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Thread: Side marker/meatball/roundel light wiring

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    Side marker/meatball/roundel light wiring

    I'm just about finished up with my wiring and nearly forgot about side lights for the meatballs. How did you guys wire these side lights up? Do they come on with the headlights, or on a separate switch?
    2nd 289 Build In progress. 302, midshift T5, IRS, 15" Halibrands

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    My 289 kit did not include the meatball lights - did you buy them separately? If I had them, I'd wire them to the marker light circuit.
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    Many details on my Coupe-R are different from a typical Coupe build because mine is not street legal, race only.

    289 has a BP 302 mated to a TKX 18084.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jphoenix View Post
    My 289 kit did not include the meatball lights - did you buy them separately? If I had them, I'd wire them to the marker light circuit.
    I purchased the lights separately. https://www.csxparts.com/p-1330-ligh...ber-light.aspx
    2nd 289 Build In progress. 302, midshift T5, IRS, 15" Halibrands

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    I wired mine into the headlight switch. Routing through the door wasn't too bad. I used black sheathing for the wires and a rubber grommet on the door to clean up the installation.
    FFR #8833 289 FIA 3-link
    1965 289, TKO600 from Forte's Parts Connection
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    Picked up 3/5/2016, First start 4/22/2017, MA legal 7/11/2018
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    Quote Originally Posted by cnutting View Post
    I wired mine into the headlight switch. Routing through the door wasn't too bad. I used black sheathing for the wires and a rubber grommet on the door to clean up the installation.
    Perfect, thanks! How did you wire it into the switch?
    2nd 289 Build In progress. 302, midshift T5, IRS, 15" Halibrands

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    I spliced it into the wiring harness. Did a lot of surgery on that, also spliced in a floor mount high beam switch.
    FFR #8833 289 FIA 3-link
    1965 289, TKO600 from Forte's Parts Connection
    Body and Paint by Mike's Auto Restoration
    Picked up 3/5/2016, First start 4/22/2017, MA legal 7/11/2018
    Build Thread http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...FIA-build-8833
    "Insanity is contagious" - Joseph Heller

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