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Old 09-22-2001, 07:35 PM
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Someone want to fill me in on the benefits of Clearence Rewire???

Thanks in advance...I keep seeing this in sigs, and in posts, but I am wondering why you do it? I assume perhaps to match the lighting with your headlights, but I'm not positive, I know with my Philips Bluevisions, the clearance lights look almost orange next to them.
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Re: Someone want to fill me in on the benefits of Clearence Rewire???

I did it strictly for cosmetics. You are pushing more watts out, so it is brighter. But I don't think most people rewire for increased lighting.
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Old 09-22-2001, 07:47 PM
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Re: Re: Someone want to fill me in on the benefits of Clearence Rewire???

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I did it strictly for cosmetics. You are pusing more watts out, so it is brighter. But I don't think most people rewire for increased lighting.
I did, its bright as ***** from the inside of the car. It helps me see to the sides thru my 20% tint.
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cool. where would one go to get the directions to do it?
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Old 09-22-2001, 08:20 PM
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cheston's site has some....

in the how 2 section...
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~cheston/frontpage.html
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I did it first of all because it looks better. Then I drove at night and loved the extra light. Here is a good pic of before and after:
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cool thanx... isn't that www.maximadriver.com ?
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Originally posted by KrZyMaX
cool thanx... isn't that www.maximadriver.com ?

yeah my link is the same
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Now how do you do this on a 95/96?



please reply to --> http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=65730

Thanks!
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Re: Now how do you do this on a 95/96?

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please reply to --> http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=65730

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I am not sure about this but don't your lights come on brighter when you turn your blinker on? Or was that 95 only? The earlier Maximas did that but it annoyed people so they took it off the later ones. I am not sure when or if you can do the rewire if your lights go on brighter with the blinkers.
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Re: Now how do you do this on a 95/96?

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I would think you could just drop some foil under your bulbs so both points make contact all the time
That's all I did for my 97'. I swapped my 7.5 fuse with a 10amp and it has worked fine, though this is not recommended.
I love it. You see so much better; It's almost like having extra headlights angled to the side of the road.
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Re: Re: Now how do you do this on a 95/96?

Originally posted by WaarrEagle

I am not sure about this but don't your lights come on brighter when you turn your blinker on? Or was that 95 only? The earlier Maximas did that but it annoyed people so they took it off the later ones. I am not sure when or if you can do the rewire if your lights go on brighter with the blinkers.
Yeah, on the 96 the lights come on with your blinkers, also.

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I would think you could just drop some foil under your bulbs so both points make contact all the time
That's all I did for my 97'. I swapped my 7.5 fuse with a 10amp and it has worked fine, though this is not recommended.
I love it. You see so much better; It's almost like having extra headlights angled to the side of the road.
Good luck
Yeah, I tried the foil under the bulb trick, but i kept blowing fuses. I'll try a 10A today, hopefully I don't start a fire
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