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'91 Headlight motors on a '85 Firebird????

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Old Sep 5, 2001 | 09:24 PM
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'91 Headlight motors on a '85 Firebird????

What all is needed for this swap? The '85 has 3 wires and the '91 has two.

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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 10:07 AM
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The only way to get the 91 headlight motors to work in your car is to get rid of the relays. You need to find the white, yellow, and red/white stripe wires and black for ground wires and discard the rest. You then need to find or purchase the headlight module that controlls the motors and find a wiring diagram (found mine in a chiltions book) and wire it up. I had the same problem my GTA had a engine fire and the headlight harness I got was out of a 86 (relays, 3 wire motors) but my 87 had the module and 2 wire motors. it is simple to do but time consuming.

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