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10-08-2008, 07:59 AM

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Corner lights

Alright Ive got a 95 max and i have a nice set of 97-99 corner lights with LED bulbs in them... I want to put them on my max...is there any way i can change out the harness so they will plug in?

i know nothing about wiring or headlights so i need a little help . thanks!

10-08-2008, 08:12 AM

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You could splice in the harness of the new corner light. Then you would be able to go back and forth (say you want to revert back to stock or something).

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10-08-2008, 08:17 AM

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im such a newb when you talk about splice...how would i splice the wires?

10-08-2008, 05:53 PM

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You don't have to do any splicing, assuming the LED bulb fits the lights and works.

Just use the harness that is on their stock and switch it with the newer one. It will work.

Is that what you wanted to hear? I may not fully understand your problem.

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10-08-2008, 08:14 PM

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sorry ill try to explain it a little better... the corner lights are AE'd with LED bulbs in them...but the part the connects to the harness is for a 97-99 is it possible to make it work with my 95?

10-08-2008, 09:00 PM

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If I remember right the harness is different from 95-96 and 97-99..which is why I mention splicing. The 95-96 have a dual filament bulb because they have functional corner lamps while the 97-99 don't.

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10-08-2008, 09:01 PM

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They should all be the same. They both use the same bulb (1157) and everything. I've never heard of the connector being different. If they are different, I'm sure somebody has some spare '95 corner light harnesses you could buy for next to nothing and just use the plugs off of them. You use them to replace the '97 ones on the harness for your new corner lights, that way you can put your stock ones back on any time you want.

As far as I knew they should have been the same connectors even though

10-08-2008, 09:51 PM

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yeah i thought the same thing...which is why i was slightly confused when i popped my stock corners off... im gonna see if i can just swtich the harness over tomorrow after work. thanks guys

10-09-2008, 05:54 AM

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yeah i thought the same thing...which is why i was slightly confused when i popped my stock corners off... im gonna see if i can just swtich the harness over tomorrow after work. thanks guys

Now that I think about it you should just be able to do that. Not sure what I was thinking. Just take the LED bulb and stick it in the socket of your '95 harness and plug that into the '97 corner light.

10-09-2008, 06:26 AM

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Just take the LED bulb and stick it in the socket of your '95 harness and plug that into the '97 corner light.

Couldn't of been said any better. That was my exact idea. It should work.

10-09-2008, 02:20 PM

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The 95-96 have a 3 wire hook up. The 97-99 have a 2 wire. They both use the same 1157 dual filament bulb.

As others have said if the LED's are in a 1157 they will drop in. If you dont feel comfortable doing electrical work have someone else do it for you.

10-09-2008, 05:44 PM

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i did it today...damn im an idiot..lol i found an extra 95 harness and swapped it out for the 97...it works.

10-09-2008, 05:55 PM

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i did it today...damn im an idiot..lol i found an extra 95 harness and swapped it out for the 97...it works.

That's what I was trying to tell you earlier...glad it worked okay. Do you have any pictures of it?

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10-09-2008, 06:11 PM

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Do you have any pictures of it?

They should look good with your black bumper lights. Show us some pix though.

10-09-2008, 06:36 PM

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will have them up tomorrow afternoonish...its already dark out...and ive got a tank in my Garage (66' Ford Galaxy) ...so cant drive it in to snap any

10-10-2008, 01:08 PM

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not too bad...i guess itll look better when i do the AE headlight mod

10-10-2008, 09:09 PM

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IMO i think you should of done that with a 97-99 corner.

The 95-96 corners have too many lines in it.

10-10-2008, 09:21 PM

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yeah i agree...i didnt have an extra set of 97 corners laying around though

10-10-2008, 10:10 PM

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Well good luck with the rest of the mods.

10-11-2008, 07:07 AM

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not too bad...i guess itll look better when i do the AE headlight mod

It will definitely look better with the AE headlights. Someone was selling a pair; http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...573529-ae.html

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10-11-2008, 02:46 PM

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Great website and lots of good DIY info.

My daughter has a '97 Maxima. I drive a '95. My clearnance ("turning") lights work. Hers, I noticed last night, do not. I assumed the bulbs were bad so I replaced them today with the bulb called for in the manual (1157 - 28/7 W). Her clearance/turning lights still do not function. The marker light filament burns fine when the parking/head lamps are activated, but when you activate the turn signal, the clearnace filament does not light.

I do not see a fuse for it in the under/hood box near the battery.

Is it a model issue a la some have it, others do not? The housing is identical to my '95 so I assumed it would function the same.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

10-11-2008, 09:22 PM

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could be a bad harness? im not big into head lights

10-11-2008, 11:41 PM

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97-99 only have clearance and NO TURNING light. someone said it before me too. 95-96 have 3 wires and the 97-99 only have 2 wires. everything else is the same. the harness is even the same.