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Damnthecops · 02-02-2003, 09:33 AM

i just got some gauge faces off e bay... and i knw ohw to put them on but there is 2 wires(red,black) the intructions are not very detailed it just says to connect them to the headlight controller so i was wondering if n e body knows where that is?...n e hlp wld be good

russian · 02-02-2003, 09:41 AM

i got the same problem

the instructions i got are sh@#. cant figure out where to connect them

live2drift2live · 02-02-2003, 10:00 AM

Umm you have to find the the power wire for the headlights. You know when you turn on your head lights you have to find the correct wire from that switch. So when you hook your gauges up to that when you turn on your headlights the gauges come on instead of being all on or just running a wire from a 12V DC with a switch. So what year do you have? Il look it up later
JBM

russian · 02-02-2003, 10:01 AM

mine is a 95'

Damnthecops · 02-02-2003, 09:12 PM

mine is a 1990 s13... i knew what it was looking for i just didnt knwo where it is... all i knwo is it must be 2 wires cause there is a red one and a black one..... but...thanks a lot for your help man

Chew Slice · 02-02-2003, 11:16 PM

I hhoked the gauges up to the dimmer switch cause i felt that it was easier that way. just get a voltage indicator (theyre like $1.50 or something cheap like that) and test the wires when the headlights are on and off and see which one's power and there you go. I cant remember what colour it is but its not hard to find it. And I think black is negative

russian · 02-04-2003, 08:47 AM

brilliant idea to hook it up to the dimmer.... not in my s14, im trying to decide where in the F$#% to put the blue/green dimmer??? i mean its prety bulky i cant figure out where to fit it in....

tnord · 02-04-2003, 09:34 AM

shouldn't there already be an existing power wire connected to the headlight switch??? if so, why not just use that one?

russian · 02-04-2003, 09:37 AM

yea you can, but still a problem of where to put the dimmer, actually where to fit it in, it used to be a stick on switch, but those gauges have a little box with blue/green knnob for lights.

Damnthecops · 02-04-2003, 09:55 AM

i put mine right to the headlight controller... its the green wire... connect the positive to the green wire and the black one (negative) to anything metal.... i put it on my steering wheel column... this is only for an s13... so i dont know what color it is on the other models... mine is a 1990... that shld help

russian · 02-04-2003, 10:18 AM

thanks that worked

Damnthecops · 02-04-2003, 09:16 PM

yeh it worked great... mine have a little controller that let u change them fomr green to blue... and i let it dangle at the bottom of my steerring column... big mistake... i got in the car as sson as i finished and i hit the controller wiht my knee and broke the wires... now i have to pay 20-30 bucks to get them soddered back on... i only got to see them light up... never got to enjoy them.... also ever since i put in the guages my speedometer stays at 10 when im not moving... i didnt mess wiht n e thing... i just clipped and unclipped the clips in the back of the guages... n e body know whats up?

02-02-2003, 09:33 AM	#1
Damnthecops Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cliffside Park , NJ Age: 39 Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Guage Faces i just got some gauge faces off e bay... and i knw ohw to put them on but there is 2 wires(red,black) the intructions are not very detailed it just says to connect them to the headlight controller so i was wondering if n e body knows where that is?...n e hlp wld be good

02-02-2003, 09:41 AM	#2
russian Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas TX Age: 42 Posts: 1,336 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	me too i got the same problem the instructions i got are sh@#. cant figure out where to connect them __________________ I must break you.

02-02-2003, 10:00 AM	#3
live2drift2live Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: VA Posts: 88 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Umm you have to find the the power wire for the headlights. You know when you turn on your head lights you have to find the correct wire from that switch. So when you hook your gauges up to that when you turn on your headlights the gauges come on instead of being all on or just running a wire from a 12V DC with a switch. So what year do you have? Il look it up later JBM __________________ Goals in Life- Get a 240SX- soon Get Turbo-distant Learn Japanese and go to Japan-Far far away in land of rising sun.

02-02-2003, 10:01 AM	#4
russian Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas TX Age: 42 Posts: 1,336 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lights mine is a 95' __________________ I must break you.

02-04-2003, 08:47 AM	#7
russian Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas TX Age: 42 Posts: 1,336 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	good idea brilliant idea to hook it up to the dimmer.... not in my s14, im trying to decide where in the F$#% to put the blue/green dimmer??? i mean its prety bulky i cant figure out where to fit it in.... __________________ I must break you.

02-02-2003, 09:12 PM	#5
Damnthecops Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cliffside Park , NJ Age: 39 Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	mine is a 1990 s13... i knew what it was looking for i just didnt knwo where it is... all i knwo is it must be 2 wires cause there is a red one and a black one..... but...thanks a lot for your help man

02-02-2003, 11:16 PM	#6
Chew Slice Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 41 Posts: 215 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I hhoked the gauges up to the dimmer switch cause i felt that it was easier that way. just get a voltage indicator (theyre like $1.50 or something cheap like that) and test the wires when the headlights are on and off and see which one's power and there you go. I cant remember what colour it is but its not hard to find it. And I think black is negative

02-04-2003, 09:34 AM	#8
tnord Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,975 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	shouldn't there already be an existing power wire connected to the headlight switch??? if so, why not just use that one?

02-04-2003, 09:37 AM	#9
russian Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas TX Age: 42 Posts: 1,336 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yea you can, but still a problem of where to put the dimmer, actually where to fit it in, it used to be a stick on switch, but those gauges have a little box with blue/green knnob for lights. __________________ I must break you.

02-04-2003, 09:55 AM	#10
Damnthecops Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cliffside Park , NJ Age: 39 Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i put mine right to the headlight controller... its the green wire... connect the positive to the green wire and the black one (negative) to anything metal.... i put it on my steering wheel column... this is only for an s13... so i dont know what color it is on the other models... mine is a 1990... that shld help

02-04-2003, 10:18 AM	#11
russian Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas TX Age: 42 Posts: 1,336 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thanks that worked __________________ I must break you.

02-04-2003, 09:16 PM	#12
Damnthecops Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cliffside Park , NJ Age: 39 Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeh it worked great... mine have a little controller that let u change them fomr green to blue... and i let it dangle at the bottom of my steerring column... big mistake... i got in the car as sson as i finished and i hit the controller wiht my knee and broke the wires... now i have to pay 20-30 bucks to get them soddered back on... i only got to see them light up... never got to enjoy them.... also ever since i put in the guages my speedometer stays at 10 when im not moving... i didnt mess wiht n e thing... i just clipped and unclipped the clips in the back of the guages... n e body know whats up?