Coincidence?
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Coincidence?
So i was reading a Speedhunters article about a JZZ30 Soarer that was the victim of a fire. The article mentioned that the fire was started in the rear of the car near the rear tail light wire harness. That made me remember of a thread posted here a while ago about some other guy who also had a fire near the rear of the car, similar to what is described in the article. (Thread here.) I searched around but I couldn't really find anything else on this and none of the insurance auctions have any burn damaged SC's for viewing right now, could this just be a freak coincidence?
INTIMAZY, are you referring to the people who get around the hyperblink issues by tucking an unused bulb behind the trunk liner to fool the resistance requirements? If using the correct harness for the tails, I can't imagine there's any danger of electrical fire. Maybe if doing something sloppy with wiring in resistors...
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The focused point of the fire appears to be the Tail light section rather than the antenna hole judging from the picture, so I doubt it has anything to do with the antenna.
INTIMAZY, are you referring to the people who get around the hyperblink issues by tucking an unused bulb behind the trunk liner to fool the resistance requirements? If using the correct harness for the tails, I can't imagine there's any danger of electrical fire. Maybe if doing something sloppy with wiring in resistors...
My friend has an sc300 with factory tails and for whatever reason it got hot inside the trunk on the drivers side. He sold the car but he was always sketched out by it.
Sounds related and we never really looked into it
Sounds related and we never really looked into it
INTIMAZY, are you referring to the people who get around the hyperblink issues by tucking an unused bulb behind the trunk liner to fool the resistance requirements? If using the correct harness for the tails, I can't imagine there's any danger of electrical fire. Maybe if doing something sloppy with wiring in resistors...
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I never read into how people successfully swapped over 97+ tail lights but this is eye opening.
I believe JDM Soarers got the same updates from the factory from MY1996 onward. So not that different if swapping I'd imagine.
I believe JDM Soarers got the same updates from the factory from MY1996 onward. So not that different if swapping I'd imagine.
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alot of the JDM soarers run a single exhaust down the passenger side, maybe has something to do with it also.
I never understood the whole extra bulb or resistor thing, I chalked that up with other things I would never do that I read about on the internet. there are better fixes for that stuff on this very forum.
I never understood the whole extra bulb or resistor thing, I chalked that up with other things I would never do that I read about on the internet. there are better fixes for that stuff on this very forum.
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