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Noticed that one of the plugs off my headlights is connected to nothing! It's the small bulb between the corner lights and the main bulb closest to grille. I still have working main beam and high beam, as well as working park lights, so when are the small middle lights supposed to come on? The main beam and high beam use only the bulbs closest to grille.

Haven't had the car long and its still unregistered so just trying to nail this stuff down for rwc. No idea why these plugs are cut off or where they're supposed to go :|

Here's a picture of the bulb and plug in case my description is retarded.

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Looks like a park light bulb to me.

From the outside in the order of your lights should be: Parkers are the 2 very outside ones (where indicators would normally be on most cars). Then the low beams, and then high beams closest to the grill.

Looks like the park light, but it doesnt belong where you have described

The Sedans dont have an extra light? You didnt say if yours was sedan or coupe but the 2 door 33's only have a park light, high beam and low beam in the headlight

it's a coupe sorry. From the outer edges in the parkers are there on the corners and working, then the mystery bulb that does nothing, then the main and high beam closest to grille. I agree that the bulb is so small it surely couldn't be anything to do with the main or high beam?

89cal the picture in your sig shows it I think, the section just visible in the bottom left - although mine are the diffused ones not nice clear lenses like yours :D

edit more relevant info: I just realised an s1.5 should have an s1 front end but mine has an s2 front. So I'm assuming this problem is because the previous owner converted it. Does that make any difference to the headlight wiring?

Edited by mistermeena

Apart from the obvious structural differences, the only wiring difference is when hooking up the indicator/fog light. They have a different connector to the series 1.5 harness's as it only has a indicator on the bumper in a series 1.5 without a fog light. Not an indicator/fog light like the series 2 so you have to chop and swap the plugs.
That being said you have a T10 wedge bulb fitted into the bulb holder in your picture and no r33 uses a wedge bulb for an indicator they all use bayonet bulbs, except the GTR. The bulb holder looks like the one on a GTR so it may have had the GTR indicators installed at a time.

R33 Series II Sedans have turning lights between the main headlights and the parking lights.

These are pretty cool and come on when you have the headlights on and turn on the indicators - only the light on the same side as the flashing indicator comes on.

I have never seen a Series II coupe with sedan headlights because the radiator support panel is different between sedans and coups in Series II. Coups have two H1 lights and sedans have one H4 and the back of the headlights are totally different and not interchangeable. This would imply that the car has had frontal damage at some time in the past and they have repaired it with sedan parts.

I would not worry about trying to make this light work because it is not required for rego and your coupe does not have the supporting wiring harness.

Ok cheers guys so at least my lights are operating as they should...sort of lol. I had a feeling the car had been hit at the front but the rails are straight so i figured it wasn't too drastic. The fog lights don't work either but I haven't even started looking at that problem.

So I guess the different rad support means that I cant ever change the headlights over to the nicer s2 coupe clear lenses then.

Apart from the obvious structural differences, the only wiring difference is when hooking up the indicator/fog light. They have a different connector to the series 1.5 harness's as it only has a indicator on the bumper in a series 1.5 without a fog light. Not an indicator/fog light like the series 2 so you have to chop and swap the plugs.

That being said you have a T10 wedge bulb fitted into the bulb holder in your picture and no r33 uses a wedge bulb for an indicator they all use bayonet bulbs, except the GTR. The bulb holder looks like the one on a GTR so it may have had the GTR indicators installed at a time.

I had indicators and fog/driving lights in the bumper of my s1 front. All factory. Had the fog light switch on the stalk. There were some that came with both

I had indicators and fog/driving lights in the bumper of my s1 front. All factory. Had the fog light switch on the stalk. There were some that came with both

Yeah series 1 came with fog lights and indicators but series 1.5 didn't come with it. If you put a series 1.5 into Nissan fast they they come as an accessory for them and it came with new indicators, a relay and a new stalk. OP maybe you want to check if you need the to put the relay into the fuse box? Im pretty sure there is a section provided to put a relay for fog lights

R33 Series II Sedans have turning lights between the main headlights and the parking lights.

These are pretty cool and come on when you have the headlights on and turn on the indicators - only the light on the same side as the flashing indicator comes on.

I never had a clue, that's pretty cool. But i never get calls to look sedan parts up anway

yeah there's no relay fitted for the fogs and I tried swapping the demister relay into that slot. I also don't have the factory switch on the indicator stalk. There is a random switch on the dash left of the steering wheel with a little green light on it (which doesn't light up) and seems to do nothing at all

I had to get a stalk and relay to get my 4door fogs to work and yeah the sedan has a turning light just like U13 Bluebirds do. It's a good idea.

Your fogs may or may not be usable. ie. not all of them have bulbs. Some are fakes and don't actually have anyway of putting a bulb in them.

(factory option) :/

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