Here we are now into 2020 and I thought it was time for an update. I did not have much garage time over the holiday season since I was not home. But I did manage to get a few things working.
Let's go back to the lights. In the last installment I showed my version of LED lights. Since then I Have moved on to finishing the reflector bucket and installing the light housings into the fenders. Mostly this was straightforward.
Since the headlights were installed I thought I might as well add the TS housings and the horn grills. Yes, the mounting clips for the horn grills need adjustment. They are quite crooked and inset from the matching edge of the TS and hood line. Its an easy fix but I had to make sure that it all went together.
Before installing the TS housings I spent way too much time getting my lights all working. All of the housing front and rear were cleaned and painted. All the electrical contacts were disassembled and cleaned and then coated with dielectric grease. The rear housings needed new ground wires. The front housings were pretty clean. I had to install new H4 connectors. I really dislike when cars have wiring cut when connectors usually pop apart if you look carefully.
I really struggled (for days) to figure out why my turnsignals would not blink. I could get them to illuminate to each side in park position. The hazards worked. but not the Turnsignals. The TS switching goes through the hazard switch. It has a 3 pole setup with 3 different power leads for 12V battery, 12V key and 12V key TS. The 12V TS supply had a bad connection at the fuse block. That one was tough to trace back. In the end the TS, parking and headlights are all working.
The installed headlights have a really nice beam pattern. I can't wait for some night test drives for better pictures of illumination.
In the rear I am using the brake/running light combo from "spoke". I have these on my targa and would not go any other way.
