Theyre a bugger to get to arent they. Finally get to it and now I realise what was meant about 'splicing' spade and bullet connectors.

 

For those who haven't looked, the car (jdm) has a bullet type connector but the h3 bulb I bought has a spade type connector.

 

So what I did was replace the spade on the new bulb with the bullet from the old. Now this obviously means I'd have to do this whenever a fog bulb goes. So to those who have done this before, did you get another spade connector to put on the car side? Thus eliminating the need to swap conectors every time a bulb goes?

 

Weird things though, since they act as normal lights when on and even though my fog light had gone the bulb still worked as a normal head/side (?) light. Why is that?

 

And I also bought the wrong colour since my new one has a standard yellow glow but the old one had a blueish glow.

 

Sorry to bore people with so much talk on connectors but I thought i'd share my zed (most awkward but rewarding car in the world) related experiences.

 

Al

Yes, change the one on the car side (loom) ;)

will do next time. Any idea why the bulb worked as a normal light but not as a fog light?

will do next time. Any idea why the bulb worked as a normal light but not as a fog light?

 

JDM's have a separate bulb for side lights (mounted next to the H3 fog light bulb).

 

And yes, you'd be well advised to change the car side bullet connector to a spade connector. Next time you change your bulb you can just plug it in.

 

HTH

 

Dan

yeah cheers I'll definately change that next time. I'm pretty sure there's only one bulb in that enclosure where the fog lamp is though, only one wire going to it and couldn't see any access for another bulb. two elements in the bulb possibly? This isn't important though It just made me wonder.

 

Thanks again.