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| Jameel |
 Aug 20 2017, 03:36 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None  |
Working on my fogs and found this connector. It's a 3M. Looks like a giant Scotch Lock connector like I use for telephony connections outdoors. Makes sense given the wet location. Is it stock? And if I rewire these, are they still available? I'm thinking of putting some Cibie Iodes instead, with a custom bracket, so considering my options.
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| 914Sixer |
Aug 21 2017, 06:52 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,869 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Not stock. A DAPO modification.
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| Jameel |
Aug 21 2017, 08:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None |
DAPO? Feeling like an idiot for asking...
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| 914Sixer |
Aug 21 2017, 04:11 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,869 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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DAPO: Dumb Ass Previous Owner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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| porschetub |
Aug 21 2017, 06:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,697 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Honest those connectors are a pet hate of mine,replace them with push pin male and female connectors and solder and heatshrink the connectors ok,you will be good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) .
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| McMark |
Aug 22 2017, 06:11 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Oddly enough, the factory had to disassemble the fog lights to install them... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
There are plenty of other connectors out there that would handle this just as well without looking so out of place. But the original setup isn't that bad. You really shouldn't be removing foglights all that much anyway. So if it were me, I would just resplice the wire ends, heatshrink with an adhesive lined shrink tube, and if you ever have to remove the fog lights, you can just do it the way the factory did. |
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| Jameel |
Aug 23 2017, 09:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(914Sixer @ Aug 21 2017, 02:11 PM)  Aha. Thanks for that. QUOTE(porschetub @ Aug 21 2017, 04:05 PM) Honest those connectors are a pet hate of mine,replace them with push pin male and female connectors and solder and heatshrink the connectors ok,you will be good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) . I thought they actually looked fairly neat compared to a lot of the hack work I've run into. That said, they are off the car now. Thanks. QUOTE(McMark @ Aug 22 2017, 04:11 AM) Oddly enough, the factory had to disassemble the fog lights to install them... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) There are plenty of other connectors out there that would handle this just as well without looking so out of place. But the original setup isn't that bad. You really shouldn't be removing foglights all that much anyway. So if it were me, I would just resplice the wire ends, heatshrink with an adhesive lined shrink tube, and if you ever have to remove the fog lights, you can just do it the way the factory did. I'm planning to fit some old Cibie Iodes with yellow centers, so I'll be building new custom grills and mounts for these. Good time to redo the connectors. |
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| falcor75 |
Aug 23 2017, 10:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia
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That kind of connector came with my robotic lawnmover to splice the containment wire that you dig into the ground.
Just use some male/female quality crimp on connectors and heatshrink with glue inside it.. |
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| porschetub |
Aug 24 2017, 03:30 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,697 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Yea.that was what I found on my car push pin connectors...sure they were original.
Original lights on my car?? one great the other broken glass and rusted inside not great. |
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