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hey guys just wondering if any one else with a 2door GTT R34 has a working red interior door light on both sides. i've seen it work on my mates GTR R34 so i thought mine was busted but when i took the screw off my GTT interior door light there was nothing there no bulb not even a socket to put a bulb in.....I took the driver door apart i thought it might of just fallen off but there wasnt even a lead to the hole where the red door lights supose to be.?!?!?!?

is that feature only on the GTRs?

  • 3 months later...

Door interior lights.

This is why its worth paying the extra cash for a R34 GTR.

Anyone seen my wanted to buy ad? Im searching for a bayside blue vspec one if you happen to see this post and have one that you'll sell.

Edited by iwanta34gtr

Just found this thread via Google of all things!

Yes the GT-T only came with the reflector/red lens. However.. there is mounts at the back there to accommodate a bracket. So i'm gonna have a play around and try to make something up, whether I use something from another car, or just make a bracket with some veroboard and LED's, not sure yet.

The car deserves a bit of luxury i think!

  • 2 months later...

I know this is a slight gravedig, but whatever.

I had door lights on my ol' Pintara and I miss the look with my R34. So I was at the wreckers today, took one of the red covers with me and went hunting around.

I found some door lights on a Maxima, didn't really pay attention to the model but it would be of a similar vintage, so a J30 or the model after that.

The Maxima must have different lenses as there's little tab things that stick up and stop the Skyline lens sitting properly, but they could easily be cut or filed down. The screw holes line up perfectly and the body of the light holder fits in the Skyline's door card perfectly. So besides flattening the surface down a little, there's virtually zero mucking around necessary. Just screw it in, get power to them, and your're done.

I havn't wired it up yet myself but that's not going to be a difficult thing.

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Edited by Rake
  • 4 months later...

Wow, was it March when I started on this?

Sorry if it's a gravedig but whatever. Finally got around to this tonight!

I'm posting because I believe in sharing content and I'm sure someone will find this thread one day.

Anyway. The not-so-useful 12mb workshop manual pdf that everyone has contained this gem. I worked out how to wire in the door lights in a useful way, and added it in.

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The easiest places to get to this loom are behind the dash cluster or at the key barrel. I opted for the latter. So I spliced into the 2 wires and added an extra plug.

(Ignore the "Connector for light" notation, it's pointing to the "you left your key in" chime thing, the actual connector for the light isn't that one but another very close nearby)

Anyway. So all that needs to happen is to make a custom loom, running a pair of wires to each door for each light.

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Now these steps may differ depending on what donor car your parts come from, since mine were from a Maxima they needed some modifications, as the Maxima's lenses were presumably different.

For instance if you got some out of a 34 GTR I doubt you'd need to mod them at all, unless the lenses are different or something.

Basically involed clipping some bits off, filing out the mating surface so the lens would fit, then shortening down the lens and bulb holder bits so the screws would reach the door card.

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Connect all the wiring. Voila!

Works flawlessly. Basically, when the ceiling light or key barrel light work, so do the door lights. That means they stay on w/ 15sec delay, turn on/off when locking / unlocking with the remote and so forth.

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Edited by Rake

nice tute.. :yes:

+1

Only question I have is would a bigger fuse be needed with two extra bulbs in the circuit or is that not an issue?

Rang t he local wreckers today and they have a Maxima in the ard so going to see if they are the right ones later ths week

Glad it's useful guys :)

You wouldn't want high wattage bulbs in these anyway - I think Nissan put 2.7watt ones in these "spot lamps". Even if you added in 2 x 5W bulbs, which many T10 wedges are that people have lying around, that's still under 1 amp additional current draw. I'd think it's a nominal addition to the circuit. If it was a problem (unlikely), probably could just swap the 10 amp fuse (#26) with a 15 amp one.

Untested thus far - trial and error! I will be doing my drivers door hopefully this week and doing the cabin wiring to finish it off.

LEDs would probably use bugger all too if you went that way (but being directional could look crap - just my opinion!)

If you're going to a wrecker, take down one of the lenses and compare / check fitment. Don't discount other cars as well - ones from Bluebirds, Pintaras etc may fit also, maybe even Nissan's 4WDs if they ever had them. Typically though the door lights only ever came in the up-spec luxo models (usually badged Ti's?), so be sure to check them all :) My thoughts, pretty much if the screw holes line up, you're sweet. Don't forget to get the plugs as well!

Once you've got the parts, and you work out where to wire them in (as we've now figured out :P) this mod is ridiculously straightforward. The difficulty is not in how to make it work, but just the physical running the wiring to the doors. I'm actually running speaker wire at the same time just incase I decide to fit an amp in the future. I'd guess there's posts about running wiring to the doors in stereo install threads if we search. Such info would be useful for this mod.

Any GTR owners reading this? I'd love to know how the factory GTR ones function, and if I've mimicked it correctly or not.

Edited by Rake
  • 2 years later...

Nearly 3 years later just dug up this jem.

I've had a gtt for a while but don't find the time to tinker with it. I got quite the surprise when I pulled the door trim off looking for a blown glob or missing holder. Ill be doing this mod very soon.

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