HZ tail lights into WB

[Vombil]

Hey guys my plastic housings in my WB are fried and cracked up so i thought it would be a good opportunity to put the better looking HZ lights in. Ive got all the bits off the donor HZ.

I have no idea how the hell to wire them up though. Ive had a crack and its definately not working. WB has three globes indicator, reverse and tail/stop all with power and earth. HZ has two globes (brake/tail double filament -no earth) and indicator/reverse (only single filament-earthed through the repeater)

If someone has done this conversion and can put me out of my pain it would be greatly appreciated!

[agr071]

Easiest way to do it is to use 4 diodes (2 each light) and should take a novice about 1 hr to do the wiring part.

[Vombil]

Cheers Agro i was thinking along those lines. do you know where to put them?

[agr071]

Yeah mate, at the back next to the lights would be easier.

[playwme]

Yeah mate, at the back next to the lights would be easier.

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I assume you mean which wires Vombil? You want them on every power wire going into the rear indicator bulbs. This stops the reverse lights from activating your front indicators and stops your indicators to cause all 4 lights left and right to flash.

[vanman]

Just remember that Ur WB wont be roadworthy anymore without the addition of the small side lights..

[Vombil]

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I assume you mean which wires Vombil? You want them on every power wire going into the rear indicator bulbs. This stops the reverse lights from activating your front indicators and stops your indicators to cause all 4 lights left and right to flash.

thanks for that playwme. yeah ive had a think about it and its become pretty obvious

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Just remember that Ur WB wont be roadworthy anymore without the addition of the small side lights..

yeah ive kept the wb stuff just in case. not gonna cut the repeaters into the 1/4's... cops here are a little slow with the technical stuff! cheers

[agr071]

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Thought someone would like that.
Wb reverse light by-pass.jpg

[HX76King]

I know this is an old thread but it seems like it would be good to keep this all together...

What parts are needed and what body modifications are needed to fit these lights?

Cheers

[Len1955]

What size diodes do I need to do this , I looked at Jaycar and there is lots of different ones.