914 driving lights, Installing OEM type driving lights to a 1974 914 |
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914 driving lights, Installing OEM type driving lights to a 1974 914 |
Jezibel |
Jul 8 2024, 11:29 AM
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Das Echte POORSCHE Fahrer Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 21-January 24 From: Northern California Member No.: 27,868 Region Association: Northern California |
I have a '74 914-4 that did not come with the optional driving light set and wish to add them to my car. The 73-76 914s came with pre-installed wiring exiting from behind the front bumper, from my understanding, that would allow lights to be added simply by installing and connecting them.
My car seems to have these wires, as expected, but due to paint overspray effects, the wire colors have been obscured, making it hard to determine which is the brown GND wire and which is the black (+) wire. I'd appreciate any help available advice from others who have retroactively installed the accessory (OEM type) driving lights to their cars. This might simplify my efforts considerably. Also, my car's horn was removed and I wish to install a set of the HELLA OEM type dual-tone Superlouds. Again, the wiring is oversprayed by body paint, so any way to quickly determine what wire is the brown GND and (+) power wires for the original (now removed) horn? Is the original horn relay located on the engine-bay relay tray or somewhere else on the car? Thanks.[font=Verdana] |
rick 918-S |
Jul 18 2024, 07:48 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,671 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
This is a question on the subject I was just going to post.
I am assembling my factory 6. I have several sets of fog lights. I popped off the lenses to start cleaning up housings and noticed the positive wire is stripped and fastened to the positive terminal with a small set screw. I thought maybe the lights I have are for later cars and something had changed. Here are the terminal ends on my 6. Notice both the positive and negative have female terminals. These are both factory installed and not modified in any way. I have a 1970 1.7 car here with factory fog lights. I thought I would pull these and use them as both cars are 1970 models, I assumed they would both have female spade terminal connections. Here is the factory wiring on the 1970 4 cylinder car I have here. Notice the positive wire is stripped and was held with a small clamping set screw. I went back through my photos and noticed the set of lights that were on the car when I picked it up had a black tape X across the lenses. I pulled out this set and noticed one of them had the wiring disconnected. Just the grommet in the housing. I popped the trim ring and see the positive attachment is the same as all the lights I have with the small set screw for the positive wire. The other light had a pig tail coming out of the grommet and the wires were cut. Same on the inside with the set screw. Further review of photos I have during disassembly show the factory wires were looped around and held out of the way by the insulated wire holding tab. The factory wires were never connected to this set of fog lights. Question for the Masses and specially @ClayPerrine I wonder if the factory 6 had the 911S driving lights. I wonder if the 911 lights have female spade terminals and the 4 cylinder cars had the set screw for the positive wire. Anyone know the difference? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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