Nigel,
would it not just be easier to use the diagram for foglight ccts etc from the shop manual and run in your own wiring?
I don't know if the US headlights have the aim height adjustment motors installed but if so, do you intend to wire in this cct to? Switch is in the centre console as well beside the fogs..
Gary
Originally Posted by nigel
Last edited by Hagasan; 11-03-2012 at 09:51 AM.
Hi Gary,
No, the US model have no wiring feeds/connectors to the centre console for any switches. Our cars have a "coin tray" where the rest of the worlds cars have a switch panel.
I'd love to have the headlight adjuster system but I think that would be to many adjuster bits at the head lights to integrate into these cars. I'd like to have a look at the complete installation to see if I can make that work as well so I could have all the EDM controls.
If I can get my hands on the proper wiring I would integrate that circut in at the same time so in case a breaker comes along in the future with the adjusters available I could add the them.
The reason I was looking for the EDM/UK wiring harness is to get the correct wiring colours/connectors for the four switches and relays and where they tie into the main harness and then find them at the scrap yard here from other Hondas/Acuras and blend them into my harness.
I know this may be excessive but i'd like to make my car unique in the US market.
Sudesh has helped with some bits and switches so far.
Cheers
nigel
Last edited by nigel; 11-03-2012 at 02:50 PM.
drmikey,
How much for the loom and to post it to S.W. Florida? Post code 33919.
If the cost isn't sky high i'd like to have a go.
Cheers
nigel
Nigel,
what I was meaning is that you may already have the headlight motors in your headlight. There are two grey 6P connectors at the headlights. One for the lifting motor and the other for the headlight bulbs. The US cars only have three wires on the harness side for the bulb circuit. On the lamp unit side, do you have six wires? You would see three of these going to the adjustment motor and the other three, blue/white/back going to the lamps. You'll probably need to remove the cover to see.... If the motors are fitted then the circuit is easy to wire in. Be aware though that the pop-up and facelift adjusting switches, although looking the same externally, are different in the way they work. You cannot use a facelift switch on your car.
It may be like the US spec 02+ headlights. They also have the headlight aim motors fitted but not wired up. This motor does however have the manual adjustment carried out through the motor which the early car does not. As a lot of US owners seem to mention headlight bounce with the later lights I wonder if this is because the motors are not powered up and held in "tension" Even for these lights to be powered it is quite easy to retrofit.
I had recently played around with both set-ups to get the later system working in an early car.....
I can understand you wanting to do everything as close to stock as possible but short of a complete harness swap this is going to be trickier to intergrate. As with most cars, it is easy to wire in "standalone" foglights then and also the healight aim. Even the headlight wash would be straightforward. You could easily make a mini harness from the console switches running throught to the front of the car for the fog, aim & wash and then a few wires to the rear. There maybe spare slots in your relay panel where you could wire into and insert the required relays.
I have a whole spare 2000 harness myself but don't think I would sell as it's good insurance if I was ever unlucky to have a meltdown. I'm not sure of the US harness run but the main bulk in the RHD car runs down the right side of the car upto the right side behind the dash where the large connector block is going to the front under the hood. THe rest carries up and over the clocks to the left side for the fuseboard. This may mean any RHS harness you get would have to be "rabitted" for the wiring you want and elongated. Seems excessive a whole harness for a few wires?
Gary
Last edited by Hagasan; 11-03-2012 at 04:37 PM.
Cheers Gary,
I'll have a look for the headlight motors but I think as the complete wiring harnesses are different they probibly left that circut out as well as the motors.
Your right, it would be excessive to replace the entire wiring loom system just for a few circuts.
I would at least like to have the correct wire and tracer colour for the "mini-harness" circuts.
I also agree in the RHD harness is mirrored/opposite the LHD harness so although it may work it would need to be swapped to LHD and in some cases elongated. To much work. I just don't want to have a bodged up installation for my own piece of mind and in case I ever sell the car, (NEVER !)
I'm going to have to install a "mini-harness" but I need to get a copy of the EDM wiring schematic as a guide to make the segments as OEM as possible. I may be able to get Honda connectors and wiring in the proper colours, once I know them, from the scrap yard from other Honda/Acura breakers.
By the way, thanks for your interest.
Cheers
nigel
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