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Old Apr 18, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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Headlamp turn signals, which wires are which?

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Does anyone know which color wires are which (+), (-) for the headlamp turn signals?
Old Apr 18, 2005 | 02:49 PM
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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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good question...but I dont know the answer. Have you tried in the Audio & Electronics section? They should know..
Old Apr 19, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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What are you trying to do? Are you trying to make them only come on when you have the turn signal/hazards on and arming the alarm? so they look like this at night:




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ohoh that looks hot how did you do that
Old Apr 19, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxima-Ness
good question...but I dont know the answer. Have you tried in the Audio & Electronics section? They should know..
Well, there are red, black, and green wires for the turn lamp. I need to attach 3-ohm resistors to these lights so they blink at a normal rate. I think I am just going to tap into the red and black wires and see what happens. I am going to assume that the green wire is for the signal alone.

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ohoh that looks hot how did you do that
Jesus, dude - +900 posts and you don't know well enough to look in the stickies?!
Old Apr 19, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 2kprlmax
ohoh that looks hot how did you do that



If you look at the turn signals in the headlights there are two "nipples" that come out of the back of the light, just cover one of them with a piece of electrical tape.



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Jesus, dude - +900 posts and you don't know well enough to look in the stickies?!


I didn't look in the stickies for this. Not even sure if this is in there, is it?
Old Apr 19, 2005 | 02:20 PM
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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Needs Reading Comprehension 101
If you look at the turn signals in the headlights there are two "nipples" that come out of the back of the light, just cover one of them with a piece of electrical tape.
And how does this help me...? Again, I need to know which wires to tap for the resistors...

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I didn't look in the stickies for this. Not even sure if this is in there, is it?
Try looking a bit harder...
Old Apr 19, 2005 | 09:09 PM
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I obviously don't need to look any harder, assclown, 'cause I have already done it.
Old Apr 19, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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And how does this help me...? Again, I need to know which wires to tap for the resistors...
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It wasn't for you, learn to comprehend what you read, it was directec towards 2kprlmax not you.
Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:19 AM
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metal max if that link you posted is different than what he has done
Old Apr 20, 2005 | 10:15 AM
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hey metal max, i have a 2k maxima which i just installed my 2k3 hid headlamps just the other day (not sure what ur doin) and i had the same problem, the writeup for doing this didnt list which blinker wire was positive or negative. So what i did was tried both of them & switched, it seems like it really doesnt matter which way u wire it, blinker will still lite.
Reverse polarity 4x & blinker still blinked, i think it has something to do with resistor or something......

but if ur trying to get ur sidemarkers too blink (not sure if they blink or not), i tried taping into blinker & it burned it out (this was on my prev honda accord), not sure why, but i burn it out completly, not sure how blinker wire are wired, they are a lil tricky when it comes to tapping in......
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