EL Dials Auto Install - Issue (Resolved!)

Post by **vanzep** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:35 am

top work - well done for seeing this through and nice extra bonus of getting the dimmer switch installed

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:32 pm

Yaaas well done mate. Take my tammie off to ya.
Really glad you were able to get this resolved

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:33 pm

Great news, well done.

I thought it was an extra earth that was required (there is a mistake in the Honda service manual wiring schematics) and meant to look out my marked up wiring diagrams during the week and post them up for you , but was too busy and forgot

arif_manji · Post by **arif_manji** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:25 am

Drax wrote:Great work and fair play for keeping at the problem

Lude is looking bloody gorgeous!!

Thanks mate - I must admit, I did nearly give up! But I have such a soft spot for the JDM, such a great car!

arif_manji · Post by **arif_manji** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:33 am

vanzep wrote:top work - well done for seeing this through and nice extra bonus of getting the dimmer switch installed

Thanks mate - once I got the EL dials working, i got a shot of motivation to have a crack at the dimmer switch installed! So glad I did, love having that now. The EL dials do seem pretty bright at night, especially when your eyes get use to the pre-facelift dials!

sol-lude wrote:Yaaas well done mate. Take my tammie off to ya.
Really glad you were able to get this resolved

Thanks mate - I must admit, you doing yours gave me the motivation to do mine! Thanks for your help too, all those pictures and info via WhatsApp! If you want to install the dimmer switch n yours, its pretty easy! I'll give you the info if needed.

wurlycorner wrote:Great news, well done.

I thought it was an extra earth that was required (there is a mistake in the Honda service manual wiring schematics) and meant to look out my marked up wiring diagrams during the week and post them up for you , but was too busy and forgot

Thanks Iain - i did a lot of testing and worked it out. I didn't remove the old dials till i had it all working and tested. I drove it with the speedo on my lap just in case. It's such a pain to remove the loom and dials then to find its not working.

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:05 am

arif_manji wrote:
sol-lude wrote:Yaaas well done mate. Take my tammie off to ya.
Really glad you were able to get this resolved
Thanks mate - I must admit, you doing yours gave me the motivation to do mine! Thanks for your help too, all those pictures and info via WhatsApp! If you want to install the dimmer switch n yours, its pretty easy! I'll give you the info if needed.

Awesome, do intend on doing this but it wont be until I have the raspberry Pi getting built in.

arif_manji · Post by **arif_manji** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:43 am

sol-lude wrote:
arif_manji wrote:
sol-lude wrote:Yaaas well done mate. Take my tammie off to ya.
Really glad you were able to get this resolved
Thanks mate - I must admit, you doing yours gave me the motivation to do mine! Thanks for your help too, all those pictures and info via WhatsApp! If you want to install the dimmer switch n yours, its pretty easy! I'll give you the info if needed.
Awesome, do intend on doing this but it wont be until I have the raspberry Pi getting built in.

Look forward to seeing that mate!

Dino · Post by **Dino** » Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:44 pm

I have a very similar problem too with my JDM manual.. gonna check the earths on the relay. Hoping its this as doing my nut in.

arif_manji · Post by **arif_manji** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:20 pm

Hi @Dino, yes check the earth's, there should be two. One from the relay and one from the loom EL loom on the passenger side. It is frustrating but ones it all works, its so worth it over the pre-facelift dials. If you don't have a dimmer switch, get one and do the wiring for it, it's about 4 wires.

Let me know if you get any issues and keep us updated. I'll be fitting EL dials to another pre-facelift lude next month too.

Dino · Post by **Dino** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:19 am

Thnks to Arif, this turned out to be my relay. Its sooo nice to have my dash back to its former glory.

Arif, thank you for sorting me out.