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Jun 20, 2003 | 03:10 PM

entropy31

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From: WA

lights on, headlights down

ive seen a few z31s that have their headlights on while they are down and i would love to know how to do this. i saw one website that explained it but i cant remember which one it was. i think it said something about just having to disconnect one wire or something. it sounded easy and looks AWESOME. also, are there any problems like heat or anything from doing this?

thanks

Jun 20, 2003 | 05:50 PM

insomniac67j

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Joined: Mar 2002

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From: forest, va

go under the steering wheel and take off that big plastic piece, there should be 3 screws holdin it up. Then look around under the right side of the wheel and there should be a black and purple I believe, connection ( it's like, 2x1in and pretty thin) and you just disconnect it uhh, carefully, then, put the plastic cover back on and turn on the switch for the lights, they should just come on and not go up,
to put them up push the pop-up switch and they'll go right up, but they won't go down when you push the button again, you have to turn the lights off when you want them to go back down. but eh, only a small thing. they do look great don't they? and it's a simple thing to do which is why I did it to my z, (I'm really lazy) and about problems.. I haven't heard of any. heat? from what? just make sure you push the button to make them go up at night, I've forgotten a couple times..

Jun 20, 2003 | 06:11 PM

entropy31

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The Cake Is A Lie!

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From: WA

thanks, and about the heat thing, someone said if i put in high intensity lamps it might mess up the paint or get hot and melt something if they were on and down. whatever, he thinks his pos 91 mustang can corner better than my z. HA. thanks again.

Jun 26, 2003 | 06:08 AM

djskiiz

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From: new jersey

what i did to mine was go in the fuse box and take out the headlight motor fuses or u can also pop the hood and disconnect the lever arms attached to the motors simple as that and i have no problems ither works fine

Jun 26, 2003 | 06:42 AM

insomniac67j

kermit

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From: forest, va

welll, if you do that, you would have to put the lights up manually wouldnt you? I'm just too lazy for that, I like pushing a button, much much easier

Jun 26, 2003 | 08:01 PM

entropy31

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yeah, a button is easier, and so is disconnecting the wires. took all of 5 minutes.

Aug 16, 2003 | 09:59 PM

onelegmurphy

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Ok, I"ve got a crazy story for you.

I have the headlight on when down mod on my Z31, but it dident really workout as well as I hoped at night, sure it looked awesome, but it was like somebody was holding a flash light in front of my car!

What I had done was just disconect the control arms from the headlight motors,So one night I was going to redo it, by doing the wiring thing, so I pop the hood and just slip the arms back on the motors, should work just fine right?

NOPE!

The headlights pop up by them selfs, and turn on!
Then the light on the passinger side starts "winking" by that I mean going up and down, and no matter what I try the head lights wont turn off!!!!!

So I finally got it to calm down, an I diss connect the control arms again, and it goes right back to normal!

And all I did was connect, and dissconnect the little arms from the haedlight motors!

HOW NUTS IS THAT!!!!

Aug 16, 2003 | 10:33 PM

CrAzY_84na

VIVA LA Z31!

Joined: Nov 2002

Posts: 401

From: Elk Grove, Ca

lmao what do they call her "bitchin betty" or somthing....she was COMING ALIVE lmao...thats funny

Aug 17, 2003 | 08:34 PM

insomniac67j

kermit

Joined: Mar 2002

Posts: 57

From: forest, va

haha that's crazy, maybe 'ya should've done the disconnect the wire thing, lol if that ever happened to my old z I'd disconnect the battery and run to my new z, don't have to deal with pop up headlights on a '91 zx

haha your z is haunted or something lol, oh yeah, flashlight in front of your car.. huh?

Aug 20, 2003 | 02:58 AM

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Copper727

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Joined: Aug 2003

Posts: 300

From: Chicago, IL

You guys are crazy to listen to!! LOL! Too bad you peeps don't live out here in Chicago, cause I'll bet we'd have TONS of fun driving around scaring people with out haunted Z's and sleepy-eyed Z's. Myself, I have to confess that I did the lazy-man fuse-removal thing too. Here in the bright city, who cares if I only have a pair of flashlights (and foglights) in front of the car, so long as the millions of high-intensity streetlights are burning bright throughout the whole night! If I were to take a road trip, however...