Just an FYI the civilian 2nd gen crown Victoria and the very very early 2nd gen P71's used amber turn signals at the rear using that area underneath the main taillight area. In mid year for the 1999 P71 they switched to using the brake light as a turn signal and hollowed out that darkened area for strobe emergency light use. If you want later down the road, you can just get a set of Civilian taillights and they will have amber turn signals in that area, you might need to do some rewiring though. My CVPI is an early '99 model so it uses the Europe friendly setup, and in my opinion, is also a lot safer.
@@furiousdriving Yeah, being that setup is original to your model year, I don't blame you. I'm the same with my '99. I want everything to be year/period correct.
The non flashing bottom piece used to be an amber signal but was removed from p71’s halfway through 1999. Those whelen mirror lights involve purchasing two separate things. First is the mirror housing, next are the lights. The lights are called Whelen 500 Series lights. Crown Vic’s only fit these. I recommend a set of chp mirror beams then purchasing the 500 series.
The crown vic police cars had solid red lenses as well as the mercury marauder...the marauder had solid red lenses but tinted as dark as the us. dot would allow....same with the marauder headllights. The civilian version of the crown vic and the mercury grand marquis had the amber inserts in the tail lights.
The taillight turn signals were only amber for the first year of CVPI production and were removed for the 1999 model year (and removed from the civilian cars in 2004), probably to save FoMoCo a few cents. It was pretty common for emergency equipment up-fitters to install strobe lights in those un-used lenses. The 'extra wire' in the corner light on the passenger side is actually just a tube that is there to let moisture out of the housing. The reason one corner light has no hole in the bottom is probably because originally the corner lights would have been wired with white strobe lights as part of the emergency lighting added to the car, and at some point the corner light on the drivers side cracked and was replaced after the emergency lighting, radios, etc. were removed. The under hood light has a gravity switch which can be pretty finicky. It's suppose to be positioned so the bulb is facing forward so the gravity switch can work properly (and the little plastic pin goes into the hood to keep it in position). You probably just have to pull it out and pop it back in, into the two holes again. The wires on the trunk were part of an optional lighting package if I remember correctly for lights that would turn on when the trunk is open as a roof mounted lightbar would be otherwise be blocked when the trunk is open (I've seen them on other CVPI's of that vintage, they looked like this th-cam.com/video/rraFRpEbNv8/w-d-xo.html). Also, if you intend to add cruise control, I do believe at least one brake light bulb (third brake light or taillights) needs to be a proper incandescent bulb and not a LED, as for some reason the cruise cancel is activated by the brake light resistance in the cruise module (but since you are handy, you could add voltage resistors to mitigate this issue). Side note, you can still buy those front license plate brackets NOS on ebay for around $20 USD. Anyhow, hope some of that info is helpful, stoked you finally got your dream car. Cheers from N.J. USA.
I was just about to comment that there used to be amber lamps early on. The Ford part numbers are 3W7Z13405CA for the left hand side, and 3W7Z13404CA for the right.
Also the part number for the harness that goes with those lights with the 4 sockets is F8AB-13407-AG and it's the same part on both sides. I don't know if this would plug straight in to the harness of your car and just work or if you would have to do more adapting but those are the parts at least if that helps any.
Very interesting to watch! My EU spec 2001 Nissan Maxima (Infiniti I35 in US) had blank inner rear lights for the EU market. I put lights there and took power from the license plate lights. Now hole row of rear light work and looks much better. Previously only outer rear lights worked.
Just incase you didn’t know, you may run into an issue with the LED turn signals still hyper flashing even after you finally get all 4 installed as the LEDs draw less power and the system things they’re dead bulbs. The easiest fix for this is replacing the turn signal relay found under the dash with an LED compatible one. Love your Vic videos!!!
I had this problem on my MK1 Fiesta, it would actually refuse to work with 4 led indicator bulbs and go stupid quick with 2 , many hours of head scratching later and I figured out the problem... Changed the relay went to normal speed but then I had all 4 flashing at a constant speed ( Hazard lights ) I had to make a diode pack thingy up for the bulb in the clocks what flashes with a indicator turned on... Eventually got it all sorted lol.
@@furiousdriving ok, but then you loose the benefit of the reduced current consumption the LED bulbs offer. I think the new relay suitable for LED indicators is the proper way to go. Happy New Year with many Volvo and Ford miles!
Got to agree with getting a dedicated led relay, i replaced all the indicators on my Caterham and had all sorts of fun, the led relay was simple and saved any further mucking about with adding extra components that could fail.
Nice to see more of these coming over. Whenever I try to think of electrical stuff like that my brain just seems to stop working. Also kind of concerning how MOT People tell me different things, but oh well it seems to pass. do seem to get advisories for having amber side markers though. The car looks great in green, very nice.
Those capless rear bulbs are used in my Honda Coupe, which was also built in N America. You can get them fairly easily here, but yes, in all the cars I've owned, this was the first car that had them !
I've got an 03 Arizona Highway Patrol P71. Welcome to the club. It's great to see an informational video in the UK about these classic cars. All my Best ! Joey.
7:25 There was an option on those cars for cornering lights, to illuminate the path to the side when the turn signals are activated (and a few seconds after they stop). You might be able to get a pair of lamp housings which support that option and put some bulbs in to act as side markers and to provide some side illumination during turns. On the other hand, I don't know what's behind that yellow reflector patch on the sides; maybe there is a way to just put bulbs behind them and light up that section.
10 out of 10 for staying power. We have enough trouble with British cars, never mind complicating the issue with a Yankee cars. Love watching your videos.
American headlights don't dip left or right they have a hot spot of light in the centre, so they will not blind on coming traffic anyway, the mot tester should know this as it's in the mot testers manual. But one thing I will say is you should have white side/parking lights showing to the front, I'm not sure how you will get away without them.
early model crown Vics have amber turn signals where your blanks are. 1998-2004 Vics used amber turn signals. I would run a wire from the front turn signals to the back to avoid the amber lights coming on with the brakes. the turn/brake light function is controlled under the dash so both feed down the same wire. so running an independent turn signal wire from the front is your best choice.
There's a guy lives round the corner from me and he's got a full liveried up crown vic police cruiser, I keep meaning to get a picture of it, ill send it to you when I get the chance to take a pic!
Great video as always Matt, Electrics is the one thing that I never touch so was good to watch someone else do it. And who knew green bulbs would flash orange in a red light cluster.
The two plugs behind that panel to the left of the steering wheel, those are for the Power Adjustable Pedals and Traction Control. When the car is ordered, and those two options are not opted for, the buttons are not put into the panel. They also do not put the powered pedals on the car. So, if you get the button, you also need the powered pedals. All they do is run the wiring to make it easier to install.
I have a 2003 import (not a Crown Vic) and I have an on/off fog light switch, not a momentary one. Passes MOT fine but switch needs to be labelled. I'd try getting it working with a proper toggle switch first then introduce the momentary once you are happy with it.
I'm sure one of us Yank fans of your channel would be happy to send you a pair of tail lamp clusters with proper amber indicator lenses if you want them-- know I would. One of the first things I have done with the Brit cars I've owned is put proper amber rear indicator lenses on--I can't stand red rear indicators.
An added benefit of its size does mean the various components have ‘room to breath’, making the car easier to work on! (I hope). My dad had a couple of American cars in the mid 70’s, a 1969 Mustang and a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda. Both were dreadfully unreliable sadly… but when they were going and I was sitting in the passenger seat next to my dad cruising around Leicester I felt like the coolest kid in the world. ❤
I have got 2004 Crown Vic LX in Norway. Now its not neccesary to rebuild the lights to EU standard any more in Norway. Happy for that. The brake and turnligt is a serial connected. I did only clip a wire in the front. I did buy another light housing for the taillights with amber glass. Not necessary to do this. Ford Crown vic is one the most durable car ever. I love it. For my old Dodge, I will go back to the red turn/brake signal and reconnect the yellow/amber marking ligts, backupligts and cornering lamps. Will do the same with my US RV. Here I only have to exchange amper lamp to red for the outer lamps (twin ligts for park brake)
You can get an adjustable indicator relay from Amazon for led indicators which allows you to adjust the flash rate, I have them on a couple of bikes that I put led indicators on and you don't have resistors to try to hide, keeps it looking standard. Shame you can't separate the lens off the unit and you could epoxy a divider in to split the lower part of the fitting. I'm with you for trying to get everything in the original units, always looks a wee bit sad when you have to hang a fog light off the bumper. I'm sure there are owners around who have addressed the problem, time for some plagiarism from them? 😂
This and the 740 are my favourite cars of the Furious Fleet! This is just how my days at Halford was fitting cameras, dash cams and stereos! I’ve never got my head around US spec bulbs somehow 🤣 great job so far Matt!
Wiring relays can be tricky to get your head around, especially when you don't know if they are faulty or not. I wired separate relays on both high and low beam and also on the brake lights on my Austin and the process fried my brain until I was confident I had done them correctly, which I had 😊, of course! I'm sure you will work it out with a bit of calm thought. Fab job on the tail lights, silly US flashing red blinkers 😄.
On my 2003 Mercury Marquis when you put the indicator on, the light on the side lit up to illuminate the direction you were turning which I found useful.
I had a 1967 Cougar and the sequential rear indicators always failed the MOT but I wired in an "MOT" switch to please the tester on the day. Annoyingly, sequential indicators are now legal on the likes of Audi and Mercedes. I also had a Mk 1 Escort to which I fitted a high level brake light that caught the wrath of the law, yet they too are now also legal.
The wiring in the trunk lid is possibly for an electro-magnetic gun rack. It's easy to make the outer yellow sections of the front lights flash as indicators. . I just moved the wiring from the centre to the outsides on my Chicago Vic.
Just watching the video so I’m not sure what the final decision will be. I had a 2001 Crown Victoria has a loaner once while my 2016 Ford Focus was having some repairs done. And it had amber indicators in the rear. Idk why they cancelled it. Currently I own a 2003 Lincoln Town Car Signature. And they have the same light cluster in the rear. Except in 2001 Town Cars they had 3 bulbs. I love these cars! Congrats on yours. Love the videos of it!
Hello from the United States!! They actually made crown vics with amber turn signal lenses in the brake lights for certain models and certain years, I don’t remember the years offhand… but they do sell them on Amazon!!! However, it was really cool seeing you figure out how to wire them and make them work. I am starting to see a resurgence of amber turn signals in the US again which is nice because they are easier to see!!! Nice car btw!!!
In my Cadillac Fleetwood 1993 I but the indicator in the rear white reverse light with orange bulb. If it blinks to fast you can slow the indicator down by putting a small resistor on the plus cable.
Love the vids. So interesting to see what all you have to do to get it ready. I have a 2001 LX non police spec. The bottom holes on the tail light are my blinkers and it is orange. From what i have seen the harness goes in about a foot and then there is a plug. My harness has 4 bulbs for the sperate blinkers.
I seem to remember that a certain Vauxhall model in the fifties/sixties had a rear light twin filament bulb that also flashed as an indicator, twin bulb units the second one being the stop/tail. Rear indicator/tail lights must have been legal then. Front indicators could also be white then. Indicators were also not a legal requirement as everyone had to know all the hand signals for the Driving Test and expected to use them at some point during the test.
If you look when the rear indicator is flashing, the inner sector isn't illuminated at all, meaning you could have used it for a fog lamp. You don't need a momentary switch which resets when the ignition goes off, nor does it need to restrict the fog lamp from illuminating only when the main beam in on.
Fantastic content. Just binge watched the Volvo adventure and now onto this. Every video chock-full of interesting and relatable adventure, and all the time you maintain your sense of humour and optimism. My new favourite TH-cam channel.
I'm American and own a Lincoln Town Car (a rebadged Crown Vic). I honestly think that for safety, turning signals here should also be required to be amber and never red. I don't think it's too big of a deal and I'm not going to swap out my tail lights, but I don't think it's good that the brake lights and turn signals are the same color.
A little late, but the trick sits in the relay, and one need to change/rewire the blink relay. Think about it, you need a ground, and a positive for each function, and you got 1. Rear light 2, brake lights, 3.blinkers. that's 4 feeds, but you only have 3 wires per bulb. Blink/brake is merged in the blink relay, it's a special relay that can be changed to a euro spec one.
seen various comments about hyperflashing, buy some ballast resistors from ebay, securely mount to the metal near the rear lights, wire as though a second/third bulb in the indicator circuit, keep all changes that you've made in the same area, if you decide to go back to incandescent, it will be easy to revert back to uk spec oem. Cheap chinese leds burn out, osram or phillips leds use better current limiting resistors in their bulbs.
A little off the topic of cars Matt but I also have that little SpyderCo bug. I also have a larger one which incidentally is also UK legal.as it's non locking but actually feels pretty sturdy to use unlike some other non locking blades. Really useful bit of kit to have.
Great work, that's a beautiful Crown Victoria! As you experienced yourself it can be quite a headache to figure out custom wiring solutions. Given how liberal the UK is in terms of car modifications, I'm quite surprised you'd have to go through this trouble and have amber/orange indicators and add fog lights. Here in Switzerland the rules are so strict for any type of modification. However, the US style red indicator combined with brake light is legal. I actually went the opposite way of you on my Firebird and went from the standard tailllights with separate yellow indicator to the Trans Am version with brake & indicator combined.
Hi Matt - the fog switch wasn’t shown but make sure it has some form of ‘tell-tale’ eg it has a light to show the fog light is switched on as IIRC this is an albeit minor but important requirement.
So you actually can make the side marker lights flash with the turn signal. If I remember correctly all you really have to do is connect the ground wire on the marker to the positive wire on the turn signal bulb and then the side marker will flash too. Supposedly it’s an easy mod. They call it the Crown Vic blinker mod. Also that’s a cool idea for mirror turn signals! Never thought of that.
Over here in Britain, we have to have things called ‘side repeaters’. They are amber lights that flash with the turn signals, and are mounted on the side of the car, usually the front wing, so the turn signals can be seen by a car driving along by the side of you.
Random fact. Did you know that when they filmed the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie there were not enough real Dodge Chargers left for filming - plus they are far too expensive nowadays. To get round this they used Crown Victoria chassis with fabricated Charger bodies for filming.
Your best bet was to use the LX wiring for the separation of the indicators. You can go as far as getting the taillamp housing, but modifying the original lamps isn't a bad idea either. Loved this video btw. Very informative.
Bloody electrics , witchcraft is what it is , all hail auto electricians . Well done for tackling it yourself , I'd have lost my temper. Had never noticed Crown Vics in Yank films before, but you're right , they are everywhere , it's a shame they didn't do a version for this country .
The headlights of a Crown Vic are seared into the psyche of generations of Americans. I can tell from a half mile away at night if there’s a cop just by the shape of the lights. And, even though the Crown Vic has (sadly) been phased out in most police squads nationwide, millions of us will still instinctively tap our brakes when we see one. We’ve been conditioned 😂
For the turn signal hyper flash you can also wire in a resistor on each rear light. You can find them on Amazon. Had to do that when I put LED rear bulbs in my Town & Country (Grand Voyager). In the USA Chrysler did a similar thing with the tail lights on that van: early models (01 - 03?) had separate turn and brake lights - albeit both were red. After that they switched to a cheaper brake/turn combined unit. Now that I’ve seen you do it I want to source some earlier separate bulb units, get green bulbs and wire them in for separate amber turn signals!Dammit Matt! I don’t need another project.
Matt, you'll also need a warning light (or tell tale) to show when the rear fog light is on. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, a plain yellow light with a sticker beside reading "rear fog" would do, or you can source one from a kit car supplier with the rear fog light symbol. Not having this is an MOT fail, section 4.9.1 of the UK car MOT manual (available on the .gov website) I do think your relay box is faulty, though. That, or the wiring instructions are really very wrong. Is your relay box set up such that you can turn the rear fog light off again with another press of the momentary switch? Or would you need to turn the headlights off to deactivate the rear fog? I think the latter would not comply with the regulations.
You didn’t waste two weeks, you just needed two weeks to calculate how you can save money by doing it yourself lol! This takes me back, in 1992 I bought a 1989 Trans Am GTA that need lights converting to UK spec. A good point to remember is that US cars sold in Canada can often have UK approved light clusters with amber indicators. Check out Canadian vehicle dismantlers 😉
Worth pointing out that if you have a bench grinder, or indeed angle grinder, you can not only sharpen those spade (drill) bits, you can adjust their width and thus the size of hole they make. Some cone-shaped hole cutters are a good addition to the bodging tool-set.
You might buy a Haines service manual for that car. For the rear lights you might need to go up to the signal light switch to isolate the brake from the signal indicator. I have been contemplating bringing a military Hummve into the EU. I want orange signals on the back.
Hello from america I actually have a whelen 90 watt strobe pack, headlight flashers, and clear taillights, indicator, and license plate bulbs (and they all flash) in my 2011 cvpi they are blinding and illegal which is why i rewired them up to a switch on the inner fender under the hood i keep them off while i drive and turn them on at car meets to scare everyone lol My cvpi came with all kinds of left over police equipment when i bought it the previous department only took out what they could easily take out and left the rest of it so all the wiring for sirens, multiple power hookups, a gps receiver, body camera battery, camera in the back seat, the plastic rear seat, rear window cages, rear divider, bullet proof truck pack, among many other things were left intact this car needs only about 2 or 3 things to be put back into service if it must And my cvpi is very odd because out of all the options selected on this car (and i know because i found the build sheet for it) the department which bought it (New Castle County Police Department) opted for it to not be fleet keyed which i find very weird
Matt, you'll be MOTing on the VIN, so, if it fails, make sure that the retest paperwork contains the full VIN. I know this as when I went through the process, my retest document only had a shortened version, which is normal, but no good for first registration purposes. If it passes, there won't be an issue, as the full VIN will be there. In my case, the tester had to 're-MOT' the car by creating another brand new entry into the system. One more thing, I think your headlamp diffusers will be dipping the wrong way. You may need to use some stickers?
Ford has a Daytime runningligt relay. with 70 % light. Easy to connect. I dont like this drilling. But its a police car. I have had one issue with the headlamp relays. They did switch off. Had to to exchange to Omron mini relay in the ''blackbox'' Now its works fine. I have been the unlucky man here.
You can buy canadian rear lamps-they have orange turnsignals.Car in garage,what is it?😉i have got Mercury Grand Marqis 10'.Car drives fully orginal(red turnsignals,simetrical headlights,no fog laps in back of the car) registered as oldtimer.Wires under panel are for traction control no existing button😉 Regards from Poland.
About the tail lights and the unused portion at the bottom. Some years of Crown Victoria had separate turn signals with Amber lenses. That really would be the easy way. As for the hyperflashing, get the electronic flasher for a Trailer Tow package car. Get both. They are about $5 each. If the one for the 4 way emergency flashers sticks the wrong way, you have no brake lamps. I suspect the problem with the rear fog is that the relay itself is not run to earth so it is not closing to complete the circuit
Iv done a few sva converts on japenese cars and used to go down the scrappy and get the fog light switches out of Nissan cabstars or old Japanese cars. The only stipulation used to be an illuminated switch. Not linked with headlights. If I was you matt I would get a 12 volt tester with the sharp prong and go behind the light switch on the dash and turn the lights on and stab the tester into the wires until you find a live wire that reacts to you switching lights on and off. Then splice into that and run it into one side of the new fog light switch and run a live out of the other side of the switch to the rear of the car to the live side of the fog lamp. And pick up an earth from the other lights/ earth point/metal chassis etc.if your running and led bulb I wouldn't worry about using a relay as they don't require much current but Remember led bulbs are polarity sensitive, meaning you have to put the live to the correct wire or it won't work unlike normal candelesant bulbs. Hope this helps if you haven't already fixed it.
The new regs are headlights and to go off with the main lights and not come on again unless the switch is pushed - Ive checked extensively! I was using a pin into the wire and touching the tester to that
For the side marker blinker, If you take the power wire from the side marker lights and put it into a 5 pin where when the relay is off, it works like normal, use the + wire from the turn signal as the trigger, and then ground the relay, it will flash with the turn signal. The 5th pin on the relay can be used as a flasher for anything else you might want to put onto the car. If you want to get rid of hyper flash, there is a 2 wires that are in the steering column that can be cut and a LED friendly flasher relay can be added. For Drl, if you use a + wire that kicks on with the car, use a diode, and relay to tap into the + safety/side maker lights. Using the wire on the lcm side as input and the + wire you just cut from the safety + as the trigger. The Drl setup will not have the headlights on. But it works otherwise. If you hook up the Drl right, the headlights and safety should work even with the key out.
Also try looking at tail lights from 1998 to 2011 there are a few that have the amber lenses and are a direct replacement if you wanted that more oe look
Sounds like you need a multimeter! A relay should be easy to test, the coil part should give a reading on the ohms scale, connect 12 volts to those terminals and you should hear a click. Don't American cars have a continuous orange light at the front? I would have thought that needs to be disconnected for UK.
I feel your frustration with the lights! When I moved from PA to Maryland, I had to have the headlights and front fog lamps rewired for inspection. In PA high beams and fog lamps could be on together. In Maryland if the high beam was on it had to switch the fog lamp off, regardless of switch position. GRRRRR.
A friendly Mot guy is the solution. I had my Buick for 18 years and had illegal black n white plates, red indicators etc and Never had any problems. Vicky is looking great btw 😯
just on the off chance try pulling the headlight knob (the one that you turn on dashboard) towards you. like pull it out. i had an old vauxhall corsa that you had to do that for the fog lights
I have a tarus 1994 enjoy watching these videos gives me ideas for mine only thing I need front bumper busted mine few weeks ago can't seem to find one
Well done Matt for having a go. As others have alluded to, auto-electrics are the work of the devil!! Love these type of tinkering videos...more please.
Matt you are so damn clever. To tackle such a diverse collection of vehicles as you have as if it's second nature... change the electrical system in an American car to make it UK legal? I'd be scratching my head for weeks I think...
Those LED turn signals look really dim compared to the ol' incandescents. The comparison at 3:36 doesn't even trigger the camera's auto exposure for the LEDs, while the proper bulbs are an order of magnitude brighter. I get the color conversion but I dunno, wouldn't really feel safe or compliant with those.
I was always annoyed by my car also having the turn signal and brake light not separate. I have a 2000 GM and the same year CV has a separate amber turn, so I naively assumed my car has the wiring but not the housing or bulb for it. Guess I’ll look more into it lol.
Four bulb (amber turn signals) vs. Two bulb (red turn signals) setup. Ford eventually standardized the wiring harness to use in both the Crown Victoria and the Grand Marquis as a cost cutting measure.
Rock Auto are great. I needed some parts for my Black London Cab which I was unable to find in the U.K. I ordered from rock auto in the US and got in about a day!
good video....btw..when that body style came out in 1998...there were factory amber turnsignals installed...but later were removed as on yours.... sadly the US doesnt mandate EU standards....
If when you reinstalled your headlight housings, you got it on the first try I would've thrown my computer mouse through the television screen. But I noticed an edit and I'm sure it took a good couple minutes. It feels like I've installed a headlight housing on a crown vic about 50 times and it's still a pain to get the adjustment knobs lined up with the holes so you can clip it in
Good work seperating the brake and indicator circuits. Talking about indicators on USA cars though, why was it illegal and a MOT failure to have strip indicators (where a series of lamps come on individually one by one until the whole indicator reflector is filled). Then suddenly a few years Audi use the same system and that's OK? Did the regulation / MOT rules change of do we simply ignore it because its a VAG product so rules don't apply?
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The green wire. Definitely. No, wait - the blue one! Roger - grab the cat and run! You're a lethal weapon with those snips, Matt! 😁
My, that paintwork really does look splendid now even on such dark days.
I love it more every day, the ceramic coating has done it a treat
@@furiousdriving I wonder if UK Ford Escort mk5 or mk3 Ford Fiesta head lights would fit ?? and a home made bezel to cover any gaps....
Just an FYI the civilian 2nd gen crown Victoria and the very very early 2nd gen P71's used amber turn signals at the rear using that area underneath the main taillight area. In mid year for the 1999 P71 they switched to using the brake light as a turn signal and hollowed out that darkened area for strobe emergency light use. If you want later down the road, you can just get a set of Civilian taillights and they will have amber turn signals in that area, you might need to do some rewiring though. My CVPI is an early '99 model so it uses the Europe friendly setup, and in my opinion, is also a lot safer.
Yes, they are only about $35 on rock auto but only for the lamp, not the electrical parts, but I like the original all red lamp this has
@@furiousdriving Yeah, being that setup is original to your model year, I don't blame you. I'm the same with my '99. I want everything to be year/period correct.
The non flashing bottom piece used to be an amber signal but was removed from p71’s halfway through 1999.
Those whelen mirror lights involve purchasing two separate things. First is the mirror housing, next are the lights. The lights are called Whelen 500 Series lights. Crown Vic’s only fit these. I recommend a set of chp mirror beams then purchasing the 500 series.
I find irony in the fact that with the earlier panther crown vics, they had seperate amber rear signals.
The crown vic police cars had solid red lenses as well as the mercury marauder...the marauder had solid red lenses but tinted as dark as the us. dot would allow....same with the marauder headllights. The civilian version of the crown vic and the mercury grand marquis had the amber inserts in the tail lights.
@@williamd2738 For the Brits that don't know, the DOT is Department Of Transportation, our MOT.
I would really love to see a head to head between your Crown Vic and Hub Nut’s Ford AU Fairmont
The taillight turn signals were only amber for the first year of CVPI production and were removed for the 1999 model year (and removed from the civilian cars in 2004), probably to save FoMoCo a few cents. It was pretty common for emergency equipment up-fitters to install strobe lights in those un-used lenses. The 'extra wire' in the corner light on the passenger side is actually just a tube that is there to let moisture out of the housing. The reason one corner light has no hole in the bottom is probably because originally the corner lights would have been wired with white strobe lights as part of the emergency lighting added to the car, and at some point the corner light on the drivers side cracked and was replaced after the emergency lighting, radios, etc. were removed.
The under hood light has a gravity switch which can be pretty finicky. It's suppose to be positioned so the bulb is facing forward so the gravity switch can work properly (and the little plastic pin goes into the hood to keep it in position). You probably just have to pull it out and pop it back in, into the two holes again. The wires on the trunk were part of an optional lighting package if I remember correctly for lights that would turn on when the trunk is open as a roof mounted lightbar would be otherwise be blocked when the trunk is open (I've seen them on other CVPI's of that vintage, they looked like this th-cam.com/video/rraFRpEbNv8/w-d-xo.html).
Also, if you intend to add cruise control, I do believe at least one brake light bulb (third brake light or taillights) needs to be a proper incandescent bulb and not a LED, as for some reason the cruise cancel is activated by the brake light resistance in the cruise module (but since you are handy, you could add voltage resistors to mitigate this issue). Side note, you can still buy those front license plate brackets NOS on ebay for around $20 USD. Anyhow, hope some of that info is helpful, stoked you finally got your dream car. Cheers from N.J. USA.
Thanks, thats all really helpful
I was just about to comment that there used to be amber lamps early on. The Ford part numbers are 3W7Z13405CA for the left hand side, and 3W7Z13404CA for the right.
Also the part number for the harness that goes with those lights with the 4 sockets is F8AB-13407-AG and it's the same part on both sides. I don't know if this would plug straight in to the harness of your car and just work or if you would have to do more adapting but those are the parts at least if that helps any.
@@a-aron5691 I don’t think it would be as simple as plugging in, this being a 3 wire loom you’d have to trace back a long way to find the split
Very interesting to watch!
My EU spec 2001 Nissan Maxima (Infiniti I35 in US) had blank inner rear lights for the EU market. I put lights there and took power from the license plate lights. Now hole row of rear light work and looks much better. Previously only outer rear lights worked.
Just incase you didn’t know, you may run into an issue with the LED turn signals still hyper flashing even after you finally get all 4 installed as the LEDs draw less power and the system things they’re dead bulbs. The easiest fix for this is replacing the turn signal relay found under the dash with an LED compatible one. Love your Vic videos!!!
I had this problem on my MK1 Fiesta, it would actually refuse to work with 4 led indicator bulbs and go stupid quick with 2 , many hours of head scratching later and I figured out the problem... Changed the relay went to normal speed but then I had all 4 flashing at a constant speed ( Hazard lights ) I had to make a diode pack thingy up for the bulb in the clocks what flashes with a indicator turned on... Eventually got it all sorted lol.
If that happens in line resistors are about £5 and simulate the load from a regular bulb, so will add some of those
Extra bulb maybe a parking light?
@@furiousdriving ok, but then you loose the benefit of the reduced current consumption the LED bulbs offer. I think the new relay suitable for LED indicators is the proper way to go. Happy New Year with many Volvo and Ford miles!
Got to agree with getting a dedicated led relay, i replaced all the indicators on my Caterham and had all sorts of fun, the led relay was simple and saved any further mucking about with adding extra components that could fail.
Great work Matt, you probably will need a little in line resistor with the LEDS to slow down the flashing speed. I just love this car.
Nice to see more of these coming over.
Whenever I try to think of electrical stuff like that my brain just seems to stop working. Also kind of concerning how MOT People tell me different things, but oh well it seems to pass. do seem to get advisories for having amber side markers though. The car looks great in green, very nice.
Those capless rear bulbs are used in my Honda Coupe, which was also built in N America. You can get them fairly easily here, but yes, in all the cars I've owned, this was the first car that had them !
I've got an 03 Arizona Highway Patrol P71. Welcome to the club. It's great to see an informational video in the UK about these classic cars.
All my Best !
Joey.
7:25 There was an option on those cars for cornering lights, to illuminate the path to the side when the turn signals are activated (and a few seconds after they stop). You might be able to get a pair of lamp housings which support that option and put some bulbs in to act as side markers and to provide some side illumination during turns. On the other hand, I don't know what's behind that yellow reflector patch on the sides; maybe there is a way to just put bulbs behind them and light up that section.
I have a 2007 Grand Marquis with cornering lights, but the lenses are different.
just a quick note. police spec vics don't have the wiring for this unfortunately. only the civilian and variants of it.
10 out of 10 for staying power. We have enough trouble with British cars, never mind complicating the issue with a Yankee cars. Love watching your videos.
Technically the cars are Canadian not Yankee as you put it .🙄
@@brianmanners8910 Thanks for that info. Same applies, spares and know how of the model. Peace brother.
Also, for the MOT, do the headlight beams need to point the right way? Meaning the glass might need some blanking to not dazzle oncoming drivers?
Yeah I was wondering that too
I'm surprised it hasn't been the first issue addressed.
Its a 'flat beam', no lenses in the lens, so just aim left
American headlights don't dip left or right they have a hot spot of light in the centre, so they will not blind on coming traffic anyway, the mot tester should know this as it's in the mot testers manual. But one thing I will say is you should have white side/parking lights showing to the front, I'm not sure how you will get away without them.
@@Azureecosse those don't work on US cars as the beam doesn't have a beam cut off, they will be a MOT failure
early model crown Vics have amber turn signals where your blanks are. 1998-2004 Vics used amber turn signals. I would run a wire from the front turn signals to the back to avoid the amber lights coming on with the brakes. the turn/brake light function is controlled under the dash so both feed down the same wire. so running an independent turn signal wire from the front is your best choice.
There's a guy lives round the corner from me and he's got a full liveried up crown vic police cruiser, I keep meaning to get a picture of it, ill send it to you when I get the chance to take a pic!
I might know it, there arnt that many around
Great video as always Matt, Electrics is the one thing that I never touch so was good to watch someone else do it. And who knew green bulbs would flash orange in a red light cluster.
The two plugs behind that panel to the left of the steering wheel, those are for the Power Adjustable Pedals and Traction Control. When the car is ordered, and those two options are not opted for, the buttons are not put into the panel. They also do not put the powered pedals on the car. So, if you get the button, you also need the powered pedals. All they do is run the wiring to make it easier to install.
Good morning. I"ve been waiting for the Crown Vic to reapear. I' m happy now.
The blank panel underneath the headlight switch is for adjustable pedals and traction control switches.
Well done Matt for tackling this, dramatic ending but hope that the new parts solve the issues!
I have a 2003 import (not a Crown Vic) and I have an on/off fog light switch, not a momentary one. Passes MOT fine but switch needs to be labelled. I'd try getting it working with a proper toggle switch first then introduce the momentary once you are happy with it.
The new regs say momentary apparently so got to do it
I'm sure one of us Yank fans of your channel would be happy to send you a pair of tail lamp clusters with proper amber indicator lenses if you want them-- know I would. One of the first things I have done with the Brit cars I've owned is put proper amber rear indicator lenses on--I can't stand red rear indicators.
An added benefit of its size does mean the various components have ‘room to breath’, making the car easier to work on! (I hope). My dad had a couple of American cars in the mid 70’s, a 1969 Mustang and a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda. Both were dreadfully unreliable sadly… but when they were going and I was sitting in the passenger seat next to my dad cruising around Leicester I felt like the coolest kid in the world. ❤
I have got 2004 Crown Vic LX in Norway. Now its not neccesary to rebuild the lights to EU standard any more in Norway. Happy for that. The brake and turnligt is a serial connected. I did only clip a wire in the front. I did buy another light housing for the taillights with amber glass. Not necessary to do this. Ford Crown vic is one the most durable car ever. I love it.
For my old Dodge, I will go back to the red turn/brake signal and reconnect the yellow/amber marking ligts, backupligts and cornering lamps. Will do the same with my US RV. Here I only have to exchange amper lamp to red for the outer lamps (twin ligts for park brake)
You can get an adjustable indicator relay from Amazon for led indicators which allows you to adjust the flash rate, I have them on a couple of bikes that I put led indicators on and you don't have resistors to try to hide, keeps it looking standard. Shame you can't separate the lens off the unit and you could epoxy a divider in to split the lower part of the fitting. I'm with you for trying to get everything in the original units, always looks a wee bit sad when you have to hang a fog light off the bumper. I'm sure there are owners around who have addressed the problem, time for some plagiarism from them? 😂
This and the 740 are my favourite cars of the Furious Fleet! This is just how my days at Halford was fitting cameras, dash cams and stereos! I’ve never got my head around US spec bulbs somehow 🤣 great job so far Matt!
If nothing else, we're slowly inching closer to the 'Crown Vic vs. Betty' video that we're all waiting for...
I love the crown vic vids please keep them coming
Wiring relays can be tricky to get your head around, especially when you don't know if they are faulty or not. I wired separate relays on both high and low beam and also on the brake lights on my Austin and the process fried my brain until I was confident I had done them correctly, which I had 😊, of course! I'm sure you will work it out with a bit of calm thought. Fab job on the tail lights, silly US flashing red blinkers 😄.
I couldnt believe they were still so basic into the 21sst century! Well done sorting those relays, it does get head scratching going though!
I wish you were my grandmother
On my 2003 Mercury Marquis when you put the indicator on, the light on the side lit up to illuminate the direction you were turning which I found useful.
I had a 1967 Cougar and the sequential rear indicators always failed the MOT but I wired in an "MOT" switch to please the tester on the day. Annoyingly, sequential indicators are now legal on the likes of Audi and Mercedes. I also had a Mk 1 Escort to which I fitted a high level brake light that caught the wrath of the law, yet they too are now also legal.
The wiring in the trunk lid is possibly for an electro-magnetic gun rack.
It's easy to make the outer yellow sections of the front lights flash as indicators. . I just moved the wiring from the centre to the outsides on my Chicago Vic.
Just watching the video so I’m not sure what the final decision will be. I had a 2001 Crown Victoria has a loaner once while my 2016 Ford Focus was having some repairs done. And it had amber indicators in the rear. Idk why they cancelled it. Currently I own a 2003 Lincoln Town Car Signature. And they have the same light cluster in the rear. Except in 2001 Town Cars they had 3 bulbs. I love these cars! Congrats on yours. Love the videos of it!
Civilian ones had the amber and cop ones came and went, no idea why!
Hello from the United States!!
They actually made crown vics with amber turn signal lenses in the brake lights for certain models and certain years, I don’t remember the years offhand… but they do sell them on Amazon!!! However, it was really cool seeing you figure out how to wire them and make them work. I am starting to see a resurgence of amber turn signals in the US again which is nice because they are easier to see!!! Nice car btw!!!
In my Cadillac Fleetwood 1993 I but the indicator in the rear white reverse light with orange bulb. If it blinks to fast you can slow the indicator down by putting a small resistor on the plus cable.
Love the vids. So interesting to see what all you have to do to get it ready. I have a 2001 LX non police spec. The bottom holes on the tail light are my blinkers and it is orange. From what i have seen the harness goes in about a foot and then there is a plug. My harness has 4 bulbs for the sperate blinkers.
If this hadn't worked I was going to get those lamps, but would still have had to rewire to make it work
I seem to remember that a certain Vauxhall model in the fifties/sixties had a rear light twin filament bulb that also flashed as an indicator, twin bulb units the second one being the stop/tail. Rear indicator/tail lights must have been legal then. Front indicators could also be white then. Indicators were also not a legal requirement as everyone had to know all the hand signals for the Driving Test and expected to use them at some point during the test.
Rockauto is fantastic. There are tons of choices and the prices are good.
I love that you enjoy this car so much. They are a dime a dozen here where I live in the US. You did get a very nice example.
If you look when the rear indicator is flashing, the inner sector isn't illuminated at all, meaning you could have used it for a fog lamp.
You don't need a momentary switch which resets when the ignition goes off, nor does it need to restrict the fog lamp from illuminating only when the main beam in on.
Very complicated work, well done Matt, I certainly couldn’t have done any of that❤️.
Fantastic content. Just binge watched the Volvo adventure and now onto this. Every video chock-full of interesting and relatable adventure, and all the time you maintain your sense of humour and optimism. My new favourite TH-cam channel.
I'm American and own a Lincoln Town Car (a rebadged Crown Vic). I honestly think that for safety, turning signals here should also be required to be amber and never red. I don't think it's too big of a deal and I'm not going to swap out my tail lights, but I don't think it's good that the brake lights and turn signals are the same color.
A little late, but the trick sits in the relay, and one need to change/rewire the blink relay. Think about it, you need a ground, and a positive for each function, and you got 1. Rear light 2, brake lights, 3.blinkers. that's 4 feeds, but you only have 3 wires per bulb. Blink/brake is merged in the blink relay, it's a special relay that can be changed to a euro spec one.
seen various comments about hyperflashing, buy some ballast resistors from ebay, securely mount to the metal near the rear lights, wire as though a second/third bulb in the indicator circuit, keep all changes that you've made in the same area, if you decide to go back to incandescent, it will be easy to revert back to uk spec oem. Cheap chinese leds burn out, osram or phillips leds use better current limiting resistors in their bulbs.
A little off the topic of cars Matt but I also have that little SpyderCo bug. I also have a larger one which incidentally is also UK legal.as it's non locking but actually feels pretty sturdy to use unlike some other non locking blades. Really useful bit of kit to have.
Great work, that's a beautiful Crown Victoria! As you experienced yourself it can be quite a headache to figure out custom wiring solutions. Given how liberal the UK is in terms of car modifications, I'm quite surprised you'd have to go through this trouble and have amber/orange indicators and add fog lights. Here in Switzerland the rules are so strict for any type of modification. However, the US style red indicator combined with brake light is legal. I actually went the opposite way of you on my Firebird and went from the standard tailllights with separate yellow indicator to the Trans Am version with brake & indicator combined.
The blanks on the rear light cluster are reflectors, test it and see with a flashlight at a distance.
Hi Matt - the fog switch wasn’t shown but make sure it has some form of ‘tell-tale’ eg it has a light to show the fog light is switched on as IIRC this is an albeit minor but important requirement.
It does, CBS do these for this purpose
Great video. I'm in the process of doing the same. Well, I will be shortly. You made the DIY rear light cluster look so easy.
So you actually can make the side marker lights flash with the turn signal. If I remember correctly all you really have to do is connect the ground wire on the marker to the positive wire on the turn signal bulb and then the side marker will flash too. Supposedly it’s an easy mod. They call it the Crown Vic blinker mod. Also that’s a cool idea for mirror turn signals! Never thought of that.
Over here in Britain, we have to have things called ‘side repeaters’. They are amber lights that flash with the turn signals, and are mounted on the side of the car, usually the front wing, so the turn signals can be seen by a car driving along by the side of you.
Random fact. Did you know that when they filmed the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie there were not enough real Dodge Chargers left for filming - plus they are far too expensive nowadays. To get round this they used Crown Victoria chassis with fabricated Charger bodies for filming.
I did not, maybe partly why there are so few good ones left
Your best bet was to use the LX wiring for the separation of the indicators. You can go as far as getting the taillamp housing, but modifying the original lamps isn't a bad idea either. Loved this video btw. Very informative.
Bloody electrics , witchcraft is what it is , all hail auto electricians . Well done for tackling it yourself , I'd have lost my temper. Had never noticed Crown Vics in Yank films before, but you're right , they are everywhere , it's a shame they didn't do a version for this country .
The headlights of a Crown Vic are seared into the psyche of generations of Americans. I can tell from a half mile away at night if there’s a cop just by the shape of the lights. And, even though the Crown Vic has (sadly) been phased out in most police squads nationwide, millions of us will still instinctively tap our brakes when we see one.
We’ve been conditioned 😂
I'm just hugely impressed with your insights and solutions with all your vehicles. I wouldn't know where to start!
For the turn signal hyper flash you can also wire in a resistor on each rear light. You can find them on Amazon. Had to do that when I put LED rear bulbs in my Town & Country (Grand Voyager). In the USA Chrysler did a similar thing with the tail lights on that van: early models (01 - 03?) had separate turn and brake lights - albeit both were red. After that they switched to a cheaper brake/turn combined unit. Now that I’ve seen you do it I want to source some earlier separate bulb units, get green bulbs and wire them in for separate amber turn signals!Dammit Matt! I don’t need another project.
haha Ive started a revolution!
RockAuto is the best! As a European driving American cars, I order from them all the time. Very quick delivery! What magnet did you get LOL :D
It was a 50s Ford I think, its in the garage!
Matt, you'll also need a warning light (or tell tale) to show when the rear fog light is on. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, a plain yellow light with a sticker beside reading "rear fog" would do, or you can source one from a kit car supplier with the rear fog light symbol. Not having this is an MOT fail, section 4.9.1 of the UK car MOT manual (available on the .gov website)
I do think your relay box is faulty, though. That, or the wiring instructions are really very wrong. Is your relay box set up such that you can turn the rear fog light off again with another press of the momentary switch? Or would you need to turn the headlights off to deactivate the rear fog? I think the latter would not comply with the regulations.
Its built into the button (car builder solutions)
You got way further than I would have. Electrics is a black art as far as I'm concerned. Good job.
You didn’t waste two weeks, you just needed two weeks to calculate how you can save money by doing it yourself lol! This takes me back, in 1992 I bought a 1989 Trans Am GTA that need lights converting to UK spec. A good point to remember is that US cars sold in Canada can often have UK approved light clusters with amber indicators. Check out Canadian vehicle dismantlers 😉
thanks!
Many of my questions have been answered below. Keep up the good work and will see you in the next one. 👍👍👍👍
Worth pointing out that if you have a bench grinder, or indeed angle grinder, you can not only sharpen those spade (drill) bits, you can adjust their width and thus the size of hole they make. Some cone-shaped hole cutters are a good addition to the bodging tool-set.
You might buy a Haines service manual for that car. For the rear lights you might need to go up to the signal light switch to isolate the brake from the signal indicator.
I have been contemplating bringing a military Hummve into the EU. I want orange signals on the back.
Hello from america I actually have a whelen 90 watt strobe pack, headlight flashers, and clear taillights, indicator, and license plate bulbs (and they all flash) in my 2011 cvpi they are blinding and illegal which is why i rewired them up to a switch on the inner fender under the hood i keep them off while i drive and turn them on at car meets to scare everyone lol
My cvpi came with all kinds of left over police equipment when i bought it the previous department only took out what they could easily take out and left the rest of it so all the wiring for sirens, multiple power hookups, a gps receiver, body camera battery, camera in the back seat, the plastic rear seat, rear window cages, rear divider, bullet proof truck pack, among many other things were left intact this car needs only about 2 or 3 things to be put back into service if it must
And my cvpi is very odd because out of all the options selected on this car (and i know because i found the build sheet for it) the department which bought it (New Castle County Police Department) opted for it to not be fleet keyed which i find very weird
Matt, you'll be MOTing on the VIN, so, if it fails, make sure that the retest paperwork contains the full VIN. I know this as when I went
through the process, my retest document only had a shortened version, which is normal, but no good for first registration purposes.
If it passes, there won't be an issue, as the full VIN will be there. In my case, the tester had to 're-MOT' the car by creating another brand new entry into the system.
One more thing, I think your headlamp diffusers will be dipping the wrong way. You may need to use some stickers?
the lamps are vague enough they should be OK as they have no real aim!
Ideally the replacement rear lights might be a worthwhile investment,
after all CLEAR signals for other drivers could avoid an Accident!!
Ford has a Daytime runningligt relay. with 70 % light. Easy to connect. I dont like this drilling. But its a police car. I have had one issue with the headlamp relays. They did switch off. Had to to exchange to Omron mini relay in the ''blackbox'' Now its works fine. I have been the unlucky man here.
We feel your pain Matt, but we know you'll do it.
You can buy canadian rear lamps-they have orange turnsignals.Car in garage,what is it?😉i have got Mercury Grand Marqis 10'.Car drives fully orginal(red turnsignals,simetrical headlights,no fog laps in back of the car) registered as oldtimer.Wires under panel are for traction control no existing button😉 Regards from Poland.
About the tail lights and the unused portion at the bottom. Some years of Crown Victoria had separate turn signals with Amber lenses. That really would be the easy way. As for the hyperflashing, get the electronic flasher for a Trailer Tow package car. Get both. They are about $5 each. If the one for the 4 way emergency flashers sticks the wrong way, you have no brake lamps.
I suspect the problem with the rear fog is that the relay itself is not run to earth so it is not closing to complete the circuit
Iv done a few sva converts on japenese cars and used to go down the scrappy and get the fog light switches out of Nissan cabstars or old Japanese cars. The only stipulation used to be an illuminated switch. Not linked with headlights.
If I was you matt I would get a 12 volt tester with the sharp prong and go behind the light switch on the dash and turn the lights on and stab the tester into the wires until you find a live wire that reacts to you switching lights on and off. Then splice into that and run it into one side of the new fog light switch and run a live out of the other side of the switch to the rear of the car to the live side of the fog lamp. And pick up an earth from the other lights/ earth point/metal chassis etc.if your running and led bulb I wouldn't worry about using a relay as they don't require much current but Remember led bulbs are polarity sensitive, meaning you have to put the live to the correct wire or it won't work unlike normal candelesant bulbs. Hope this helps if you haven't already fixed it.
The new regs are headlights and to go off with the main lights and not come on again unless the switch is pushed - Ive checked extensively!
I was using a pin into the wire and touching the tester to that
Really enjoy these kinds of videos. Well worked out I couldn't have lol. Thanks for your great videos mat.
For the side marker blinker, If you take the power wire from the side marker lights and put it into a 5 pin where when the relay is off, it works like normal, use the + wire from the turn signal as the trigger, and then ground the relay, it will flash with the turn signal. The 5th pin on the relay can be used as a flasher for anything else you might want to put onto the car. If you want to get rid of hyper flash, there is a 2 wires that are in the steering column that can be cut and a LED friendly flasher relay can be added. For Drl, if you use a + wire that kicks on with the car, use a diode, and relay to tap into the + safety/side maker lights. Using the wire on the lcm side as input and the + wire you just cut from the safety + as the trigger. The Drl setup will not have the headlights on. But it works otherwise. If you hook up the Drl right, the headlights and safety should work even with the key out.
The LCM(Lighting Controll Module)is just above the OBDII port which is on the underside of the driver dash right above the go pedal
Also try looking at tail lights from 1998 to 2011 there are a few that have the amber lenses and are a direct replacement if you wanted that more oe look
I own a 2011 p71 and am happy with it.
Impressive, intelligent tinkering. Great job!
Well done on sorting the lights . Thats a task on its own. Nice looking car Matt!
Nice work, reminds me i need to check my brake pedal to make sure the pins haven't come loose as my cruise control hasn't worked since i got my car.
Sounds like you need a multimeter! A relay should be easy to test, the coil part should give a reading on the ohms scale, connect 12 volts to those terminals and you should hear a click. Don't American cars have a continuous orange light at the front? I would have thought that needs to be disconnected for UK.
I feel your frustration with the lights! When I moved from PA to Maryland, I had to have the headlights and front fog lamps rewired for inspection. In PA high beams and fog lamps could be on together. In Maryland if the high beam was on it had to switch the fog lamp off, regardless of switch position. GRRRRR.
A friendly Mot guy is the solution. I had my Buick for 18 years and had illegal black n white plates, red indicators etc and Never had any problems.
Vicky is looking great btw 😯
just on the off chance try pulling the headlight knob (the one that you turn on dashboard) towards you. like pull it out. i had an old vauxhall corsa that you had to do that for the fog lights
Or was it a saxo ?
Can not wait for this to be on the road love a crown Vic
I have a tarus 1994 enjoy watching these videos gives me ideas for mine only thing I need front bumper busted mine few weeks ago can't seem to find one
Well done Matt for having a go. As others have alluded to, auto-electrics are the work of the devil!!
Love these type of tinkering videos...more please.
The 2 switches are one for the pedals and the other is for the traction control
Matt you are so damn clever. To tackle such a diverse collection of vehicles as you have as if it's second nature... change the electrical system in an American car to make it UK legal? I'd be scratching my head for weeks I think...
Those LED turn signals look really dim compared to the ol' incandescents. The comparison at 3:36 doesn't even trigger the camera's auto exposure for the LEDs, while the proper bulbs are an order of magnitude brighter. I get the color conversion but I dunno, wouldn't really feel safe or compliant with those.
I was always annoyed by my car also having the turn signal and brake light not separate. I have a 2000 GM and the same year CV has a separate amber turn, so I naively assumed my car has the wiring but not the housing or bulb for it. Guess I’ll look more into it lol.
Four bulb (amber turn signals) vs. Two bulb (red turn signals) setup. Ford eventually standardized the wiring harness to use in both the Crown Victoria and the Grand Marquis as a cost cutting measure.
Happy New Year Matt. After seeing what you've done with that beautiful machine, now I REALLY want a Crown Vic!
Rock Auto are great. I needed some parts for my Black London Cab which I was unable to find in the U.K. I ordered from rock auto in the US and got in about a day!
Ad the website is so detailed
good video....btw..when that body style came out in 1998...there were factory amber turnsignals installed...but later were removed as on yours.... sadly the US doesnt mandate EU standards....
If when you reinstalled your headlight housings, you got it on the first try I would've thrown my computer mouse through the television screen. But I noticed an edit and I'm sure it took a good couple minutes. It feels like I've installed a headlight housing on a crown vic about 50 times and it's still a pain to get the adjustment knobs lined up with the holes so you can clip it in
the low beam light is at the steering column multifunction switch
Just change all for led in the rear due to the high amps in the green wire, but you already know that, i just want it to say it. Love that car
Anyone else shudder when he drilled into the light cluster with a spadebit if it had been me or hubnut the unit would have cracked
Loving the CVPI, it's 1 of my wishlist cars
Not jealous at all
Matt you’ve done well almost there! Keep it up mate 👍👏
Good work seperating the brake and indicator circuits.
Talking about indicators on USA cars though, why was it illegal and a MOT failure to have strip indicators (where a series of lamps come on individually one by one until the whole indicator reflector is filled). Then suddenly a few years Audi use the same system and that's OK?
Did the regulation / MOT rules change of do we simply ignore it because its a VAG product so rules don't apply?