a couple questions regading door switches and led'ing them
 

the fronts i got done no problem. the rears were another story. the have a samll surface mount led that is impossible to remove. i did get 1 to work but it s just not up to my standards. i remember seeing pictures of rear switches with a bulb rather than the smt led. i'm assuming they are from an earlier model (mine is a 98). my question is can somebody confirm a year of the bulb style, and are they interchangable (i.e. 95 switch in a 98).

r u putting in the same leds or your own? I got a 97 with 5 mm leds in the back they work fine.

different years had differnt bulbs. i forget when it was changed. the surfce mounted leds require some creativity.

i don't think the switches are interchangeable. early 4th gens had leds in the rear that look kinda like the ones in the front, whereas the late 4th gens have surface mount leds.

i did leds in my window switches a long time ago, so if i'm rememctlybering corre, i htink thats the way it is. i've done a set from both types. replacing the regular leds are straight forward. on the surface mount led, you have to heat the solder and carefully pry away at it, i think there's 4 contact points. you have to use 2 contacts that are diagnonal from each other if you're putting in your own led (i don't remember which ones sorry). and make sure contacts aren't in contact with each other.

I guess I took the easy way out and solder on a 5mm LED's on top of the original one and the current just lights up my custom LED and not the stock one. To me, that was the easiest way. There are 4 points on the stock one, you just got to match up the proper two and you are set.

well i managed to mees up the ones i have pretty well, even the one that works so i'm going to be getting new ones.

i geuus the main question is can i replace my 98 with and earlier model?

they all fit. 95-99 max-i30

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=540434

You should be able to wire in the 95-97 switch or use a door harness from a 95-97 but i'm not sure how the wires differ.

all the switch plugs are the same. no need to change any harness.

Maybe for the i30 but not the maxima.

The fronts are the same for 95-98 and possibly 99.
The rears are different. Theres ones that fit 95-97 and others that fit 98 and possibly 99. I have never owned a 99 so i have no first hand knowledge.
Heres some pictures.
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/public/viewset/4145

so will the 95-96 wiring harness match up? you got any of those?

I'm not sure if the 95-97 door harness will match up with the 98 body harness. I do have both so i will check.

use a razor blade, to cut off excess crap, now u are set to go, backs on mine(97)were smt leds

the 95-97 are different than the 98-99 I just tried to swap they will not work. The earlier one has 9 wires the later has 8. You have to go with posts 4 & 5 as the best methods..

i'm thinking about splicing the harnesses if they do not work. where would i find the wiring diagram for the connectors?

the wires are the same colors from year to year there is just one extra one on the 97 I dont know what its for or what would happen if it wasnt hooked up.... But im sure it wouldnt hurt too try...

just send me your switches ill fix it for you...lolz...I've done like 3 maximas this week..about to do a few more this week comming...gotta pay for school some how :\

Me and him are led fanatics and will do ours our self:chairshot But thanks for the offer.:)

yes sir i feel you...i became a fanatic too lolz...is your switch still workin though for the windows ..is it just not lighting up? can you possible take a pic of the switch ?

I haven't done my interior other than my gauge cluster.

one of the switches work fine, on the other i fried a resistor. i could probably salvage it but i'm kind of anal about stuff like this. i will most likely be going the 95-96 route.

o0o...damn bro that sucks...you cant find one for your yr at all?

yeah, but i want the bulb type because it will be an easier/cleaner mount. whos gonna see it? nobody, but thats just ocd i geuss.

There's a write-up for rear window switches with the surface mount LEDs (1999 Maximas at least, maybe 98s and 97s too?) here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/624467/2

I'm following it but the smt LED would not come off easily so I sort of mangled it and scraped it off. My question is, I know the new LED is supposed to be attached to the upper left (+) and lower right (1) of the four contacts, if you're looking at it like this:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...467_5_full.jpg

Are the two on either side the same? Because I found it hard to avoid contacting both and I sort of assumed the two on the left were + and the two on the left were -.

Also, someone mentioned bypassing these contacts altogether (maybe in another thread). How would I do that?