85 Trans Am Headlight Motors One Switch to Two Switches?
 

I searched a bit before I decided to post. But couldn't find anything. I barely have any experience with working on cars, let alone electrical work. How hard would it be to wire the headlight motors to two different switches. I feel this might get hate but I have friends who have 90s miatas and I just want to join in on the fun of making it wink. I currently need to replace the motors anyway so I figured I'd go ahead and try and do it. But wanted to see how hard it would be.

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No true Firebird ever "winks"

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Nothing wrong with being different. Should be real easy just disconnect ground or power from one light and run it through a toggle switch to keep that light on or off.

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The dual headlight control is on the circuit board inside the headlight control module. You can't split the signals ahead of that.

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;) Not to be contrary here , but princessofbankai mentioned having a 1985 TA , which has the separate relay setup instead of a module .

And now , as odd as I also think it would be to make the car "wink" :rolleyes: a quick read of the 1985 headlight wiring diagram shows that taking separate control of either one of the motor actuator relay's pink wire would produce the desired result .

princessofbankai , I have now given you the "road map" to get to where you want to go , even though I'll never go there myself . It's now your responsibility to use the power of the wink for good only , used carelessly the wink can unleash all kinds of universal mayhem on a truly biblical scale :lmao:



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Re: 85 Trans Am Headlight Motors One Switch to Two Switches?
 

OK now that is very funny!!!

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Mine did when I bought it,lol.

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“Winking”, you mean like one headlight is up and one is down? That’s called needing a new headlight motor or rebuild, not a good thing, something to be avoided.

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Everyone has their own vision of what's cool. For example, some people think KITT replicas are cool.

Re: 85 Trans Am Headlight Motors One Switch to Two Switches?
 

HAHA mine did it from time to time, when a motor would go.

When the 3rd gen Firebirds came out I loved the pop up headlights. It was so...(80s) tech. I still dig it, neat feature for sure.

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I think they are cool in the sense someone went to a lot of trouble and money no doubt, to replicate that car. The front nose is rather cool looking. I can do with out the crazy dash though.

When someone can get one to go from t-top to convertible with the press of a single white button, 3rd season I believe, then I will be really impressed. HAHA

I mean, where would that big piece of rear glass go???

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To be fair to the OP, I don't think they're planning on driving around with one headlight, this sounds like more of a "feature" to show off in a parking lot with their friends. OP, if you end up getting this working, post a video of it, because it'll make a great GIF to use on this website. "My car is totally stock "WINK" "

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She wasn't wrong.

Build what you like Princess.

I guess if the circuits are completely separate, then there would be no need to add diodes to prevent feedback....