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Hey all,

Been having trouble getting the skyline light on the back of my car to work.

Been told that the small circuit box that runs between the light and the power from the parkers

is broken and will need to be replaced with something. The genuine part is like finding a needle

in a hay stack. So the only way i can get it going is by knowing what sort of bulb it uses, fluorescent, neon or L.E.D. ect.

I cant actually open it myself because its been tampered with by the last owner and they thought it was a great idea to use contact glue to seal it shut.

So if anyone can tell what light it EXACTLY uses that would be a really big help.

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Well im not sure if the light even works yet, been told i need something to replace that circuit box

first so it wont harm it.

But its a 40th anniversary model and i didn't even realise it was supposed to light up

untill a mate pointed it out. And sure enough there are wires coming from it.

Been told by a sparky that i could get a replacment for the box but need to know what

sort of bulb it is so it doesn't stuff the light all together. Thats if it still works.

So any ideas??

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i take it there is no writing on the box. i think your only option is to cut it open. also if you could post some pics of the wiring box, and if you take the rear garnish off and take pics of the back of that might be a slight help.

Liz Grand Master

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Well im not sure if the light even works yet, been told i need something to replace that circuit box

first so it wont harm it.

But its a 40th anniversary model and i didn't even realise it was supposed to light up

untill a mate pointed it out. And sure enough there are wires coming from it.

Been told by a sparky that i could get a replacment for the box but need to know what

sort of bulb it is so it doesn't stuff the light all together. Thats if it still works.

So any ideas??

I've got a s1 with it, I'll have a look at mine tonight anyhow and let you know what I have..might help a bit!

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JD_R33

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According to the thread here the Skyline garnish is lit up by some sort of EL strip.

I would try swapping the little black box with one off someone elses R33, just to make sure it's actually the box that's stuffed and not the EL strip.

You could probably get another box from one of the import wreckers like Just Jap....

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Midnight R33

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Hey thanks JD that thread was pretty good.

Still dont like my chances at getting the thing apart the clean way.

Be careful Liz when trying to open it its pretty tight. I'd hate for yours

to get stuffed too :laugh: . I'll take it back to the electritian and see what we can do

even if we have to slice n dice a bit. I just gotta get it goin.

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Midnight R33

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Well i have the electrician looking into making a new circuit box

for the EL light and hopefully that does the trick.

Had another crack at getting the damn thing open this morning but

still no luck. Even tried cutting it open like some others have done, but didn't

get to far with that even. It seems to be completely filled with a blue tacky substance.

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Midnight R33

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Got the back of the light open. Had to use a small angle grinder to cut

a strip off the back (actually worked quite well) :( .

So now if the light isn't working at least i can replace it with anything i want.

So thanks for all your help guys n girls.

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