Headlight switch modification - easy and very usefull mod for between - (Page 1/4)
Fieromaniac JUL 07, 07:49 AM
While waiting until my frontcamera arives , here an easy to do and very usefull mod for the headlightswitch of the fiero .
i know somebody already did something similar but i didnt found anything with pics .

Problem : you stop by at a gasstation in the night and if you turn off ur light , the headlights will pop down .
or you just want to leave the headlights open when car is sitting in its parkinglot
or you want to clean the lamps
or your headlightmotors are not the best and you want to give them a rest

solution :

1.take out ur headlightswitch of your instrument console


2. disassemble it


the black part controls 2 functions so you simply need to cut it apart (carefully)

3.




4. switchpositions after the mod

normal pos.


all active ( headlights open , light on , parkinglight on )


parkinglight on , headlights open


all lights off , headlights still open

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F-I-E-R-O JUL 07, 08:45 AM


Guess I'll have to open 'er up and take a look see...
JohnF JUL 07, 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by F-I-E-R-O:








I think someone in Germany has too much time on his hands! And what's a "front camera" and what has it to do with this?
Fieromaniac JUL 07, 09:13 AM

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Originally posted by JohnF:




I think someone in Germany has too much time on his hands! And what's a "front camera" and what has it to do with this?



http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/065813.html <--- Front Camera is used in this thread of mine

and it has nothing to do with the Headlightswitch

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bmwguru JUL 07, 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by JohnF:




I think someone in Germany has too much time on his hands! And what's a "front camera" and what has it to do with this?



BMW invented the infared night vision dash a few years ago. They are testing them in Germany right now. It enables you to see deer or parked cars easier in the dark. Naturally, a german guy would have to have this in his Fiero. If I drove my Fiero at night, I would be the second to do it...being that I have 5% tint all around on my car.
Dave

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1999 Mercedes ML430, 450hp 1987 Fiero GT, 1986 Fiero SE-soon to be 3800, certified master technician
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jscott1 JUL 07, 02:25 PM

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Originally posted by Fieromaniac:


all lights off , headlights still open





How do you get the switch in this position? By pulling back on the small black piece?

When I build my Firebird harnesses I take out that part and throw it away. If someone wants one to play with it, let me know.


Fieromaniac JUL 07, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by jscott1:


How do you get the switch in this position? By pulling back on the small black piece?

When I build my Firebird harnesses I take out that part and throw it away. If someone wants one to play with it, let me know.




yes by pulling back the black "P" piece .

i also made the surface on the top a little rough for better grip with the fingertips
and it works like a charm , i just had the first time enough time to clean my headlights without having them online
larini74 JUL 07, 10:01 PM
What did you use to cut the black switch part?
eph_kay JUL 08, 02:14 AM
I just did this and it works good. I used a dremel with a cutting wheel and first off, hot plastic burns, but not for very long The dremel has a hard time with the small places so my parking light switch isn't firm feeling, but it works just fine. I would advise using what ever he did mine works great it was just time consuming with the dremel

chris
Fieromaniac JUL 08, 03:06 AM
i used a dremel and this here


its also good to put this here on top of the 3 pieces , because of the missing material from the cutting

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