day running lights ????

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:59 pm

side runnig lights should these be illuminated as i cant seem to find wires anywhere in the rear quarters for them
the rest of the lights work even the front fogs ( after a tap

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glasgowjim · Post by **glasgowjim** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:30 pm

the rear sidelights are dummy lights they have never been connected up.
Just another piece of 480 weirdness

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:04 pm

cheers for that mate was a little puzzled as to why they were there but still doesnt explain my light bulb on dash board

Oh well bk to the drawing board then or bk into my fuse box and spaghetti junction of wires

an uphill struggle

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:09 pm

Do you have non standard headlight bulbs? This will cause the dash light to come one.

If it gets on your nerves just take the bulb out.

The rear quarters are dummies reflectors but you can put bulbs in them so they act as additional day running lights.

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:48 pm

ahaaaaaaaa thats the problem then i changed the bulbs for zenon white as the ones the car came with were like 2 cake candles
i thinkill be taking the bulb out as its starting to get on my nerves now

thanks for the rapido replie's
Adam

David · Post by **David** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:08 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:Do you have non standard headlight bulbs? This will cause the dash light to come one.

If it gets on your nerves just take the bulb out.

The rear quarters are dummies reflectors but you can put bulbs in them so they act as additional day running lights.

How do you get them to act as day running lights??!!

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:04 pm

i'd guess at a fused wire running from the rear lights to a bulb holder in there

David · Post by **David** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:37 pm

Anybody ever done this...any pics?

kitt · Post by **kitt** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:40 pm

Ive done this - will post up instructions and pics if you still intrested?

gltease · Post by **gltease** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:26 pm

David · Post by **David** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:40 pm

yeah please do!

kitt · Post by **kitt** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:39 pm

ok i'll do it this weekend!!

David · Post by **David** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:28 pm

what happened with this?!

surrealjam · Post by **surrealjam** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:29 pm

I'd read that these rear lights are there because the car was originally designed with the north american market in mind - even though in the end the car was not sold there... is there any truth to this statement?

Frantic · Post by **Frantic** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:53 pm

That's all true. If the car wasn't ment for the US market, the pop-ups also weren't there. The longrange lamp would have been used as mainbeam lights instead. They (designers) kept it there, so one is still able to use it as warning light to flash during daylight, when pop-ups are usualy down.

I bought a special cable with bulbholders to fit the rearside markers. It can be easily fit between the existing wires and the lightcomputer in the boot.
I discoupled the stuff after a while, because the bulbholders really doesn't quite fit the markers and constantly fell off

David · Post by **David** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:45 pm

where do you connect the wires to? id be really grateful if you could explain how you did it

Frantic · Post by **Frantic** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:31 pm

The additional wire has a 'two-way' connector, with wires + bulbholders for both sides coming out of it
In the boot, leftside behind the plastic interior cover, you will find a black box next to the antenna, that is the light computer
It's quite simpel, disconnect the original connector off the computer, connect the additional 'two-way' connector to the computer and than connect the original on top of that. In fact the additional connector sits inbetween the original and the computer.
I used LEDs instead of normal bulbs, 'cause 3W bulbs get too hot inthere and LEDs deliver no heat as you know

David · Post by **David** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:39 am

That's great - thanks v much.

Could you tell me where I would get these special wires with the connectors?

Frantic · Post by **Frantic** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:15 pm

I'm afraid these special wires aren't standard
I bought it on the internet from someone who offered this
Maybe you could fabricate such by getting the feed from the original connectors at the taillight unit.
It's a matter of 2 wires to each side

David · Post by **David** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:36 pm

I heard that there was a forum member who sold a kit just for this, anyone know if he's still around...?