HOWTO: Make your NA ('89-97)'s Popup headlights 'Wink'

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HOWTO: Make your NA ('89-97)'s Popup headlights 'Wink'

Post by zorruno » Mon May 14, 2007 5:19 pm

You can install a switch to allow your pop-up headlights to 'Wink', i.e. one light pop-up at a time.

There is a complete howto here, but it apparently touted as a bit of overkill:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/RedMiataBambi/Wink/
or http://bigbendmiataclub.org/ephar/index.html (Same text)

There have also been discussions on how to do the mod here, which include a link to some wiring diagrams:
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=4852
http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=4861

Feel free to post your experiences or other useful info below.

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Post by tomtikki » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:19 am

I havn't tried the wink mod but i have done this headlight flash mod to my NA.
Just pull on the light stalk like you would to flash your lights and the headlights turn on and pop up until you let go of the stalk.

Diode was about $1.50 from Jaycar and took 2min to fit.

http://www.miata.net/garage/flash.html

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Post by GRUVBB » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:27 pm

My Blue MX5 had this feature. Been doing some old thread reading and found this. Im going to get a diode and do this. Might be of interest to others as well. :idea:

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