Editing S30/JDMtailwiring (section)

== Hybrid (or semi-divorced) system ==

The US cars got integrated (a.k.a. married) brake and turn signals. This was the norm for most American cars of that time. Cars from other countries generally got separate (a.k.a. divorced) brake and turn signal circuits. That was the norm in the rest of the world. But these days, many cars?both import and American?are coming with all-red rear lights, with a hybrid (or semi-divorced) system. These cars generally have two (or sometimes more) red bulbs on each side of the car.

In this system, at least one of those lights per side is the brake light only, and the other functions as an integrated brake/turn light. The advantage to this is that you have the maximum number of brake lights for warning following drivers. If you are simply stopping, all four light as brake lights. If you are slowing for a left turn, you have three brake and one flasher. Some examples are many newer Ford products, or the latest generation VW Jetta, among others.

The 240Z lights are well suited for this, and is the way I did my car as a safety measure. The later (1/71-on) 240Zs are especially good candidates for this, as they don't have as many brake lights in use as the Series 1 cars do. As with the stock US wiring, since the lower portion is often a brake light, this works properly only with all-red lenses.

'''Hybrid System'''
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The wiring for this mod is essentially the same as the JDM-mod, with one addition. At the front end of the new wire for the brake lights, tap a pigtail into the new wire and connect it to the wire from the turn signal switch that used to connect directly to the brake switch. Like so:

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