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Old 09-30-2009, 02:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hey everybody. I'll be PCSing to Lakenheath around Feb and I'm looking forward to getting there. I've got a 2005 Srt-4 with S3 and most of the bolt ons and I just ordered coilovers and new wheels.

I've been reading some of the threads about our guys over there but I haven't found any specifics on the light conversion. I could easily do this myself but need information on what exactly is entailed in the conversion. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Any other people in the UK?
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Old 09-30-2009, 04:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Welcome overseas...

best is to check the Sticky'd "UK SRT-4 Meets and Track Dates" post. that's the only post where the UK guy's discusse with eachother..
They can tell you bout the headlight adjustments you need to do for the UK!
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Good, I guess you'll be replacing me then because Im out of here in Jan. I just paid the Auto Hobby Shop on RAFL to do my light conversion. It was around $120. I have no idea what they "converted" though.
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Good, I guess you'll be replacing me then because Im out of here in Jan. I just paid the Auto Hobby Shop on RAFL to do my light conversion. It was around $120. I have no idea what they "converted" though.

Yeah, I'm not going to let anybody at the auto hobby shop touch my car. I've dealt with too many of those guys and let's just say they aren't too "trustworthy" in my opinion. Would you have any pictures of the lights they installed? Also, is there any reason I wouldn't be able to turn my center brake light on the trunk into that fog light? I guess I just need to know what the British rules are on this stuff so then I can do the modifications here.
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Scott who used to be here had this center brake light modified to be his rear fog light. It all depends on who you go to though. If you get your light conversion done off base, Im sure you can talk to the technicians. Have you got a front license plate? Its a requirement here.
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There is a restriction on how high and low a fog light can be. Pretty much the only place you can mounted it is below the rear bumper... The reverse lights will probable be turned into indicators (meaning no reverse light) and your side lights will need to 'stand proud' of the car. Toof has an additional light stuck onto his side lights.

I am not the 'best' person to talk to however since my vehicle is perminent and not temporary like most of you all and have to have more done to my lights to make it road legal.

The headlights only need to have their direction reversed IIRC.

Hehe yeah toof found out the hard way!

I wouldn't trust them at the AHS either. Toof and I did my tires over the weekend. The guy decided that simple green was a good lube for mounting performance tires... in the end they mounted sat in the rim... at 100psi... They 'forgot' to protect the rim though when taking one off... I have a few more gouges and a nice scratch 1/2 way around one of my wheels and will need to be refurbished now...
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Headlights is like i told you in the other threads: The SRT has symmetrical headlights - so there is no "direction" that you could change.
(Park in front of a wall, a few meters away, turn on headlights. If the horizontal dark-light-edge is flat - no problem. if it has a bend and goes up to the right side - you need a conversion...)

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Look at my car, i have the extra foglight and reverse.
Here is a how-to for orange rear blinkers (you use the stock reverse bulb therefor and paint it orange with glaspaint.
(forget what they say about "eurotails" i just copied it - it works also for the stockers)

OK, the main problem with the Euros is they have a separate bulb holder for the turns only, our US cars don't and seem to have turn signal, brake light all running through one wire. On your new Euros you'll have three bulb holders, one for main taillights and brake light, a small one for the reverse light, and a separate one for the turns. The turns and main light holders both use the 3157 bulb and are the same. They both have three wire input on them. You will only use two for the turns.

On the LEFT (Drivers) side of your US plug there should be three wires: BLK (ground) BLK/YL (taillight output) and GRN/RD (turn brake)
Cut the GRN/RD wire, leave about an inch or two of wire hanging on the original plug. (You'll see why later) Attach the GRN/RD wire that you just cut to one of the wire inputs on the back of the turn signal bulb holder. (You may have to unwrap some of the wire bundle that the GRN/RD wire is in to get it to reach) Now you need to run a ground to the turn signal plug. I just tap/spliced into the one (BLK) from the original plug and ran the wire to one of the inputs on the turn signal plug.

On the RIGHT (Passenger) side the wires will be the same color except instead of GRN/RD one will be BRN/RD. Do exactly what you did on the other side only use the BRN/RD wire instead.

OK, now for the fun part. Under you steering column cover is a multifunction switch (one of many, mine was on top of the column) Connector pin-out on the one you want to look for should be, Pin 1) WT/TN. 2) LG (light green, left turn signal) 3) RD/WT. 4)GRN/RD (left tail that you cut) 5) BRN/RD (right tail that you cut) 6) TN (tan, right turn signal) These are the first six pins for a twenty pin connector (this is what it was on my 2k, I have no idea if it's different on the 2k+ a FSM would be your best bet)

Once you find the switch and wires you want, cut the GRN/RD and tap/splice it into the LG (light green) wire, this will provide you with your left turn signal to the tails. (DO NOT CUT THE LIGHT GREEN WIRE)
Cut the BRN/RD wire and tap/Splice it into the TN (Tan) wire, this will provide you with the right turn signal to the tails (DO NOT CUT THE TAN WIRE)

Now you have working turns and tail light but no brake lights. Find where the third brake light comes into the trunk (was on the left side by the back seat on mine) Tap/splice two wire off the WT/TN wire and run one each to your two rear taillights. Connect these two wires (one each) to the GRN/RD (left) and BRN/RD (right) wire that you cut earlier (remember when I said to leave an inch or two?) Now you have brake lights, no need to run a ground as there is already one on the original plug. Rewrap all wires, cap all ends. (multifunction switch) You now have working Euros. I have it done this way as do a few members on here. I have had zero problems and they are still VERY bright
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