^^^ you cant.. especially with HID's those small running lights on the side of the head light cant be seen at all.. i thought about it also but realized that as soon as i turned on my head lights and stood infront of the car..

im trying to research on how to wire a resistor or something to get it to work....

 

any updates??

 

bump. i've wanted to do this also.

 

bump...

 

i gave up lol... if u guys can do it try.. but i couldnt get passed the turning signals going fast...

 

hey guys, thanks to the info in this thread, i got it working on my celica. i also have the fast flashes problem, i resolved it by adding a 20w 8ohm resistor (to substitute the load of the original 21w bulb) from radioshack. it is working the way OP described it, but i am having some returning current going back to the indicator and the rear turn signal that light them up slightly. i am going to try adding a diode to see if that will fix it.

-al

 

nice man.. conrgats.. keep this thread posted.. and if u can make a diagram that would be sweet!

 

i wanted to do this a looong time ago but lost interest, guess ill have to read up and maybe give it a try over the winter.

 

i tapped a 20w 8ohm resistor

the only problem is that i have small current flowing back to my rear light and indicator on the dash. but it's not really a problem since it's really dim...........

 

post up pics if you can?? i'd still wana make this work.

 

anything ever come of this topic?? no followups yet? or is there a new thread someplace?

 

I don't think the bulbs are made to stay on that long. I'm pretty sure you'll be going through turn signal bulbs every other week if you use your lights a lot. at least quite a bit more often than u would normally change them.

 

You would have to get new sockets. (3-wire sockets). It doesn't seem that hard to do, but would take some configuring to do it right. Would you want the sidemarker bulb on as well?? or just the turn signal bulb?

 

Ok, Phil, can you get back in here and share some Oznium knowledge for us? I'd like to know what to order from you and how to hook it all up. I know you need something to prevent hyperflashing but that's easy to fix with your LED's.

NONAGONx47, the side marker is always on anyways, so I don't think you'll be going through them as often as you think.

 

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Come on guys. I know there's a lot of electric peeps here that know exactly what is needed. t_urbo, you said a 3-wire socket...could you elaborate on that?

 

when I said 3 wire socket, I was basically talking about a halogen 3-wire socket. You use a dual filament bulb with it. One of the filaments will have high resistance (and be dim) and the other will have lower resistance. The easiest way I see it (and I haven't read through this thread at all, so if someone has tried it and it doesn't work, sorry!) is to hook up the high resistance filament to the power from the sidemarker bulb (if your getting rid of the sidemarker), then hook up the other low resistance filament to positive from the turn signal. Then run the other wire to ground. In my mind it should work, resistances should be relatively the same, and the blinking speed would be normal. Thoughts??? The only real problem I see with that is finding a socket to fit or making it fit, but it still could be done.

 

http://www.webelectricproducts.com/

click on "Daytime Running Lights".

 

^OOoooo, email them and ask them what we needs!

 

I think I'll just change he sidemarker and turn signal wires so the turn signal is in the side marker and then you can take the bulb out of the sidemarker connection.

 

Any updates on my idea? It'd be awesome if Oznium could help me on this because I'd buy from them, straight up.