Zenki signal light mod

[SOCAL240]

okay believe me i have searche this on the forum for the past 2 days and i even youtube'd this but i dont know how to get the jdm zenki signal lights to workbut i really dont know how to get the jdm zenki light hooked up i know a lot of you guys have this done to your car so i wiouild appreciate it if you showed me howor gave me the link to a do it yourself video or somethingthanks.

[Max_PSi]

I really didn't understand what your said. Use some punctuation, it helps a lot.

Now you want to get your signal light to come on? With other lights at the same time?

[bo2o]

get double filiment harnesses and wire one wire to your lights.?>?

[SOCAL240]

ok i meant this..I bought a jdm signal light and i thought it was going to be a direct plug n play kind of thingi took off my signal light (the orange one) lol and the plug wouldnt fit on the jdm oneso i know there has to be some rewiring done but dont know which color wires to cut and put together...hope this makes senseand thanks for the quick replies :]

[Max_PSi]

Is this an S13 or S14?

I have all JDM signal/turns/headlights on my S14. Everything plugged right in.

At best, the light your talking about is prolly just a 12v feed and ground. 2 wires. Cut the wires, and turn your lights on. With a multi-tester test which wire is your hot. Your other wire will be ground.

[ThatGuy]

I went from Chuki 180sx front end to S13 Silvia front end. Signals were plug and play.

Give us more info, and pictures if possible.

[SOCAL240]

mines an s13 i will take pics but only have a cellphone to take pics i will post up asap thanks you guys

[SOCAL240]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/z4.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/z3.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/z2.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/z5.jpg


there they are guys
hope i can get some help thanks:bow:

[ThatGuy]

Yeah, I don't know what to tell you.

Those are the same lights I put on my 1993 and they plugged right in with no problems.

[cruque]

Hi, yo you must have an electrical problem or somthing. I have a 91 rps13 Chuki mine's were just plug and play

[crazyikimasho]

Yes, these are plug and play brand new. If they plug in and are having issues, check the filaments on the bulbs first then check for grounding issues.

[TravisSW]

I didn't think Zenki signals even fit in S13's without bumper modification. Or am I missing something here?

[ThatGuy]

They fit Zenki 180sx bumpers and S13 Silvia Bumpers.

They don't fit Chuki or Kouki 180sx bumpers, of course.

[g6civcx]

Post a picture of the harness on the car that you're trying to plug it into.

[SOCAL240]

:confused: http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/840A7997.jpg

so thats the harness from the car and i try to connnect it to the black plug behind the zenki turn signal but it doesnt fit

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http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/z1.jpg

here are more pics
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/z4.jpg


okay there it is and this is the current one i have on my 89 240

but these turn signals were taking off a 280z and they still work idk if that makes a difference but im just throwing it out there...
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/840A8003.jpg


http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/sergio550/840A7998.jpg

[SOCAL240]

any help appreciated u guys i know some of u guys have done this please help. :-/

[g6civcx]

Are you sure you are plugging it in correctly? Upside down and right side up?

If you've exhausted your options, I suspect that the body harness has been modified to accept the 280Z signal.

No big deal. It's only 3 wires. Here's what you do:

1) Get your 280Z signal and slice of the harness. Be sure to leave yourself some wire length so you can connect to it. This will plug into the body harness.
2) Connect the sliced harness to the body harness.
3) Using a test light, probe the 3 terminal and check for current. If you don't know how search Google.
4) Turn the parking light and see which wire is hot. This is your parking light wire.
5) Turn off your parking light.
6) Turn on your turn signal. The one of the remaining 2 wires that has intermittent current is the turn signal wire.
7) The remaining wire is ground by process of elimination. You may want to check continuity on this wire and the chassis with a multimeter to verify.
8) Slice off the harness connector on your zenki light. You won't be reusing the connector.
9) The zenki light has 2 lenses: the clear one is your parking light, the amber one is your turn signal light.
10) Solder the parking light to the bulb in the clear lens. Solder the signal light to the bulb in the amber lens. Both bulbs can share a common ground wire.

Bulbs are non-polarity so it doesn't matter if run current through the bulb one way or the other, but if possible, use the black wire as ground for easy trouble shooting. Both signals have the same colour wires but don't assume they are the same. Check them with a test light.

Confusion?


280Z signal
Bulbs-------[cut here]-----Wires---------------Connector

zenki signal
Bulbs------------Wires--------[cut here]-------Connector

modified signal
zenki bulbs-------zenki wires------280z wires------280z connector


This modified signal should plug into your body harness.

[projectRDM]

That plug you're trying to use looks like a headlight plug. The OE turn plug is male, not female.

[g6civcx]

That plug you're trying to use looks like a headlight plug. The OE turn plug is male, not female.

If you can't plug in your current signal and have the signal then that isn't the right plug.

[SOCAL240]

oh okay then thanks u guys i understand now so next move is to find a a female plug since i have the male plug correct?

[Max_PSi]

Looks like you have a female plug from the car, and a female for the turn signal.

You will need a male plug spliced to your car's harness to plug into the signal.

[SOCAL240]

so where can i come up with the male plug??
can i get it possibly at an auto parts store??

thanks..

[g6civcx]

My question would be where did the plug on the car go?

[SOCAL240]

i found out after takin the other one apart that they had wired it for a 280z signal lights
so the plug from the car is for a 280z
:/

no wonder.

thanks guys