Tail lights are flipped
Had my Elise a month, and just realized that a couple of the tail lights on it are flipped. On all 4 housings, the left half of the housing is lit when the lights are on.
The lights were set up like this:
(o- (o- LOTUS (o- (o-
Instead of:
(o- -o) LOTUS (o- -o)
I just rotated the inside left housing and the outside right housing. Problem is, now the wires coming out of those two housings go up instead of down. I tried just swapping the bulbs, but the sockets are made so you can't do that.
Is this a common issue? Are the left and right housings supposed to be a different part number? The stickers on the housings only say "Federal Inner" or "Federal Outer," no left/right. Hoping there's another way to fix it and still keep the wires tidy.
The lights were set up like this:
(o- (o- LOTUS (o- (o-
Instead of:
(o- -o) LOTUS (o- -o)
I just rotated the inside left housing and the outside right housing. Problem is, now the wires coming out of those two housings go up instead of down. I tried just swapping the bulbs, but the sockets are made so you can't do that.
Is this a common issue? Are the left and right housings supposed to be a different part number? The stickers on the housings only say "Federal Inner" or "Federal Outer," no left/right. Hoping there's another way to fix it and still keep the wires tidy.
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Not sure, but the link below illustrates what should light up (in yellow)
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I did see that mod on the Uberpost. Still debating which way I like better. I plan to play around some more and try to do this set up while driving:
(o) -o- LOTUS -o- (o) I guess that's similar to how the non-US lights work
Turn signal or braking options:
(o- (o- LOTUS -o) -o) for turning
-o) -o) LOTUS (o- (o- for braking
(o- -o) LOTUS (o- -o) for turning
-o) (o- LOTUS -o) (o- for braking
Probably requires messing with the sockets, though
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So now you have the wires coming out upwards from the lights on the right side?
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Love this diagram for the simplicityNot sure, but the link below illustrates what should light up (in yellow)
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