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Subcompact Culture · 12-23-2009, 02:40 PM

Really like the new wheels. Looks great!

Advocate · 12-24-2009, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Subcompact Culture

Really like the new wheels. Looks great!

Thank you sir!

Working on finding a tool to remove pins from wiring harnesses so I can do the Modellista tails. Also saving $ because I need a professional install on the short shifter since I'm not comfortable doing it myself. It's the TWM with a height reduction as well so it's rather complicated...

Advocate · 12-25-2009, 12:22 AM

Hub spacers are IN! I also installed the optional 1 degree camber shims.

Now I'm working on getting a male wiring harness for the new Modellista tail lights and looking for help with the short shifter.

eTiMaGo · 12-25-2009, 10:00 AM

looks ready to rip up some pavement!

kioshi · 12-25-2009, 11:47 AM

Advocate, if you have a really really tiny flat head screwdriver (the ones they use for the eyeglasses screws), you can use that to take out/pry out the pins from wiring harness. And install onto new connectors.

I need to find where mine is at, but that is the way i did it for my RS tails plug and others for aftermarket tails~ don't know if they have a tool that they sell to consumers...

Advocate · 12-25-2009, 02:50 PM

I'm working on sourcing the tool directly from a shop, I don't want to damage the pins and I will need it later. The fuse box and most of the wiring in the car uses these pins so the tool will be incredibly useful.

As for connectors well I need two new ones because the USDM one won't fit and I don't think i'll be able to find the one on the new taillights.

echo_hrs · 12-25-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Advocate

I'm working on sourcing the tool directly from a shop, I don't want to damage the pins and I will need it later. The fuse box and most of the wiring in the car uses these pins so the tool will be incredibly useful.

As for connectors well I need two new ones because the USDM one won't fit and I don't think i'll be able to find the one on the new taillights.

If it's the same connector the JDM RS tails use, I have an extra set...Can you send me a pic of the connector on your new lights?...Then you can just pull the pins and swap them into the new connector...

Cheers

Advocate · 12-27-2009, 12:10 PM

Here's the female connector my lights use:

Advocate · 12-27-2009, 12:17 PM

So it's obvious the two connectors are completely different however wouldn't it work if I just transplanted a new connector to the car and to my lights? The connectors aren't really special they just make the wires contact...

echo_hrs · 12-27-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Advocate

So it's obvious the two connectors are completely different however wouldn't it work if I just transplanted a new connector to the car and to my lights? The connectors aren't really special they just make the wires contact...

Yes, as long as your connectors can use the same type of pins, they will work...Then you just need to sort out the wire colours for the various signals...

Not sure if you could use the factory tail connector:

https://www.trademotion.com/partloca...layCatalogid=0

Cheers

12-23-2009, 02:40 PM	#21 (permalink)
Subcompact Culture Think Big. Drive Small. Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Portland, OR	Really like the new wheels. Looks great! __________________

12-25-2009, 12:22 AM	#23 (permalink)
Advocate Sean Drives: 2006 Yaris Liftback Manual in Meteorite Metallic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Jose California Age: 21	Hub spacers are IN! I also installed the optional 1 degree camber shims. Now I'm working on getting a male wiring harness for the new Modellista tail lights and looking for help with the short shifter. __________________

12-25-2009, 10:00 AM	#24 (permalink)
eTiMaGo Administrator Drives: Red Yaris of Doom Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand	looks ready to rip up some pavement! __________________ "It's never too late to be who you might have been." -- George Eliot ; 'Knowledge. Is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not using it in a fruit salad' Anonymous.

12-25-2009, 02:50 PM	#26 (permalink)
Advocate Sean Drives: 2006 Yaris Liftback Manual in Meteorite Metallic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Jose California Age: 21	I'm working on sourcing the tool directly from a shop, I don't want to damage the pins and I will need it later. The fuse box and most of the wiring in the car uses these pins so the tool will be incredibly useful. As for connectors well I need two new ones because the USDM one won't fit and I don't think i'll be able to find the one on the new taillights. __________________

12-27-2009, 12:10 PM	#28 (permalink)
Advocate Sean Drives: 2006 Yaris Liftback Manual in Meteorite Metallic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Jose California Age: 21	Here's the female connector my lights use: __________________

12-25-2009, 11:47 AM	#25 (permalink)
kioshi Netz~Make the Style Drives: 07' Vitz, BayouBlue Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fremont, CA	Advocate, if you have a really really tiny flat head screwdriver (the ones they use for the eyeglasses screws), you can use that to take out/pry out the pins from wiring harness. And install onto new connectors. I need to find where mine is at, but that is the way i did it for my RS tails plug and others for aftermarket tails~ don't know if they have a tool that they sell to consumers...

12-27-2009, 12:17 PM	#29 (permalink)
Advocate Sean Drives: 2006 Yaris Liftback Manual in Meteorite Metallic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Jose California Age: 21	So it's obvious the two connectors are completely different however wouldn't it work if I just transplanted a new connector to the car and to my lights? The connectors aren't really special they just make the wires contact... __________________

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