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Old Jan 3, 2002 | 04:25 PM
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help me with rewiring lights.

ok i am having trouble under standing the instructions in the past posts so can someone please help me. this is what i want to do. wire front bumber light to run constant and signal when i hit the blinker. i checked maximadriver.com and the post on that dosen't really say if the bumber light are going to stay constant or not. i also did the search to i just don't want to fry my electrical. please someone help me. man i can't belive i can't wire these lights. i could build systems but have trouble understanding the logic behind wiring lights.
Old Jan 3, 2002 | 04:36 PM
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The 'rewire your blinkers' HOW2 doesn't make you turn signals constant... they just make the front side ones (194 bulbs) blink/alternate (depending on status of lights) when the regular blinkers 'blink'.

If you want to wire up the regular blinkers to stay constant when the parking lights are on... you'll have to buy 1157 sockets and wire them in with new 1157NA bulbs. You'll just need to splice into the parking light source from the 194 bulbs next to them.
Old Jan 3, 2002 | 04:38 PM
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Originally posted by Chunger
The 'rewire your blinkers' HOW2 doesn't make you turn signals constant... they just make the front side ones (194 bulbs) blink/alternate (depending on status of lights) when the regular blinkers 'blink'.

If you want to wire up the regular blinkers to stay constant when the parking lights are on... you'll have to buy 1157 sockets and wire them in with new 1157NA bulbs. You'll just need to splice into the parking light source from the 194 bulbs next to them.
so i would hav to replace the pig tails???????
Old Jan 3, 2002 | 04:42 PM
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They sell the whole socket assembly at PEPBOYS (etc)... I've never replaced the pigtails before so I couldn't help you there. It should work too, i guess...
Old Jan 3, 2002 | 04:48 PM
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They sell the whole socket assembly at PEPBOYS (etc)... I've never replaced the pigtails before so I couldn't help you there. It should work too, i guess...
really the whole thing??????
ill check there is a pep boys on the way home from work thanks.

oh do i check the lighting section??????
Old Jan 3, 2002 | 04:51 PM
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really the whole thing??????
ill check there is a pep boys on the way home from work thanks.

oh do i check the lighting section??????
Make sure they are the same mount with the originals before you open the bubble pack so you can return them if they are the wrong ones.

What lighting section? You will need to splice the 8W wire from the new harness to the (+) positive of the 194 bulb harness at both sides of the car and just connect the 21 or 27W wire to the original wire.
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Make sure they are the same mount with the originals before you open the bubble pack so you can return them if they are the wrong ones.

What lighting section? You will need to splice the 8W wire from the new harness to the (+) positive of the 194 bulb harness at both sides of the car and just connect the 21 or 27W wire to the original wire.
oh i meant the section at pep boys where to find the new socket.
and thanks dude.
Old Jan 3, 2002 | 05:00 PM
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oh i meant the section at pep boys where to find the new socket.
and thanks dude.
Oh...

Yeah... just check around the misc. electrical parts... Get the one for the imports.. I think mine were from a Honda... don't really remember that far back... hehe. Good luck.
Old Jan 4, 2002 | 01:02 PM
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Oh...

Yeah... just check around the misc. electrical parts... Get the one for the imports.. I think mine were from a Honda... don't really remember that far back... hehe. Good luck.
ok i don't know but i am just going to solder another wire to the brights into the corner lense so i will make that signal bright on the corner and tap the bumber light to something else to keep it constant. thanks for your help chunger
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