other going to a ground off the switch. I don't want to fry anything. It's just a 15 amp switch too . I had to change the wiper switch already with the same type . Be nice if they could match.

Ooops..got my answer. tried it with just a ground. Ok up to step three. Then lights don't go down period. Should the other end going from the new switch go back to one end of brown wire ..the end not connected directly to the original switch?
Modified by 2ndnissan at 11:17 AM 10/5/2008

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the lights below the chuki turn signals are Canadian Daytime running lights.......only in canada but of course you can order them and wire them in.

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I can't see the road when I drive anymore, but my car looks cool as ****!

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2ndnissan wrote:Vroom..nice write up. I'm going to try this but have one question. I have just a two prong switch. Will it work right with the one wire coming to the switch from the fuse box and the other going to a ground off the switch. I don't want to fry anything. It's just a 15 amp switch too . I had to change the wiper switch already with the same type . Be nice if they could match.

Ooops..got my answer. tried it with just a ground. Ok up to step three. Then lights don't go down period. Should the other end going from the new switch go back to one end of brown wire ..the end not connected directly to the original switch?

Modified by 2ndnissan at 11:17 AM 10/5/2008
If your refering to the cut brown wire, nothing goes to it, you cut it and leave it cut . cap it off with wire caps so that you dont short anything in there.

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So I bought my 240 2 days ago.

At any rate, i found that the brown wire is cut already. Even with it cut, the headlights still go down when i turn them off. Isn't it supposed to stay up? D:

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Burnsey wrote:alright ... I didn't take my adderal the day I did it so ... who knows I prolly installed it all wrong and stuff haha .... anyways I'll go home today and try to check it since I took my meds today
lmao wow

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turn the lights on, press the big button, turn the lights off, the lids should still be up.Now press the big button in and out really fast .Notice anything ?

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240coupelover1992 wrote:where do you get those lights below the headlights? where those black vents are??
they are canadian daytime running lights, i got them from pdm

http://www.pdm-racing.com/prod....html

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240s r ghey

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I have a Pivot Headlight COntroller for my lights.

How do I make the lights turn on when the headlights are still in the "sleepy" position?

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BrianHarte wrote:I have a Pivot Headlight COntroller for my lights.

How do I make the lights turn on when the headlights are still in the "sleepy" position?
prolly have to install this switch.

what this switch does is kills the circut to the headlight motor, witch allows you to turn the lights on without the headlights going up.

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Okay cool.

How do you do it?

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Its easy, first you insert your fingers into you A$$, then you pull both sides equally, after that you remove you head from your A$$, and then simply refer to the first post .

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When I press the headlight button, the light flips up then right back down. However when i hold the button down with my finger it stays up, and of course goes down when i let go.

ehh ?!

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your button is prolly broken

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Jdmstyles
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I'd assume it wouldnt go up at all if it was broken Dx

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just did this. super good write up. sometimes when i lower the headlights, one goes down more than the other, and my car just looks dumb.


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Jdmstyles wrote:I'd assume it wouldnt go up at all if it was broken Dx
if you take apart the button you will see whats broke, the button uses a spring and catch clip, the catch clip can break.If so, your button will work like its supposed to only when you hold it in.Pocket another button from a junk yard, you should be good.

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Genius.

I will do so soon. I wonder if pick-a-parts opens Sundays hmm.Anywho I'll update you after i get it.

Baggy clothes work wonders when youre lazy to stand in line to pay for your little items at junkyards.

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DeLab
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Cheers man, best guide ive found on how to do that took me about 20 min


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nice write up!

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shiity pic, but this is how my sleepies turned outThank you for the great diagram and write up. Did anyone else notice that the lots go all the way up when the brights are on? Maybe i just missed it in the thread somewhere. Anyway, thanks again this was super helpful and really simple to do.

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All your cars look high...

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I figured out how to do this without any mods.

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johntom
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hey how did u guys tuck the wires from the fuse boix to da switchh?

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i just wanted to add a few things that i'm not sure if they're mentioned (i didnt go back and read through all 6 pages) but just as a reference the wire for the 5a fuse is sky blue so tap into that color wire and you're good. i wired mine a little different from the diagram i just cut the sky blue wire and extended each end to one side of the switch, you just have to make sure you cut the wire that goes to the smj and not the one that goes the rest of the way up the harness

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so i did this but when i turn the lights on they still go all the way back down and then up

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michael_grigoras wrote:so i did this but when i turn the lights on they still go all the way back down and then up
Are you sure you wired it up per the write up? If so then first set the lights to the desired position, hit the switch to off, then turn them on and they should stay there.


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