How Can I Invert the turn signal lighting to stay on and
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Originally Posted by Tcguy85
Originally Posted by tC9o9
I did this on my last tC, it was fairly simple, however i do not know how it holds up in the long run, but im sure it would last.
All you have to do is take the parking light, take out the bulb(so it wont appear dim when lit because you will be stealing its power), then splice the hot wire from the parking bulb, run another wire from that splice into the turn signal hot wire.
this will allow you to have your turn signal bulbs (7440) be on at first click, and even when your headlights are on, and this will also cause the bulb to blink when indicated.
I do not know if this is good for hte bulb, because a 7440 is not meant to be used as a blinker/parking light because it only has one filament.
All you have to do is take the parking light, take out the bulb(so it wont appear dim when lit because you will be stealing its power), then splice the hot wire from the parking bulb, run another wire from that splice into the turn signal hot wire.
this will allow you to have your turn signal bulbs (7440) be on at first click, and even when your headlights are on, and this will also cause the bulb to blink when indicated.
I do not know if this is good for hte bulb, because a 7440 is not meant to be used as a blinker/parking light because it only has one filament.
EDIT: i just tried this cause it sounded so easy and it didn't work. the bulb stayed on like it should but it did not blink at all when the turn signal was applied.
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you mean like what i did.. ;)
you will need to cut and re wire the bulbs..oh and if you do this... your corner marker will tick when your turning.. looks tight... but it tick a little bit quicker than regular. let me know it this is what you had in mind man.
you will need to cut and re wire the bulbs..oh and if you do this... your corner marker will tick when your turning.. looks tight... but it tick a little bit quicker than regular. let me know it this is what you had in mind man.
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okay there is the bulb you use to turn...you will need to cut the positive and negative... not run that wire to your side marker and vise versa... you end up with your wire for the side marker ran to the turn light bulb and your turning light bulb wire to the side marker..all you have to do is cut and re wire and put electrical tape...just make sure you dont cut too close to the ends...if you want to switch back you have some wire to work with...
I need diagrams.
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ok guys im going to be buying some wires today and a relay to try out the diagrams and ill let everyone know how it goes...
sciontc_06: in the pic you posted
that is exactly what im trying to do however i want the turn signal bulb to blink when the headlights are off or on.... and i only want the turnsignal bulb to light up like that when the city light and/or the head lights are on (they should still blink also meaning the turn signal)
how ever... make a diagram of what you did...to better explain your post..
ill be buying stuff and trying out some of the charts and will come back with results guys..
sciontc_06: in the pic you posted
that is exactly what im trying to do however i want the turn signal bulb to blink when the headlights are off or on.... and i only want the turnsignal bulb to light up like that when the city light and/or the head lights are on (they should still blink also meaning the turn signal)
how ever... make a diagram of what you did...to better explain your post..
ill be buying stuff and trying out some of the charts and will come back with results guys..
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Originally Posted by tC9o9
I did this on my last tC, it was fairly simple, however i do not know how it holds up in the long run, but im sure it would last.
All you have to do is take the parking light, take out the bulb(so it wont appear dim when lit because you will be stealing its power), then splice the hot wire from the parking bulb, run another wire from that splice into the turn signal hot wire.
this will allow you to have your turn signal bulbs (7440) be on at first click, and even when your headlights are on, and this will also cause the bulb to blink when indicated.
I do not know if this is good for hte bulb, because a 7440 is not meant to be used as a blinker/parking light because it only has one filament.
All you have to do is take the parking light, take out the bulb(so it wont appear dim when lit because you will be stealing its power), then splice the hot wire from the parking bulb, run another wire from that splice into the turn signal hot wire.
this will allow you to have your turn signal bulbs (7440) be on at first click, and even when your headlights are on, and this will also cause the bulb to blink when indicated.
I do not know if this is good for hte bulb, because a 7440 is not meant to be used as a blinker/parking light because it only has one filament.
what you said I think resembles what DasKid said earlier... kinda.. here is a diagram of that below..only slightly different of what you said...
Originally Posted by xIxAMxHOLLYWOODx
Originally Posted by Tcguy85
Originally Posted by Daskid
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$$ if it goes nuts!
It's pretty straight-forward. Please note that I haven't tested this on a tC. But this works perfectly fine with Lancers, Galants, Civics, and Accord. If ya'll can find out if the tC has the same trigger (positive or negative) as with those cars, then it should work just fine.
EDIT: This only works when the parking lights are on. If you want to keep them running with the parking lights off, you would have to get a relay for that.
Read disclaimer!!! I dun want you to sue my a$$ if it goes nuts!
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I phoned my friend, who I remembered has sidemarkers that lights up with the parking lights and blinks when the turn switch is on mounted on the fenders on his Camry, and he said he also used the circuit I gave you guys. It works perfectly fine and had them running for more than a year now. It's the cheapest way of doing it since you'll just need a strip of wire and electrical tape.
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IMO, I'd never trust a taped connection... Soldered is the best and ideal way to go, but crimping the connection is usually more practical (and easy) and holds up fine for the most part...
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yeah then i crimped the connections so there wouldnt be any chance of electrical touching..
heres how i can explain it
cut the wires on both bulbs and re-run them.. in order words...
Turn Signal Bulb Wire
A.1 (Positive) A.2(Negative)
Wedge Side Marker Bulb
B.1 (Positive) B.2 (Negative)
cut all four wires and the end result will be
A1. Connected to B1. and vise versa.
B1. Connected to B2. and vise versa...
just switch the wiring.. the black wire will be negative and the positive wire will be white.
heres how i can explain it
cut the wires on both bulbs and re-run them.. in order words...
Turn Signal Bulb Wire
A.1 (Positive) A.2(Negative)
Wedge Side Marker Bulb
B.1 (Positive) B.2 (Negative)
cut all four wires and the end result will be
A1. Connected to B1. and vise versa.
B1. Connected to B2. and vise versa...
just switch the wiring.. the black wire will be negative and the positive wire will be white.
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yea but then your turn signal light will not flash.. all your doing is inverting the conections...which yea will work but i want to retain the turning signal function... today im going home and trying stuff out.. ill let you guy know how it goes tonight.. and if i can take pic or video..
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Originally Posted by sciontc_06
Turn Signal Bulb Wire
A.1 (Positive) A.2(Negative)
Wedge Side Marker Bulb
B.1 (Positive) B.2 (Negative)
cut all four wires and the end result will be
A1. Connected to B1. and vise versa.
B1. Connected to B2. and vise versa...
A.1 (Positive) A.2(Negative)
Wedge Side Marker Bulb
B.1 (Positive) B.2 (Negative)
cut all four wires and the end result will be
A1. Connected to B1. and vise versa.
B1. Connected to B2. and vise versa...
Either letting the wire from the bulb touch each other, which wouldn't make the bulb light up, or the wire from the car's electricals, which would blow a fuse. I'm kinda lost...
