I just purchased the 6ohm resistors for my front turn-signal switchbacks and am not sure what wires to splice...anyone that has done this know, or does anyone have any idea which of the 3 wires is ground, turn signal and running light??? And pictures if at all possible! This is an easy task, but I am making it harder than it should be.

dan

 

you should get a Volt meter, you can even get one with a light bulb in it for lik eless then $10 @ Walmart or Autozone. they always come in handy when doing mods. I had done this mod with my Avalanche. Make sure you mount tha resistor to metal, another member who installed these burned a hole in his Light housing.

 

edit: lol.......

 

No, I mean mount it to metal/sheet metal. Do not mount to plastic or just leave it lying around taped up, cause you willl have problems.

This is how I install mine..
this is the proper way to install them, I had no issues what so ever.




Read the warning:

 

alright sounds good. with the blue little connectors....do you have to peel the rubber off of the wires or do you just put the equalizer wire in one end and then the ground/turn wire in the other with NO PEELING of the rubber? and then you just snap it shut? sry these blue things are kind of confusing me

thanks for the help
dan

 

snap them shut, I used a pair of pilers to snap them shut. No Peeling.

 

sweet! so this seems easier than I thought! so when you snap it shut does that little metal thing break through the rubber or something and then it makes it work? as for mounting the equalizers, i'd assume that you can't use double-sided tape since it would melt right through that as well?

 

correct, def no 3m tape, screws a must.

I hope you have room to mount them, you can always relocate them & run wires, make sure you use thick wires thought, probably 12 gauge would be good.

 

super duper! now all I need is to find which wires are which

 

What the hell does this mod do??

 

reduces the fast blinking associated with LED's

 

If anyone wants to do this mod... I have all the parts to do this...
I can ship them to you $40 this includes bulbs & resistors...
Good stuff!
let me know...
blulytes@comcast.net

 

that's a great deal as long as everything works! $25 per bulb and about $15 for both resistors=about $70 shipped, you are saving about $30!!

 

When you do find out... pass that along to me as well please.

 

Check my sticky, the wires may be the same color. Just get a tester and you'll be fine...

 

Already did that and they aren't the same The 3 wires are solid blue (which im certain is ground) and then there is red/black and green/orangeish.

From the research that I have been doing I am almost positive that the turn signal wire is green/orange, but not 100%. I've gotten a skematic and a troubleshooting diagram and no where did they mention a red/black wire!

Anyways, there is almost NO PLACE to mount the resistor within the wires reach(need to mount on metal, NOT plastic), so for now I am just going to accept the fast blinking and one weekend I will do the resistors with my daddy!

thanks for everyones' input!
dan

 

where did everyone else mount their resistors?

 

Only person that I know of for now is Jsmith...and he mounted his in the rear lights somewhere...where I do not know, but he only has resistors in the rear...wanna chime in jsmith?

 

why are u selling them? and so cheap?

 

For all those interested in what wires you place the resistor on..

The Red wire to the Blue Wire... Easy.

As for why I am selling...
I might be upgrading to an 07... so I returned to stock...

I don't need them.. so my loss is your gain.

 

Just take a multimeter or similar device. clamp it onto the wire with pinching crocodile clamps, put on the blinker and see if you get a response. Turn the blinker off and the voltage goes back to 0.

connect blue with red, check if nothing when the blinker is on connect blue and green and check again.

I just saw a max on the highway with the FAST blinker in the front and it looked well...........HORRIBLE!

 

yea, I could do all that and also extend the wires since there is no metal to mount them on nearby. And it obviously made you look twice with the fast blinking, so that is a good thing! People will notice you better while making quick moves and dashes

I might do the resistors in the future, but for now I am happy with the LED's

 

not really...you need to connect one side of the resistor with the blue clip to the ground, which I believe is the blue wire, and the other side connects to either the black/red or orange/orangish

 

I noticed it because it was a white blinker and not orange and the light was somewhat small and not filling the entire surface of the diffuser.

 

Whatever dude...
I did it, it works... no problems...

If you really want to back up your work.... do the multi meter....
this is how I found the wires anyway.

 

i'm definately not trying to bash you or anything....it's just that you said blue wire to red wire, and I know that I have to connect one more wire to that, so that's I am skeptical...all's good though!

 

where did you mount urs?

 

OK...
not sure by what you mean another wire...
this is a crude drawing of how it works...
no cutting just clips...


As to where I installed them, using zip ties, I was able to mount it right behind the light hanging from the frame... this way it was not contacting the body...

 

By red wire, do you mean the red/black wire? If so, then that is exactly what i'd have to do! So clamp over and clamp over, did you extend the wires to make them long enough to zip-tie to the frame? Have you checked on the zip-ties once in a while, have they burnt through them?

thanks for al the good info!
dan

 

I did the ties to the wires, so that the resistor was not contacting any surface... worked fine... even had my car on the side of the road with hazards on for 2 hours... no problems!

 

not bad! so drilling=no and zip-ties are great once again!

 

any pics of where you hung em if possible at all ?

 

just read Jays post about the switchbacks and I will order them this week as soon as I figure out exactly which ones I need to order. Where did you guys order the OHM equalizers.

 

^^^^same site autolumination.com

 

SOLD to the gentlemen uh....writing this post. hehe

 

congrats, tell us how they go, with, or without the equalizers!!