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Instructions
Make two 0.25-inch holes with a drill and a 0.25-inch drill bit from the front of the body where the headlights are going to be.
Push the LED holder into each hole, shaving the hole with a round file as needed to make a perfect fit. Check for fitting by inserting the LED into the holder.
Twist one side of the two resistors together with your hand. Leave the other side of each resistor untwisted and free; you will use each side separately later.
Cut 50 percent of the resistor lead's length with a wire cutter from the untwisted side. Strip with a wire stripper around 0.25 inch of the red wire covering from the ̶0;Y̶1; connector.
Slice off with a wire cutter one of the connectors of the double end of the "Y" connector. The double end of the "Y" connector will go into into the servo and the single end of the "Y" connector will go into the transmitter.
Place an 0.5-inch portion of shrink tubing over the red cable from the connector that was just sliced, keeping it unobstructed until soldering is done for that wire.
Strip 0.125 to 0.25 inch off the now free red wire. Solder with a soldering iron that red cable to the entwined side of the resistors. Put the shrink tubing over the point where you soldered and heat the tubing with the soldering iron until it shrinks and is tight over the connection point.
Place a 0.5-inch section of shrink tubing over the free end of each resistor.
Strip with a wire stripper 0.25 inch off of two pieces of red wire and on the anode side of each LED solder one red wire to each.
Place a 0.5-inch portion of shrink tubing over the open red cable. Solder each of the two wires to one resistor on the free side. Place the shrink tubing over each point where you soldered and heat until it is tight around the connection point.
Place up to a 0.5-inch portion of shrink tubing over both of the two free wires, keeping it unobstructed until soldering is done for the wires. Strip two pieces of black wire about 0.25 inch of each. Solder each one to an LED on the cathode side. Move the shrink tubing to each point where you soldered and heat until it shrinks.
Place a 0.5-inch portion of shrink tubing over the black wire on the ̶0;Y̶1; connector, keeping it unobstructed until soldering is done for that wire.
Twist with your hands the last 0.25 inch of the two black cables together from each light and solder them to the free black wire on the ̶0;Y̶1; connector. Move the shrink tubing over the intersection where the grounds are soldered together and heat the tubing until it shrinks tight.
Use the foil tape to hold the bundled wires to the car body and zip tie the loose wires together.
Connect the servo wire by inserting it into the open ̶0;Y̶1; portion of the cable, then plug the ̶0;Y̶1; connector into the transmitter.