This cool little mod can be done in an hour or so and give your RX an evil look at dusk. Dale Clark or Jay Dahl, I don't remember which, told me about this mod and since it's cheap, almost a no-brainer and gives the car a slightly different look, I decided to go ahead with it. What's to lose? Visibility at night? Who needs it?

“With the lights in the down position, even on high-beam, there isn't sufficient light to drive by after dark”

Your lights will still operate normally when the switch is on. When the switch is off, the retractors will not move up or down. If you have the retractors down and the headlights on, turn on the new switch and the retractors will pop up.

The first thing you'll need to do is go to Radio Shack, or any other place that sells relays and good switches. I picked up a roll of wire, a 12v standard relay and a switch that's got more style than a pimp named "Silky". O.K., it's not THAT stylish, but there wasn't anything else that looked as good as this one did.

Find the wire that feeds the retractors coming off the fuse panel near the Left Front strut tower. On mine it was the fuse closest to the outside. Clip that wire and connect the ends to the normally open (load) side of the relay. (Don't pay any attention to that camera strap)

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