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My Problematic '94 Del Sol - need help getting Aux lamps working

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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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Default My Problematic '94 Del Sol - need help getting Aux lamps working

I have had my car now for about 3 months and I love and hate it! The guy completely ripped me off and sold me junk, but I am slowly getting back to working. I need some help though.

Supposed to be a Samba Green 1994 Del Sol but he spray canned it matte black with no finish.

Cost List
Buy - $2500
New Alternator - $160
New Headlights - $50
TOTAL - $2710

Problems
Fog/Aux Lamps don't work
Missing Trunk light.
Terrible paint job
Mismatched interior Panels (behind the seats)
Dents/rust
A/C is empty and not functioning (Heater works and Fan works)


So for now I really need help getting my Aux lamps back and running. Don't know why, but I want them to work
Okay new pictures!
Right side facing at car
Black wire is just gone and white just peeled straight out of insulation.

Red wire greenish stripe and Black wire at the clip still intact

LEFT SIDE WORKING for now
Well the wires just pulled straight out of the clips and i tried to tape together as a temp fix White to Red/Green and Black to Black

The clip (also no chance to shove wire back in they looked torn and part of it is stuck in there)

A bad shot of the insides. They look intact and there is a bulb.

As a side problem what are these? there was only one and I see no connection for it.

The problem is they are not connected and the second half to this is that I don't how they are wired and where they attach.

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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 12:25 PM
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Default Re: My Problematic '94 Del Sol - need help getting Aux lamps working

Sorry about that! Thanks for the fix. I will be trying to get better pictures now I should have them up in about an 30minutes or so.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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Default Re: My Problematic '94 Del Sol - need help getting Aux lamps working

first of all, get some better pics. **** is blurry son.

looking at the third pic down those are not oem aux lights. looks to be aftermarket.

the aux wire are red and black. unwrap the loom and electrical tape and you will find the cut wires the previous owner hacked.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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OK also just noticed that the AUX button on the dash does not light up when pressed. Is it supposed to? And is there an easy way to them without removing the bumper? Prev owner screwed it in place
(also pics should be up in 5 minutes.)
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 05:41 PM
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Get a multimeter or test light then turn the car to on and hit the aux switch. Check for power at the red wire. Don't worry about the switch not lighting up, my aux light work an the switch doesnt light up.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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Last pic looks like hid bulbs
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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OK so the lamp that i tape wired is working but with one small problem. The glass and super polish inside is projecting one super bright white light to sky. Any tips on how to aim that?
I did get the aux switch to work by checking the wires and the plug at the instrument panel was unplugged.

So any tips on how to wire the right side lamp? Missing a black wire and a very short white wire that is fully open.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 09:30 PM
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Obviously one wire is power when switched and the other is ground. In the first pic that bulb looks to be a small bulb like h1 or h3 bulb. Just take it out, go to auto store and find a replacement bulb. The replacement bulb should have a wire coming out of the bulb which meant for power and the metal housing of the bulb will be grounded.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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The bulb you have in the lamp looks like this
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 09:41 PM
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Last pic look like this bulb
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:20 AM
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Alright I will go check autozone after school as for what seem to be the HID where do they wire into car? And as for the fogs I can't figure out how to remove them and I have no idea how to aim them down they are currently shooting up about 3 feet higher than my low beams.
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:26 AM
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i would just save the hassle and buy an oem aux light. they use to be like 80bucks for the jdm (which projects way better than the usdm ones), and also get the pigtail for the plug and wire it up.
forget about the hid's i hate them
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:28 AM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-JD...item415f01b55a

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JDM-Honda-De...item19cce84c2a

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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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Default Re: My Problematic '94 Del Sol - need help getting Aux lamps working

i have somewhat of the same issue except i have new bulbs good wiring and good button as well as a good fuse, but they still dont want to work!
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 06:16 AM
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i have somewhat of the same issue except i have new bulbs good wiring and good button as well as a good fuse, but they still dont want to work!
bring out the multimeter
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 07:03 AM
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Default Re: My Problematic '94 Del Sol - need help getting Aux lamps working

2x That Must be a break in the connection. Or you switch is burnt out..
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