So, awhile back my alternator died. Not the good peaceful, slowly losing a charged battery way. That would have been too easy. And when something goes wrong on an FD, it certainly can't go wrong the easy, it has to go wrong in some really bad way. So, the voltage regulator died. Lovely.

The long and short of it is, the "low" beams in my CWest setup, the Catz MSC's, died.

I can't find anyone with a pair of them in town.

Anybody got a known good internet store front that sells them?

Alternatively, anyone ever figure out a good replacement light that will with the CWest housing?

Or, as an alternative to the alternative, anybody ever successfully ripped open an MSC and replaced the bulb?

 

Quick followup on this. I got a set of lights from Saturn Performance Systems. This is the second time I've dealt with them (The first time was when my CWest kit came without the mounting brackets for the "high" beams, and I had to special order some because it would have taken forever to get them from Motorex...). Wouldn't hesitate to recommend them for anyone needing a Catz reseller.

Now, here's the fun bit. Got my old lights off the car (finally... ah, the joy of procrastination...). I don't know where the rumor started, or where I read it, but I'd always heard and believed that these things where sealed, and you couldn't replace them bulb. If anyone else is afflicted with this particular bit of misinformation, consider yourself cured. They are easily openable with a hex key. I had the bulbs out of my old lights in about 30 seconds.

Sigh. Two hundred dollars for a new set of MSC's when I could have just spent a couple bucks on new bulbs. Blarg. I'll know better next time, at least.

 

Hey, how come my post count is ridiculous? I was here the day the forum first opened. I don't post alot, but I've got at least 600 messages. Every time the thing goes down I seem to lose half my count. Makes me look like a newbie... Grr... <g>

 

I bought a brand new set of Cwest lights and never used the low beams. If you're interested in buying them from me let me know, brand new in a box

 

can someone post a pic with the lights on.I just want to see what they look like when they are lighted up?

 

Thanks, Goblin!

Good information to have.

You're always full of good information or hacking news.

Speaking about hacking, have you done anything new on your end with the PFC?

Tony K.

 

No, nothing in awhile.

I bought an AEM EMS, and I've been wrestling with getting that to work. No dice so far. I'm hoping their new software/firmware release will make the problems I've been having with it magically disappear, once they finally release it.

I've been using a PowerFC in the meanwhile, but I've just been driving it, not tuning or anything. Working on a getting another car so I've got a daily driver. Then I'll start back up with stuff. Not sure if I'll wind up reviving the OpenPFC project or not. They fixed the communications glitch the FCEdit software that kept dropping logs, and I've got a new method for getting a proper voltage out of the FJO which will hopefully work, so I may be good to go with everyting already. Given the time sink that hacking that stuff was, I'd like to avoid getting back into it until I absolutely have to.

Of course, if the AEM actually ever works, the PowerFC won't be an issue for me anymore anyway. <g>