Hey what's up guys. I was looking at Craig's Maxima page in the how to's and I decided I would like to do the 3rd cornering light rewire. I already did the 2nd one which makes the corners bright all the time.

If you take a look over here:
http://www.geocities.com/bracecraig/...ax_rewire.html
and scroll down to where it says "Cornering light rewire 3" you will see that it says you need to buy a relay.

It's a bit unclear on what is needed so my question is, do you need one relay for each side meaning buy 2 relays or do you just need one? I'm guessing you need 2 from the looks of the pictures.

Anyone actually do this rewire? Thanks for the help

 

i like the rewire where they blink seperate it looks nicer and you dont need a relay to do it !

 

2 relays, 1 per side

 

sorry i guess i never answered your question butinternetautomar is right 2 relays.....

 

You mean the corner light rewire #1? It sounds good but the reason I don't want to do it is because the little corner light will not always be on(when headlights are on). It only comes on when you use the blinker.

Corner light rewire #3 however keeps the little corner bulb on all the time(with the headlights) and in addition to being on all the time it also blinks with the blinker. I think it's better to have the corner bulb on all the time so you don't have an empty black spot at night.

One quick question. I went to Radio Shack today and looked for the relay and the only "single post double throw" relay I found was a "PC SPDT Relay". Will that work?

Also is there a specific type of wire I need? Radio Shack carries solid and frayed. I'm guessing I should use frayed since the wires in the car now are also frayed. Any specific gauge or anything?

Once again thank you guys!

 

Alright. I'm still kind of new at this Maxima stuff, but if I were to get clear corner lights, I can just replace them with my stock corner lights, without any modifications correct?

=->Evil Twin<-=

 

Yes, Twin... what they're talkin about is a modification of the wiring in the vehicle to make the bulbs do other things. Simply replacing the OEM corners with clear corner LENSES will require "0" modification.

 

Alright thanks...

Hope you guys get the modifications to work.

=->Evil Twin<-=

 

i've yet to try the corner light rewire. i'm just scared that since the light will always be bright, the extra heat may melt something. i'm prolly just paranoid, but have that ever happen to anyone before?

 

Nah I've been running it like that for a couple months now works great and looks great!

 

Radio Shack Cat # 275-226. for the relay. and the "frayed" wire usually called stranded.

If you need anymore help don't hesitate to ask.

 

lol my bad that is what I meant.

Any specific gauge that I need? Thanks dude.

Oh and what about the thingys to connect the wires to the relay? "Female butt connecters" I really don't wanna ask that to the Radio Shack guy it sounds kinda funny

 

Try asking for this Cat # 64-3135 instead. Or if you are like me you can go a real auto parts store and ask them for a socket for a "bosch" Relay. It costs more but I found it easier to work with ( not to mention the reduction of problems with wiring.

 

actually corner rewire #1 keeps the small 194 bulb (the orange piece on the stock corners) on all the time with your parking lights like normal until you turn on the blinker and then it'll alternate with the front blinker

when the parking lights are off, it'll blink in unison with the front blinker

 

when you guys connected the wires to do the re-wire in # 2, did you guys use those plastic snap-in splicers?

 

well i went to radio shack and got some 'squeeze in' connectors. box of 7 cost like 2 bucks, anyways, the rewire took 2 minutes top per corner light, plus the rewire looks clean and no electrical tape all over the place

 

So it stays on with the headlights too(the 194 bulb) ?

So then what exactly is the difference between 1 and 3? 3 Blinks in Unison while 1 alternates?

As long as that 194 bulb is constantly on then I'm just gonna do Corner rewire #1.

Thanks for the help man.