Originally Posted by
Peter Aawen
Ahh well, all good things.... :dontknow:
Still, if you're reasonably OK with getting the tupperware off & stripping/soldering wire (or comfortable using those cheapie crimp connectors! :rolleyes: ) then it's not really all that hard to wire the headlights up to work as 4-eyes - the plugs that we get here in Oz on the back of the hi-beam lights are actually the same as those on your 2-filament hi-lo car headlights, just minus the lo-beam terminal & feeding the single filament hi-beam globe that's factory installed for Oz/EU spec Spyders. You can buy the terminals to fit in that vacant spot, and then add the necessary wiring to energise all 4 lights on hi-beam without worrying about those diodes - effectively, you're just replacing the terminal & wire that BRP deleted in order to make the hi & lo beam lights work in isolation. :gaah:
Hey, if you really want to, you could even convert/revert your upper hi-beams to hi-lo headlights by adding that wire & terminal and installing twin filament globes in the upper position, and that way, you can either choose to keep the lo-beam lights as is/where is; or you can add the BRP Fog light switch to the bridging wire & turn them back into Fog lights! :ohyea:
Btw, you can buy (or you could?!? :dontknow: ) an OE 'Accent light' kit to fit into those little spots up in the top corners of the upper light fittings; the wiring & assy's are plug & play. The only hard part about fitting those accent lights is actually removing each of the upper light assy's to get at the back of them, then finding the correct sized hole saw and drilling out the blanking placcy 'fake lens' - if you don't get the drill/hole saw in EXACTLY the right spot it'll make the accent lights look reeeeaaallly ugly & mess up all the shiny placcy reflector inside your headlights!! :yikes: . But get it right, and those upper accent lights look pretty good. :thumbup: While you're at it, you may notice that there's similar looking little 'fake lenses' in the lo-beam/fog light assy's too - don't be fooled, they ARE fake, and fitting anything into them is a right pain for no real gain - and bloody hard to get at too! :gaah: