if im able to get this done.. of course ill thank those who helped.. and i will put a good DIY on this.. waiting for Onzium or Tweetertc to shed some more light and help

 

Yes please write a DIY I am a tard when it comes to anything electrical. Thanks for attempting this.

 

Ha! I remember I used to do this with the sidemarkers for my previous cars: Lancer, Galant, Civic, and Accord. All with sidemarkers, we used to call it cheek lights.

What it does is when you turn on your parking lights, the turn signal bulb turns on with it and blinks if you turn on your turn signal **** or stick, whatever you wanna call it.

I don't know if this trick will work with a tC, so be ready with replacement fuses and/or bulbs. I'm not quite sure about the car's trigger for lighting, if it's positive or negative trigger. You don't need a relay or anything complicated. Just a single copper wire will do the trick. If my memory serves me right, here's how it goes:

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any damage you might inflict your car. So proceed at your own risk!!! I suggest experiment with an older car! Or your friend's!

For one side only. Do this for the other side too:

1.) Cut the negative terminal of the turn signal.
2.) Connect the wire to the negative terminal of the turn signal bulb.
3.) Tape the other end of the negative terminal for protection. You will not use it anymore.
4.) Splice and tap the other end of the wire to the positive terminal of the parking light. Again, splice and tap. Don't cut.
5.) Tape with electrical tape for protection. Or use a T-tap connector.
6.) Read disclaimer twice.
7.) Enjoy!

 

^^ wouldnt that cause some kind of over heating of the wires or bulb???

 

Nope. I have had my Accord with them on for more than 4 years, with no issues. And the other "family" cars for like 1-2 years. My Accord had those sidemarkers mounted at the fenders. I think I used 14 or 16 AWG.

 

can u make a quickie diagram of what your talking about.. the parking bulb has 2 wires going to it.. and im not sure wether you want me to cut the wire or in other words what you mean by "terminal"

EDIT!!

is this what your saying to do

 

^^No man. That would be a short circuit. Hold on, I'll make you a diagram. :D

 

pete it hink what he meant was take that green copper wire and tap that into the positive wire of the parking light, looks like in that pic you have it goin from the negative of the blinker to the postive of the blinker. i oculd be wrong tho

 

ill wait until he is done with the diagram dave.. hey i never got to answer you PM can you shoot it to me again i deleted it by mistake

waiting on daskid now to correct my diagram lol or for Ozium or Tweetertc to chime in again...

 

Oooo! It's sounds fairly straight-forward (although I too, am an electrical tard*). TCpete, I may be hopping on the bandwagon... :D







*Actually, I'm a +10 electrical tard.

 

haha i think i deleted it too, and i forgot what it was about, i think it had somethin to do with headwork.

edit. pete i found the pm. and sent it to you, thanks

 

Hopefully it really does work though on our cars and doesn't throw the sensor that reads voltage drops and then we would have really fast blinking turn signals like all the ricer kids with body kits that don't come with all the right parts.

 

Sorry for the wait guys. The bossman kept on passing by. :D

It's pretty straight-forward. Please note that I haven't tested this on a tC. But this works perfectly fine with Lancers, Galants, Civics, and Accord. If ya'll can find out if the tC has the same trigger (positive or negative) as with those cars, then it should work just fine.

EDIT: This only works when the parking lights are on. If you want to keep them running with the parking lights off, you would have to get a relay for that.



Read disclaimer!!! I dun want you to sue my a$$ if it goes nuts!

 

NOOOOO!!!

dont do that...

**** i wish i wasnt at work to make a diagram...
the relay would work... i thought about it a little more sitting here bored, looking at my car thinking if it would look cool or not... i will get one up when i get home guys...

 

^^ So do you think that wouldn't work for our cars? Because I've tested that circuit on 4 cars and they work just fine. No issues.

 

http://www.oznium.com/relay40
Get one of these for each side

 

how would that work??... so we would need 2 of them.. HOW WOULD we wire it up???? can you make some kind of diagram Oznium???

i will wait also for your diagram... this would look super dope... but unless someone doesnt do it we wont know lol..i can photoshop it.. no prob... but i think this would look great.. and if you change out the bulbs to yellow ones.. even better...

im gonna wait on some more diagrams.. i will try everyone's methods once i get home today and get all the parts... and i will do a DIY and credit those who helped.. thanks so far for everyone who has contributed..

 

Or what you can do is replace the turn signal bulb with a double contact bulb. That would make the bulb looks like it blinks from approx 60% power to 100% power. The bulb looks like it never turns off, but what really happens is one contact blinks from 0% power to 100% power and the other contact stays on for approx 60% of the power.

 

Ok, I drew up this simple diagram:

http://www.philsuslow.com/phil/misc_...ignalrelay.jpg

 

Ok, I drew up this simple diagram: