Hello everybody I recently decided to change my light bulbs to LEDs. So I decided to start with the high beam, to test the led bulbs without worrying what will happen if one of them dies or gives a bad light pattern on the road. To my despair I realized that the connector on the left side has different polarity to the connector of the right side. Of course for halogen bulbs this is not a problem but for leds is. So I decided to try to get the pins out, swap them and solve the problem. I failed totally as it seems I cannot find where exactly the locking pins are. I have uploaded a picture to try to make things clearer. Does anybody have any idea as to where the locking pins are? Are they on the outside of the plug (arrows numbered "1"), on the inside (arrows numbered "2") or on both sides? (I tried sliding paperclips in there to try and free them but they don't seem to budge. Also, are the plastic clips marked with arrows numbered "3" relevant to the whole process? are they some kind of safety lock or do they move in any way? It's incredibly difficult to work in the area without removing the side panels, and even if I removed them, the wiring is very short to give me some room to work with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
A similar system is used on some Superseal connectors. The yellow section prevents the locking fingers of the pins being lifted. By careful prising with a screwdriver the yellow section can be removed and access gained to the fingers. I use a small jeweller's screwdriver to lift the fingers and remove the pins.
If I understand this correctly the black stripes pointed by arrow "3" are safety locks for keeping the yellow section in place. So if I carefully push to the outside the yellow section by sliding a screwdriver where the black safety pins end I should manage it. Do I get that right?
I'm not sure what you mean. This is another view of the connector. On the other side (close to the connector locking clip) there are no black safety pins. Which square holes do you refer to? Photo by Γιώργος Πέντσας - Google Photos
It differs from the Superseal. It's difficult to work out how to release things. It could be easier to cut the wires and solder them back on the opposite way?
