I think they are slightly different, because my friend had one laying around and it didn't seem like the connectors match. but I'll take a look at them today again in a few hours when the sun comes out, I hope we can get something cracking soon. gotta finish the car this weekend before my trip to Tahoe... damn time is crunching and jccs is around the corner.
thanks everyone for all your feedback, any other ideas are welcome :)