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benbuilder · 03-08-2025, 05:07 PM

I spent all day out in the garage working on the lights. This is what i came up with.

Rear End
I have a brake light
The other light for license plate lights up at 4, 5 and 7 oclock

Front end has new aftermarket light pigtails

Front
Pass side
I have the small marker light at 7 o'clock
It seem that the terminals at 4 and 5 o'clock are backwards.

Driver side
I struggled with this side as everything lit up in incorrect positions.
I have read on line that the aftermarket pigtail are not so i good.
Thinking that the wires may have been incorrectly installed by the previous owner, I cut the wires after they entered the headlight bucket and tested them to see how they lit up. I was able to duplicate the passenger side light positions. I connected the pigtail to the cut wires.
The only negative is that the high and low lights seemed dimmer on the driver side than on the pass side
The small marker light seemed as bright as the pass side.

Is there something going on that i am missing here?

03-08-2025, 05:07 PM	#9
benbuilder Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 98	Re: Headlights 1931 I spent all day out in the garage working on the lights. This is what i came up with. Rear End I have a brake light The other light for license plate lights up at 4, 5 and 7 oclock Front end has new aftermarket light pigtails Front Pass side I have the small marker light at 7 o'clock It seem that the terminals at 4 and 5 o'clock are backwards. Driver side I struggled with this side as everything lit up in incorrect positions. I have read on line that the aftermarket pigtail are not so i good. Thinking that the wires may have been incorrectly installed by the previous owner, I cut the wires after they entered the headlight bucket and tested them to see how they lit up. I was able to duplicate the passenger side light positions. I connected the pigtail to the cut wires. The only negative is that the high and low lights seemed dimmer on the driver side than on the pass side The small marker light seemed as bright as the pass side. Is there something going on that i am missing here?