How to sleepy eye mod your Ford Probe [the VERY EASY way]

[@MickHood]

You can do it this way, but if you're driving and it gets dark and you can't stop, you won't be able to see where you're going. To do the job properly, buy a 3 position on-off-on(momentary) toggle switch and some wire, inline fuse, and some spade connectors. WARNING - keep your hands away from the headlight unit mechanism while messing with the fuses and the wiring. If they move and your hands are in there, you're gonna get hurt. Remove the RETRA fuse from the fusebox whilst your lights are off. Run two wires from the now empty fuse terminals to the switch in the car. Use the male spade connectors into the fusebox, and fit your inline fuse to the live side. One wire from the fusebox goes to the middle connector on the toggle switch. I would use the one with the inline fuse fitted for the middle terminal. The other wire goes to one of the other terminals, it doesn't matter which, and a loop from there to the remaining terminal so they are joined together. Job done. I fitted my switch with the momentary position at the top, but it doesn't really matter, it's your choice. You want normal lights flick the switch to ON position. Mine was down. Your lights will now work as normal. You want lazy eye, make sure your lights are down, and move the swich to the middle, OFF, position, then turn your lights on. To raise, just flick the switch the other way to the ON(momentary) position and let go when they're as high as you want them. The switch will spring back to the OFF position stopping the headlight motors, You might need to practice to get them where you want. When it starts getting dark, just flick the switch to the on position and the lights will open fully. This is a bit more work, but much safer ;-)

[@Ryan96se]

Just a little factoid for anyone who might not already know Retra in the fuse box description was short for Retractable for headlights.

[@TxMx214]

Ryan96se was just about to comment the same

[@Z3CHYD]

on my 94 I used a foglamp switch from a GT in the junkyard, and wired it to the positive under the dash, but like you said, that required splicing into the stock wiring. It only took 10 minutes to do but if you don't want to cut wires your method is the easiest

[@yungjavfromaz]

another cool way to do this is if you have a 93, they come with a switch in the middle of the dash under the hvac controls, its a push in type like the rear wiper switch and rear window defroster switch. What you can do is just take the wiring from that switch and hook it up to a dimmer like switch and then you can turn the knob until you get to the right height u want it at. Then u can use that switch in the dash that was originally for the lights to flip up for something else.

[@PractiCallSolutions]

I love seeing the totally stock engine bay! Very few probes I see have the full stock intake.

[@tonybaird9515]

Defiantly doing this with my 94 wild orchid gt man good vid, always wanted to do it to my 2.0 but didn't wanna screw it up also like someone said watch your hands ppl, haha first time I changed a head light it randomly closed on my hand with no phone and middle of night so no help and didn't know I had a manual over ride till 5 minutes later lmfao,

[@andreasfleischmann9557]

thank you very much, greetings from Germany, Andy (Probe ECP 2.0 Medici)

[@StonyPointRd]

That's cool man, you should wire a toggle switch from that fuse to the cabin that allows you to bypass the fuse and just work it from the inside.

[@FPGT24]

@ChickenParmHero No, but this is a new method that has been popping up on a few websites verses the hundreds of sites that have a 'how to' on the method where you have to hook up aftermarket wiring and buttons.

[@jtreign9097]

@FPGT24 well i was mainly talking about aftermarket headlights for that are not nissan but resemble the look of a 300zx.. but yeah your right about the nissan ones there very expensive i have worked on many of those.

[@uhsdef78]

i tried it an it works same as 2g an its the best way

[@green97probe]

Yes, pulling the retra fuse on a 89-92 will accomplish the same thing. You can also push the headlight knob in and turn it when the headlights are up to keep them up with the lights off.

[@RockyII84]

Your car looks high....good shit bro

[@FPGT24]

Thank you. Yeah, i get in mine all the time and go to take off and night and am like "god dammit!!" every single time, cuz i forget to pop the fuse back in before i get in to drive off lol.

[@JonGravelle]

TWO PROBES?! I envy you my good sir.

[@jakegann5272]

What about the 1991 ford probe gt there's only one small fuse box under the hood

[@sahneee970oh]

I just bough a 95 5 speed. its amazing

[@burnzrubba]

Thanks mate i just did it to my probe looks wicked works great

[@jkenney940]

Nice...... But dude, I don't know shit about wiring either and I did the sleepy eye mod in my 94 GT with the button in the car to adjust and it took all of about 25 minutes! Not hard at all man. Just jump the orange wire to the red and white wire behind the fog light switch. It's cooler because you don't ever have to pop the hood. I subscribed and have seen most of your vids. You know these cars inside and out pretty much... I'm POSITIVE that it wouldn't be too much of a challenge for you....

[@uhsdef78]

do you no if this would work on a 90 probe gl?

[@trackhawktv801]

Tailor Post didn’t work for me. 1990 is the1st gen and it’s made different

[@DeathMetalThrasher]

This worked fine on my '97 thanks!

[@COKOJI16]

I am gonna test it now,and if you want,can send you few pictures)

[@FPGT24]

ive had 14. i still have 2. the 95 teal mist GT as seen here and a 94 rio red GT.

[@ghostvapes5557]

you sir just earned 1 subscriber

[@StonyPointRd]

@FPGT24 Nah, you got that all wrong. It wouldn't require cutting or splicing any wires that belong to the car. Just was a thought though.

[@FPGT24]

No problem, glad i could be of help.

[@jkenney940]

Wait a min...... that mod was for day time running fog lights.... The sleepy eye mod was even easier than that one!! You don't even have to splice into any of the cars wires!! Just run two lengths of wire from the Retra fuse to toggle switch!!!

[@FPGT24]

I was also joking bout the first part. I guess you didn't realize that. 93-97 Probes have Mazda engines, transmissions, chassis, suspension, and were even built by Mazda. Ford only designed the interior and body, thats how the Ford badge got slapped on there lol.

[@FPGT24]

@Jakeman2164 Never. the 2nd gens rarely had the motors go out, it was mostly the 1st gens.

[@FPGT24]

@fighttillyoudie0 thats the exact thing this video is the polar opposite of. I will not go through that kind of bullshit to cut stock wiring, put in aftermarket wiring, and route it inside the cabin. Thats hours of work and i dont know shit bout electrical so id probably fuck something up. I rarely drive at night so leaving my headlights like this all the time isnt an issue.

[@MegaDragge]

I have ford probe 96 v6 5 speed . BUT why should i do this?

[@mmz77]

Very cool. Are the Probe headlights decently reliable or is it common for them to stick/not work?

[@EggHeadpse]

Do you know if its possible to get the fog lights to turn on with the parking lights? But still work with the switch?

[@FPGT24]

@Z3CHYD i dont mess around with wiring. if you or Keaton ever come down again im gonna have to pay one of ya'll to wire mine up cuz pulling fuses and shit is annoying.

[@DaytonCarCare]

Looks like you have room to add more fog lights. Maybe that would be enough light at night so the headlights are not needed

[@FPGT24]

I WISH it was Tangerine Frost, hell i wouldve never sold it if it was, that color is extremely ultra rare, like only about 500 Probes made in that color.

[@matthewchavez9134]

great vid gonna try this with mine!!

[@yamahonkawazuki]

awesome. gonna do this with my rx7 vert after i finish the engine swap. that aside. i know you said undo it mainly for driving at night. ( near vid end) wonder if it could be left as is. if one can figure out how to overcome the aim, and cutting off half of hte light. i still like the look of it though. appreciate the vid

[@FPGT24]

i agree with you completely

[@FPGT24]

I know almost nothing about 1st gens. I doubt it would work. 1st gens have a button to keep the headlights up, but the lights themselves off. The 93 model of 2nd gens also have that and I'm not sure if you can do that either. As far as i know this will only work for 94-97 Probes.

[@FPGT24]

@fighttillyoudie0 send me a message on facebook explaining this cuz the only two methods i found were this, and the one where you have to cut wires and run aftermarket wiring.

[@jtreign9097]

isn't there mod to make the head lights look like the 300zx without the popups?

[@StuGhostface]

Your wrong. The 89-92 models have the headlight off switch and they can stay up. Turn your headlights on then push in and turn it one more time. Your headlights will stay up but be off. I have a 1991 ford probe.

[@FPGT24]

I'm well aware dude. I suppose you didn't listen closely? Because i said "93's are the only SECOND GENERATION PROBE that have the switch where you can leave the headlights up". Never did i ever, anywhere in this video, mention a first generation Probe. And, not to be a jerk but it's "you're" not "your".

[@trackhawktv801]

Mr1988MONSTER any way of doing sleepy mods on a probe 1990

[@tonybaird9515]

Someone was talking about rare int. Is blue really rare, my 94se has blue int, then I've got a 94 wild orchid edition gt, so it's already got rare int. You can't tell me the blue int I've trashed is rare lol

[@FPGT24]

Yes, blue interiors on Probes are very rare. The 94 wild orchid edition is ultra rare, there is believed to be under 1,000 of them still existing. You have two very rare Probes. I have owned 18 of these cars and seen many others over the 7 years i've been into them, and I have NEVER seen a blue interior in person and have only seen 1 wild orchid edition in person.

[@tonybaird9515]

FPGT24 I've never seen another orchid, seen this one in March and wanted to test drive it then got in the lot and realized what it was haha

[@vladimirmlinar]

great stuff! thnx :) i got 94 GT with 119 000 km. original

[@FPGT24]

No, I already have a mint 97 GT thats a 1 owner before me plus my teal one as seen in this video and a shitload of other cars because I'm a car dealer. Would like to see a vid of it though, if you could a tour video of it up and drop the URL link here that'd be great.

[@xai1603]

lol "watch the headlights as i tap that slowly" he said.

[@streetboy281]

celicas have them on the side of the light is not red is black knobs. and is kind of hard to turn them

[@Rebranding22]

I want to do this to my 93..how would that change the process?

[@japraptcars5338]

Just tried it on mine, works the same way :)

[@FPGT24]

@crammage thats an awesome idea! im gonna have to talk to my buddy Ryan whos an electrician and see if he can do that for me, that would be kickass!

[@FPGT24]

@jtreign9097 Yeah, its extremely difficult, and very costly. its very hard to find 300ZX headlights and when you do, ur talking about half a grand for a set of them according to my one friend who has owned 4 300ZXs all his were Twin Turbos, he just rebuilt one. i would love to get my hands on a 300zx and i had the chance before (it was junk, total junk, barely ran and had salvage title) but they are so expensive around here.

[@RonnieBurris]

Couldn't you just also use the manual knobs on the headlight motors to crank them up? It seems like it's less harsh on the electrical system than causing the fuse to arc like that

[@brendanclauw3894]

thanks for the vid man! really helped

[@FPGT24]

@mmz77 the 1st gen headlights were unreliable, 2nd gens reliable. i only remember seeing about 10 2nd gens with a broken headlight motor compared to the probably few hundred of 1st gens with broken headlight motors.

[@shesaidwhatnow]

Is this another way for a 94 Firebird?

[@FPGT24]

2.5L Mazda KL-DE V6 24v

[@Albs_M8]

Is it hard to find parts for these cars?

[@joshcrotsley]

wow, someone is sensitive today. just a joke buddy. and the fact that they have a ford badge on them means ford owns/owned the right to manufacture and sell them so that means, in fact, yes, they are fords. and if you are a "ford guy" you should own that fact too. but other than that its just a joke in good fun, i was seriously considering a probe at one point in time (till i found the lude), so yea i dont mind them. Also,me lazy? thats funny. i know you didnt call me lazy per se but yeah, funny

[@fadedempirecarclub948]

Does this work on the first generation probes? I kinda wanna do it to a first gen

[@fadedempirecarclub948]

NVM, just read the description!

[@FPGT24]

cool! thanks for letting me know!

[@FPGT24]

put up a tour video of it bro

[@dschultz1992]

95 is the cross over year is that obd 1 or obd2

[@FPGT24]

All 95 and before vehicles are OBD1. 96 and newer are OBD2.

[@FPGT24]

Thank you man!!!

[@eddiel0c61]

used to do that to my aw11 mr2

[@DanielleaBella33]

wat did you use for paint on your rims?

[@LoveBandit1000]

I dont' know what next mod to do to my car??? I got an idea, screw up the headlights so they look broken, that would be cool....LOL

[@StormCobalt]

Quick question, how many mpg's do you get with your Probe?

[@FPGT24]

usually 22 city 32 highway

[@bluecapone]

What motor do these cars have? 2.3? 2.5?

[@FPGT24]

i dont know how to do it but its all over Probetalk

[@steveangst7359]

agreed that it's stupid. I've owned plenty of fieros, at the moment a stanced miata, and a butt probe. why make your lights look like they don't work properly. I dont get it

[@xgen391]

or or just pull the fuse under the hood and twisting up however you wish

[@AdriaCalais]

run the wires. much more enjoyable. its just a switch and a button.

[@FPGT24]

Replacement parts? No. Body/interior parts? Yes.

[@cellphonecraze]

I have a 1996 Probe GT with 104,000 original miles and everything stock and well maintained, would you be interested in purchasing?

[@BreakingNVain]

cellphonecraze Yes.

[@vladimirmlinar]

@FPGT24 2000$ 300ZX Z32 twin turbo 550 hp 92... in Croatia. Ford Probe V6 94. 4000-6000$ stock. wierd ha?

[@FPGT24]

you're welcome!!

[@FPGT24]

Orange? Its Laser Red...and I havent owned that car for a year and a half, I sold it a week after this video.

[@FPGT24]

@BeltDrivenMadness thanks bro

[@slamcam]

you do know its alot easier to crank the red knobs right

[@FPGT24]

KLZE nice man

[@RonnieBurris]

My bad, I watched the whole video now =X

[@FPGT24]

yeah thats pretty rare. just about as rare as the blue interiors. rarest interior of all though is willow green.

[@ziggiesaquaticexotics8270]

Just taaaap it in tappy tappy tap tap

[@Stratemannauto]

@rockemsockemredneck you didnt watch/pay attention to the video

[@FPGT24]

They aren't painted. They are stock wheels. They are the chrome plated version of the standard aluminum swirlies on most 95-97 Probe GT's.

[@naterade21]

nice

[@sergiopaps1665]

thanks!!!! :)

[@morsonj]

Or you could do it the right way and actually run the wiring and a switch to be able to control them from the cockpit.

[@DdgeShelby]

Why?

[@FPGT24]

no problem bud

[@jermainewilburn1355]

more videos

[@Gingerbond0070]

i love the lazer red gt's but i wouldnt buy a base

[@FPGT24]

LMAO thank you sir!

[@FPGT24]

You got something seriously wrong with you if you think Probes are ugly. I've never heard anyone say that in my numerous years into these cars.

[@StonyPointRd]

@fighttillyoudie0 PS I used to do this in my Mx-5 lol. Very cool!

[@FPGT24]

leave it out until you need to use the headlights at night

[@FPGT24]

Yeah okay

[@FPGT24]

I have no clue. Sorry, I wish i could be more of help.