What did you do with your Z today II

pedZ · 01-29-2012, 03:39 PM

Wired up my rear fog light switch yesterday and gave the Z a much needed bath and detailing today. I love it when the Z is clean.

onzedge · 01-29-2012, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

Wired up my rear fog light switch yesterday and gave the Z a much needed bath and detailing today. I love it when the Z is clean.

kenchan · 01-29-2012, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

Wired up my rear fog light switch yesterday and gave the Z a much needed bath and detailing today. I love it when the Z is clean.

you get any picts of your switch installed?

oops, never mind, found the other thread. looks great!

i like it with the red ring illuminated too in your other pict.

pedZ · 01-29-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

you get any picts of your switch installed?

Yeah, I did. Check out this post.

pedZ's Build Journal

onzedge · 01-29-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

Wired up my rear fog light switch yesterday and gave the Z a much needed bath and detailing today. I love it when the Z is clean.

So, Mr. PedZ. Tell us which approach you took for wiring your fo light.

Thanks!!!

pedZ · 01-29-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

So, Mr. PedZ. Tell us which approach you took for wiring your fo light.

Thanks!!!

I tapped into the wires at the BCM that run to the steering wheel stalks for controlling the fog light. I used this DIY that Spearfish wrote up. It worked pefectly and was pretty easy.

DIY: Rear Fog Light Wire Via BCM and Stock Wiring

kenchan · 01-29-2012, 04:37 PM

that's cool. werd is my Z did NOT come pre-wired so i just ran new wires. also with the steering-lock issue id rather not tamper with the BCM at least for the time being.

pedZ · 01-29-2012, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

that's cool. werd is my Z did NOT come pre-wired so i just ran new wires. also with the steering-lock issue id rather not tamper with the BCM at least for the time being.

So i guess that all of the 09s didn't come pre-wired for it? Or is your car special?

onzedge · 01-29-2012, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

I tapped into the wires at the BCM that run to the steering wheel stalks for controlling the fog light. I used this DIY that Spearfish wrote up. It worked pefectly and was pretty easy.

DIY: Rear Fog Light Wire Via BCM and Stock Wiring

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Originally Posted by kenchan

that's cool. werd is my Z did NOT come pre-wired so i just ran new wires. also with the steering-lock issue id rather not tamper with the BCM at least for the time being.

So this may be a dumb question so forgive me if it is. Is there an easy way to tell if one's Z is pre-wired or not?

Also, I have one last set of parts sitting on my "Parts that I bought but have not gotten around to installing yet" shelf. They are the Nissan OEM rear fog light and the Motorsports wiring harness with switch. I am hesitaing for two reasons.

First, it looks like there is a significant amount of interior work that needs to occur. Second, have I mentioned that my steering lock mechanism is dead and I am waiting for the part, which will be another two weeks. I mentioned that, right? I think I did.

kenchan · 01-29-2012, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

So this may be a dumb question so forgive me if it is. Is there an easy way to tell if one's Z is pre-wired or not?

Also, I have one last set of parts sitting on my "Parts that I bought but have not gotten around to installing yet" shelf. They are the Nissan OEM rear fog light and the Motorsports wiring harness with switch. I am hesitaing for two reasons.

First, it looks like there is a significant amount of interior work that needs to occur. Second, have I mentioned that my steering lock mechanism is dead and I am waiting for the part, which will be another two weeks. I mentioned that, right? I think I did.

Mr.onzedge- I looked everywhere under the rear bumper area and between the bumper cover and chassis looking for this harness. I also looked under the trunkliner since I already had it all off. No wires I could find on mine.

it is some work but if you haven't done already, I recommend doing the rear view camera while you have the trunk liner off..or even the dynamat for the trunk floor.

I wired up my switch to the center console using a oem looking rocker switch and fed power from the front socket (which I completely removed).

As for the steering lock yes, that is a headache. 3 RevC's failed already that we know of so my replacement could also fail. Yay.

pedZ · 01-29-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

So this may be a dumb question so forgive me if it is. Is there an easy way to tell if one's Z is pre-wired or not?

Also, I have one last set of parts sitting on my "Parts that I bought but have not gotten around to installing yet" shelf. They are the Nissan OEM rear fog light and the Motorsports wiring harness with switch. I am hesitaing for two reasons.

First, it looks like there is a significant amount of interior work that needs to occur. Second, have I mentioned that my steering lock mechanism is dead and I am waiting for the part, which will be another two weeks. I mentioned that, right? I think I did.

If you look behind the rear fog light you should see the wiring harness clipped on to the left of the fog light bracket if you car comes with it.

onzedge · 01-29-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

If you look behind the rear fog light you should see the wiring harness clipped on to the left of the fog light bracket if you car comes with it.

If I have the harness, do you know the best way to wire the swith in?

pedZ · 01-29-2012, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

If I have the harness, do you know the best way to wire the swith in?

If you use the pre-wired harness, the best option is to tap into the BCM wiring like in this thread.

DIY: Rear Fog Light Wire Via BCM and Stock Wiring

You'll just have to run the wires from the BCM to the center console and connect them to whatever switch you use. Oh, and you'll have to add a diode like Spearfish talks about in the DIY. If you are using a switch without a LED you'll have to run two wires, and with a LED will need four wires.

onzedge · 01-29-2012, 04:44 PM

I did nothing with my steering lock challenged Z again today. waiting, waiting, waiting...

So, a few photo friends and I got up at o'dark thirty to shoot predawn and dawn shots at the Tower Bridge.

kenchan · 01-29-2012, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

So i guess that all of the 09s didn't come pre-wired for it? Or is your car special?

not sure, some cars were pre-wired some were not, apparently.

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I did nothing with my steering lock challenged Z again today. waiting, waiting, waiting...

So, a few photo friends and I got up at o'dark thirty to shoot predawn and dawn shots at the Tower Bridge.

nice shot, mr.onzedge!

hope your lock comes in soon. sucks you need to wait. i've not been able to drive my car since 12/26.. well, hibernation.

01-29-2012, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
pedZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,366 Drives: 11 Tour/Spt/Nav/6MT Rep Power: 28	Wired up my rear fog light switch yesterday and gave the Z a much needed bath and detailing today. I love it when the Z is clean. __________________ 2011 Brilliant Silver Touring/Sport/Nav/6MT --- Build Journal F.I. SS 18" CBE \| Takeda CAI \| Z1 25-Row Oil Cooler \| Swift Springs \| Hotchkis Sway Bars \| H&R 15mm DRS Spacers F&R \| RJM Clutch Pedal \| UpRev Tune

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onzedge A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Battle Lake MN Age: 64 Posts: 183,964 Drives: 370Z 240Z Rep Power: 2684737	I did nothing with my steering lock challenged Z again today. waiting, waiting, waiting... So, a few photo friends and I got up at o'dark thirty to shoot predawn and dawn shots at the Tower Bridge. __________________ Koni\|Swift\|Michelin\|Motordyne\|Berk\|RJM Performance\|Gates\|SPL\|Motul\|Technafit\|Ate Super Blue\|Hawk Tommy Kaira\|Momo\|Optima\|Hella\|Hotchkis\|Red Line\|ZSpeed\|Stillen\|B&M\|H&R

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	that's cool. werd is my Z did NOT come pre-wired so i just ran new wires. also with the steering-lock issue id rather not tamper with the BCM at least for the time being.