400 SE front lights

[wedged up]

I want to change how they work. At the moment stage 1 is main pods pop up , stage 2 , side lights come on. Can I turn it around ? I;e stage 1 side lights ?

[mrzigazaga]

Hi mate

Like my 350i....I believe it involves snipping a wire and thats why I left mine...

[GV]

I left out a wire and it did the trick - what I want to do next is to wire up the fogs to flash.

[mrzigazaga]

Id prefer a separate sidelight switch....

[adam quantrill]

My lights get dirty - how do I fix this too? ;^)

[mrzigazaga]

adam quantrill said:

My lights get dirty - how do I fix this too? ;^)

Well Adam you could do what you do every year at the fest...

[wedged up]

GV said:

I left out a wire and it did the trick - what I want to do next is to wire up the fogs to flash.

Which wire did you leave out ??

[wedged up]

Could I just move some wires around on the back of the switch ?

[adam quantrill]

mrzigazaga said:

adam quantrill said:

My lights get dirty - how do I fix this too? ;^)

Well Adam you could do what you do every year at the fest...

Notice - the pods are down - so they'll still be dirty, then!

Actually that gives me a thought - currently to clean the headlamps all you need to put on are the sides, which is less stressful on the battery if you aren't running the engine.

[GV]

wedged up said:

Which wire did you leave out ??

I'll have to check and get back to you - it was accidental mind you. When I get round to test the wiring for the fogs I'll let you know. But what I did was to disconnect the feed going to the headlight circuit driving up the pods.

[jimburr]

The light on the front fun. the fogs on mine are full beam with pods up, they flash with the pods down and the pods don't pop up TR7 Style. side lights on- pods up so two sets of side lights. so the best set up would be ?

1 no lights on = fogs/driving/full beam/the ones at the bottom, flash with no pods.

2 side lights on = just the little ones next to the winkers, no pods up but side lights on or off in the pods, doesn't really matter just take the bulbs out.

3 head lights on = normal service has resumed, flash and full beam on both.

I have seen a discussion on which cable to remove/cut before, someone on here will know where it is.

Adding a cheeky switch to said wire would be the best option I think?

I will study the drawings in the bible and report my findings after some experiments later.

Jimbo

Jimbo

[jimburr]

just read this again and it sounds like a wire is in the wrong place. pods and side light first click. second click head lights?

wedged up said:

I want to change how they work. At the moment stage 1 is main pods pop up , stage 2 , side lights come on. Can I turn it around ? I;e stage 1 side lights ?