Joint Custody
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Hi all,
I have a 2000 460 hard top.
My question is. Do any of you have the wiring schematic for the hard top and the down lights also do you know if searay has a diagram of the open spaces to run wires within the hard top.
I replaced my down lights and cockpit lights with Lumitec-Mirage-white,red,blue,purple flush mount sku#113120.
The cockpit ones where straight forward I replace all four in ten min and they all worked perfect. The hard top down lights where a little more work. As all of you know with a hard top the down lights are 5 inch round and as far as I have searched they dont make a multi color 5" light . So I used the old fixtures and replaced the glass lens with plexiglass with a 2 inch hole cut in them and then the Lumitec lights just drop right in. The look is very clean!
This issue that I have ran into on the hard top down lights is the two rear lights work perfect however the front two flutter at every color. I know this is a voltage issue and I will replace the wiring but if you have ever looked into the hard top it is a bit of a cluster !@#% and not much sense to how the stock lights where wired. I would like to understand the grounds in the hard top as it seams those are coming up from both sides of the arch but the power wire " blue" is coming up from the starboard side.
Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated.
Jim
:One side note. Any of you wanting to do the same with your down lights. I live in Utah and use a local plastic fab shop to cut the new lens. They have the cad on file now and all you would have to do is call the with a CC# and they will ship them to you, or I could facilitate getting them done.
Update on this project.
It was the dimmer switch causing the flutter.
Job all done and they work great. I didnt take any night pics as the top was up and I couldn't get a good shot of them on.