Some people ask me to make a write up of this so here it is. Of course I'm not responsable for what happens to your car. About the worst thing that will happen is you will blow a fuse if you don't wrap everything up well. This is a little more complicated then most of the other rewire how to's, so read the instructions a couple of times and decide if you want to tackle it. If you have any questions you can PM me or email me at bbplayer3232@yahoo.com

I wanted to make a way for the high beams to go on when the horn was honked to alert other drivers better. I originally ran a wire from the battery through a relay that went to the high beam wires and this worked fine while the lights were off. The problem was when the low or high beams were on it would send to much power to the lights and blew my bulbs out within seconds.
The only correct way to do this is to reroute the wires at the steering wheel. This way your lights will function properly during normal use and when you honk your horn, the high beams will come on and only give 12V and 15AMPS to each light. It will be just like pulling back on the light stalk.

Parts needed:
(2) Single pole double throw relays
10 feet (or so) of wire 16 or 18 gauge
Solder
(10) Female 16-18 gauge connectors

Tools/supplies needed:
Soldering iron
Wire cutters
Wire strippers
Screwdrivers



Here are the steps:
1. Disconnect negative terminal on the battery


2. Take apart the dash and steering column cover (use steps 1-2 from this website http://www.geocities.com/amixam69/ni...ash/step1.html )



3. Take out the 2 screws that hold the lighting stalk against the steering column.
(Here is a pic of one of the screws the other is on top)




4. Unhook these 2 brown clips. Do the small white one too if you have fogs




5. On the larger connector, cut the red wire with a yellow strip, strip the yellow wire, and strip the light green with black stripe (the one to the right of the yellow)



6. On the smaller connector, cut red wire with a white stripe, strip the red with blue wire

 

7. Unhook this yellow connector and strip the green with white stripe wire (not in the picture)




8. Solder new wire (about 1 foot each) to each spot where you stripped or cut. Solder not only 1 but 2 wires to the green with white stripe wire from the yellow connector. Also connect 2 wires to the red with blue stripe wire from the small connector.




9. Put female connectors on the other end of each wire you added.




10. Here is how the wires connect to the relays.
relay #1



relay #2




11. Wrap everything up with electrical tape. Do it twice to make sure you don't have any problems down the road.


12. Plug the connectors back in. and attach the light stalk to the steering wheel.


13. Reconnect the battery.


14. Check to make sure it works like it is supposed to.


15. Put the dash back together


16. Now when you start the car the air bag light should be flashing.
To fix it do these steps:
A) With the drivers door open turn the key to the "on" position
B) Press the little rubber switch (driver's door switch), that detects weather the door is open or not, 5 times within 7 seconds
C) Turn off the car
D) Shut the door
E) Start the car


That is it. Now the next time someone not paying attention starts to pull out on you just lay on the horn and light them up as well. It will also help people to realize who is honking at them.

 

thats the dumbest thing i have ever heard of

 

Props for taking the time to make the write-up! Very interesting mod. A horn is very dispersed and nonspecific in space (especially in traffic huh?). But, the high beams almost give the horn a sort of "bulls eye" effect. ---->*Hey, over here..yeah! it's me who is beeping at you!!!*

Hopefully you don't blinde any drunk drivers at nighttime though, sending them into another car or tree!

 

Wtf is your problem? Don't post if you don't like the mod. Many people wanted to see a writeup for this mod, so STFU


As to the mod, I'd definatly do something like this if i was any good at wiring, maybe i can get a buddy of mine to help me out.

 

so will it honk when u press yoru highbeams

 

hey maxima lover, great job. thanks. you must have put in a lot of time figuring this out.

hey moderator - put this in the stickies.

 

Nope. Your lights work just like normal when your not honking. That is why you need the single pole double throw relay. The only time power is transfered is when you honk the horn which switches the power from working like normal to going straight to the high beams. This avoids giving to much power to them. Also if your lights are already on or just your parking lights, the parking lights will still stay lit as well as your tail lights.

 

You think any of these people would act like this in real life? I highly doubt it. They would be too scared of bodily harm. In the comforts of their own home, is the only place they can get away with such acts. "flamers" is the perfect label for them, another word for "gay".

 

where are the... pics?

 

nice write up man. i didnt think there was much left to modify on our cars, haha

 

I think I'm gonna have to take this guys side.

 

 

wow, i say this guy deserves a clap and a bunch-a-kudos. This makes sense. Now u can honk and flash someone off the road all at the same time, lol

 

Thats pretty cool... good job on the write up!!!!

 

great write up mane. i dont think ill b performing dis mod anytime soon....or maybe neva at all.....but i do hav to admit u did a gr8 job on the writ eup..

dont worry bout dem haterz/flamers.....

 

wikid - why do you insist on typing like a complete idiot. I've unfortuanly seen the honda boards and people also talk like you, please - leave that idiocy to the honda kids...

 

haha this is neat!

as for the rest of the useless ****** on this forum. .. leave the negativity on your side of the monitor.

 

just outta curiousity, is this stock on any cars? like a feature on any of them? seems like such a great idea and so obvious that it surprises me it has never come up before... maybe it's not entirely legal or something... but i don't see why not.

 

Great Job I do alot of honking and flashing in NY well im lazy so this is a great mod for me i can do 2 things at once.
PS. As far as flamers and haters Fya all if u dont like it KEEP IT TO UR SELF THX

 

Has anyone thought about this before or was I on my own?
I don't know but if it starts popping up on all kinds of cars now, I will be pissed if I'm not getting some $$$. LOL

 

Yea I have been honking and flashing for a while, it seems to get peoples attention better. The problem I was having was I'm a stick so I normally have one hand on stick and one on the steering wheel. Because of this I couldn't flash, honk and control the wheel with only one hand.

 

Isnt honking illegal in NY unless it is a real emergency? Just something I heard once, never really knew if it was true.

 

I'm pretty sure honking your horn for the fun of it is illegal everywhere. Here in Missouri and I assume everywhere else your only supposed to use it to "alart other drivers". I know the police can give you a ticket for noise pollution if they think your using your horn improperly.

 

I dont think its for the whole NYC, but I do know that the designated no-honking zones there are signs that say "NO HORN HONKING $350 FINE". But that does not stop everyone from holding their horn down.

 

I have never been to NYC so I don't know about traffic there, but why aren't you allowed to honk at all? A $350 fine WTF? What if someone is coming over and about to run right in the side of you?

 

Would you get a ticket for startling a driver causing that person to crash into a tree because they were blinded by the high beams??? You could be setting yourself up for a citation or even worse. Just a thought, as for me this mod is useless. But you do have good how-to writing skills and I give you credit for this.

 

I think a write-up would be used more if you could find a way to make the high beams come on when you unlock your car, like gran-dams do.

Helps you find it in a parking-lot, and lights your walk to it at night.

An Idea...

 

no one is goin to get blinded. The only thing that really is blinding at night is when a cop turns his flood light on behind your car before you even pull over.

This is no more dangerous than people installing hella horns or train horns to scare ppl on the road.

 

California DMV vehicle code (for Horns or Warning Devices, sec. 27000)
says that non-emergency vehicles must have horns audible enough for normal conditions, usually audible not less than 200 ft away. But must not be unreasonably loud or harsh sound. That's why noone really uses those air or train horns out here. Cops, ambulances, and fire units are considered emergency vehicles and are exceptions to the rule. And cops use those blinding light to discourage those who are getting stop from running away.

I'd say check with you local laws on this but basically laws from state to state are somewhat relevant to each other.

 

I could give you instructions on how to make your lights, low or high, come on when you unlock the door. They would also come on when you take the key out of the ignition and would be on until when you either locked the door or 30 seconds had gone by. You would need the same materials as the highbeam/horn mod. Tell me if your interested.

If anyone does the highbeam/horn mod please tell me how it turned out for you. I think 95/96 models have different wire colors but all the wires are in the same spots. I can tell you the right wire colors in needed just ask.

Also if anyone has any other electrical rewire in mind, please tell me I'm running out of ideas and I'm always looking for something else to wire up.

 

^^^ wouldnt this just be the same procedure tapped into the circuit that causes the dome light/interior lights to come on in all those scenarios? btw another thing would possibly be wiring ALL lights to flash intermittently as the alarm goes off. might make it a BIT more noticable at night.... and also make the stereo emit an annoying a$$ sound with the lights.... i dunno, would probably freak someone out.

 

Yea pretty much it would be the same. I would say to have the low beams come on instead of the high beams. The light that lights up the ignition could be used. The power wire from the ignition light would go to pin 85 and you could ground the relay through the ground wire in the ingnition light. That would keep all the wires hidden and out of the way.

 

since ur the max wiring master ive got some weird taps in my fusebox, i THINK they might be from an old car phone, but im not sure. ill post some pics sometime

 

My next project is to make my panic button on my factory keyless entry roll all my windows up and shut the sunroof. I am tired of rolling them down, then being asked by people to watch them go back up. I figure more people would want a write up on this then the horn/high beams mod. Also would you guys, if your interested in this, want them to roll up with just pressing the button once or holding the button down the whole time they were rolling up? Or maybe no one else wants to do this. Let me know.

 

That would definitely be cool...better to hold the button, like the unlock button.

Who uses the dome light key for it's intended use, anyway? Unlocking the car does the same thing.

 

I'm not sure if the panic button is set up the same as the "dome light" button. Do you have a relay for that?

 

Good question. *shrug*

Where should I check?

 

In the engine bay. on the left and then on the right in front of the battery. I would assume you would have relays just like we have relays for the panic button.

 

I'm not so sure that I do. (Click on the pic for the full size ~1.4 MB image)