EU-modification, rear lights
#1
EU-modification, rear lights
Hi hummerfolks!
I'm new to this forum and recently bought my first Hummer H3, 2006 model.
It's a black Lux- & Adventure-pkg. Impressive car indeed.
The car has been exported from America and I need some help from you guys to modify the backup-lights/rearlights/breaklights/direction lights.
To get the H3 to be legal in Sweden it needs to have orange turn-signal lights. I've bought new orange bulbs and replaced them with the white backup-bulbs.
Though I need to get the breaklights to stop flashing red, but at the same time I need them to show when I am breaking.
Of course I need white backuplight, and I will attach a new backuplight underneath the bumper.
Have you guys got any idea of how I can get the rearlight/breaklight to continue working as usual, but at the same time get the backuplights as turn signal, but not light up when I put in reverse?
I think it should not be too hard to do. I just need to figure out how.
Thanks for help and feedback! I hope to enjoy myself here at the forum.
Bonusquestion:
Where can I get original lightsockets for the headlights/headlamps? Right now it's converted to Xenon, and due to Swedish law I need to convert it to original sockets.
I'm new to this forum and recently bought my first Hummer H3, 2006 model.
It's a black Lux- & Adventure-pkg. Impressive car indeed.
The car has been exported from America and I need some help from you guys to modify the backup-lights/rearlights/breaklights/direction lights.
To get the H3 to be legal in Sweden it needs to have orange turn-signal lights. I've bought new orange bulbs and replaced them with the white backup-bulbs.
Though I need to get the breaklights to stop flashing red, but at the same time I need them to show when I am breaking.
Of course I need white backuplight, and I will attach a new backuplight underneath the bumper.
Have you guys got any idea of how I can get the rearlight/breaklight to continue working as usual, but at the same time get the backuplights as turn signal, but not light up when I put in reverse?
I think it should not be too hard to do. I just need to figure out how.
Thanks for help and feedback! I hope to enjoy myself here at the forum.
Bonusquestion:
Where can I get original lightsockets for the headlights/headlamps? Right now it's converted to Xenon, and due to Swedish law I need to convert it to original sockets.
#2
Could you just use something like this? It looks like the top clear section has an orange bulb in it for the turn signal. Seems like it would be a lot easier and you would still have your backup lights where they belong.
09 10 HUMMER H3T LH LEFT TAIL LIGHT TAIL LAMP 94734360 - eBay (item 220743647579 end time Mar-24-11 04:33:27 PDT)
09 10 HUMMER H3T LH LEFT TAIL LIGHT TAIL LAMP 94734360 - eBay (item 220743647579 end time Mar-24-11 04:33:27 PDT)
#3
Sure I could. Still need to figure out the cables though.
There is no connector behind the lamp at the moment, just cables.
So even if I bought one like that it wouldn't solve the problem. :-)
Plus I don't really want to put out more unnecessary money as I got broke from buying the Hummer.
There is no connector behind the lamp at the moment, just cables.
So even if I bought one like that it wouldn't solve the problem. :-)
Plus I don't really want to put out more unnecessary money as I got broke from buying the Hummer.
#4
I will try to get some help from a multimeter tomorrow and see if I can manage to figure out the cables.
In the meantime, could someone help me with the bonusquestion? :-)
In the meantime, could someone help me with the bonusquestion? :-)
Bonusquestion:
Where can I get original lightsockets for the headlights/headlamps? Right now it's converted to Xenon, and due to Swedish law I need to convert it to original sockets.
Where can I get original lightsockets for the headlights/headlamps? Right now it's converted to Xenon, and due to Swedish law I need to convert it to original sockets.
#6
Ah, thanks for the tip. I will look into it.
#7
Do you guys know if there is a box for all the cables somewhere near the trunk?
As the turn signal and breaklight are the same cable/bulb I somehow need to seperate these cables, so I still have the breaklight in the "main bulb" and have another cable for the turn signal which I can connect to the orange bulb in the fog light socket.
I guess that somewhere in the car the break- and turn signal are seperated, or am I wrong?
Could someone help me locate where the separation is?
As the turn signal and breaklight are the same cable/bulb I somehow need to seperate these cables, so I still have the breaklight in the "main bulb" and have another cable for the turn signal which I can connect to the orange bulb in the fog light socket.
I guess that somewhere in the car the break- and turn signal are seperated, or am I wrong?
Could someone help me locate where the separation is?
#9
I believe the turn signal wire is blue. When you remove the tail light the wires go into a rubber grommet in the body. Pull that grommet out and it will give you more accesss to the wires. There is not much slack in them though.
#10
In that case this should be easy! :-)
What's sad though is that the first owner who imported it modded the rear lights in a correct way, then a new owner decided to change it back, so all the wires has been cut several times, and the original colors are gone and exchanged.
I'm going to get a multimeter tomorrow so I can check for a pulsing current.
Then it should be easy to locate the turn signal... I hope.
But I will def. try to find the blue wire first.