Just in case you don’t know, the F20C is the high revving engine from the Honda S2000. This is probably one of the coolest engine swaps I have seen in a while. Watch the “Drift King” Keiichi Tsuchiya drive this thing around the track.
Basically, fixing and repairing your cars headlights is something everyone can do. You could take your car to your local car dealer and pay hundreds of dollars or you could repair them yourself for as little as $15. I would rather keep my money than make my local dealer rich with their outrageous markups and prices. Here is how to properly evaluate, fix and repair almost any automotive headlight problem.
First, determine what the problem is. Are they dim, not working at all, hard to see with at night, have water inside, failed inspection? If they don’t come on at all either you have a burned out bulb or an electrical problem. An electrical problem can be expensive and very labor intensive to fix - but they are usually vary rare. So lets first look at the bulb. The bulb unscrews out of the back of the headlight lens on most newer cars (on older cars with glass headlights the whole lens is the bulb and you just replace it with a new glass replacement $10 - $20 at Walmart). After removing the bulb, look at it. Does it look burned out? Is it black, melted, discolored? If so, replace with a new one. You can purchase replacements at your local automotive store or Walmart for under $20. Insert the new bulb or bulbs and make sure not to touch the glass part of the bulb with your fingers - the grease we emit on our fingers will cause the bulb to wear more quickly or even blow. After installing the bulb try the lights. 99% of the time this is the reason they will not turn on. If it still doesn’t light you have an electrical problem and this should be referred to your local mechanic.
The following is a “how-to” on wiring your bricks up the way Nissan intended!First you’ll need:
Silvia Non-projector headlights (DUH)
wire cutters
wire strippers
electrical tape (pick a your own color)
soldering iron (optional)
male & female spade connectors (also optional)The 240 harness has:
red/blue wire (+)
red/green wire (-)
red/white wire (ALT)The non-projector lights have 2 harnesses:
two wire harness:
red (+)
black (-)
three wire harness:
red (+)
black (-)
green (ALT)
