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] |
dtmehall |
Jul 17 2024, 07:19 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 21-December 23 From: Michigan Member No.: 27,808 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
to expand on my post about a previous thread:
i installed the lights listed in the thread, but calculated that the draw would be right at the limit of the exiting stock fuse. it was suggested in the thread to go to led's is what i successfully did. |
Jezibel |
Jul 20 2024, 11:06 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 |
to expand on my post about a previous thread: i installed the lights listed in the thread, but calculated that the draw would be right at the limit of the exiting stock fuse. it was suggested in the thread to go to led's is what i successfully did. After mulling over everyone's inputs on these related nuances, I'm sorely tempted to just forego using the 'pre-installed' wiring and putting in a relay (and dual 14 ga lamp wires) that feeds directly off the 'power-on' fuse (or alternately, running a fused main 10 ga power line directly from the battery to the above set-up). Such a hassle (installing dual horns and lights)...particularly right now, in triple-digit heat and trying to do all this squeezed into my 'one-half' of our garage (Madam Chairman insists on retaining halfsies of for her Camry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) That also involves removing both front wheels, so as to access the bolts that hold the front bumper/valence on, which is more work. The ULTIMATE "lazy-man" approach is to install the horns and lamps so that the car looks 'pretty', but with inoperable horn/light systems. [BAD IDEA . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) ..yes, I am fully aware of that, but the thought of the above complexities, as well as several hours sweating like some overweight barnyard swine, just lacks a certain appeal, LoL.] Maybe I'll just settle for attaching a couple of flashlights to the car's front end and mounting a squeeze-bulb goose horn on the driver's side-mirror... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
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