Duranged

Has anyone rigged up something to turn the front bumper lights on when the parking and headlights are on and not just during turning? I'm sure it's something simple, but I'm not quite sure how it's done. Thanks.

-Brian

KTeller8

i also thought the same idea. i wanted to use my corners as blinkers and my bumper lights kinda like fog.. lol.. just to stay on when i turn on my headlights....

i guess you would just switch the wiring.. right?

splice and send the corner to the bumper and vice versa??

Duranged

The corners are already blinkers (one of the two bulbs) and the bumper lights aren't aimed for foglights. A friend and I are putting fog lights on his Accord and we thoguht it'd be fun to have the bumper lights on as well.

It will probably require a dual filament bulb, but I'll do it if it is possible. (I know, anything's possible)

-Brian

SOHCmycord

that's correct

that's exactly what i did to mine. But instead of wiring my corner lights to my bumper lights, i re-wired it to my side markers...

KTeller8

My corners dont blink????

krotchwaffle

i have my bumper lights set up so that they're on with the lights, and they still blink. it's not as simple as swithing the wires b/t the bumper and corner, though. if you do that, the corners will become hyper blinkers, and i've heard the bumper lights get too hot to stay on all the time.

i have jdm corners, with one bulb. i extended the wires from the unused corner light down to the bumper, and used a 194 bulb socket i bought at autozone (i think it was a gm replacement) for like $3. i then cut a hole in the back of the bumper light, glued/taped the socket and bulb in. so now i have two bulbs in each bumper lens. the original bumper blinker light functions as it always did, and is bright enough to overpower the small bulb when it's on. looks good.

oh yeah, i have a 97, so both bulbs in the corner were always on. if you have a 94/95, i would suggest using the line with the light permanently on to extend down. also if you still have both bulbs in the corner, you'll have to tap into the hot wire, solder in a new connection to create a T, and then find a good ground somewhere to have it work without blowing fuses and whatever.

Duranged

hmm... you're making me think too much

CD8

94-95 corners have one blinker one parking light. 96-97 corners are only parking light.

this is how i did it. cut one corner light wire and extended it down to bumper light(should be parking light bulb on 94-95). wired to bumper socket, bulb. took wire from old bumper light, extended up to corner, then spliced to wire up to both corner bulbs. doing it like this i have hyperblinkers yO!

now that i think about it,you can just leave one parking light originally wired, and use the wire from the bumper for the other. i think this way, you wont have hyperblinkers yO! hmm, im going to go try this way right now... stay tuned.

heres a favirote pic of mine...

but now, i have to drive with my brights on, because my headlights are out of alignment pretty bad. but i have much better visibility with the brights, and they dont blind anyone either. so im happy.

CD8

okay. so i just re-wired my lights again. i now have them so that the corners are like 94-95(one bulb parking, one signal). i just have the old bumper wire coming up to one of the corner lights, and have that wire running down to the bumper light. for some reason, i still have hyperblinkers yO. i dont know why, all bulbs are hooked up now, there are no extra wires just hanging loose like before.

im not sure if im going to keep it like this tho, i will determine that tonight when i look at them in the dark. i liked how mine looked before with only headlight and bumper lights, no corners. now one corner bulb will be lit, so we'll see.

Duranged

exaccord-

Which bulbs are blinking fast? I like that idea. thanks.

-Brian


[Modified by Duranged, 5:23 PM 6/19/2002]

CD8

hehe... i posted at the same time as yoo!

Duranged

I was suposed to be first! not fair you answered one of my questions for me. now... about the other...


[Modified by Duranged, 5:28 PM 6/19/2002]

CD8

all the blinker lights do. front corner(one bulb) and rear corner

Duranged

has anyone found a way to so the wiring without ending up with hyper blinkers?

thenick

this is how i have mine:

accord dual filament brake lamp socket / 92-95 civic corner light socket

ground (duh), then one to the bumper, and one to the parking....my lights blink, and stay on

**MY PROBLEM** is that they look too dull when theyre just on and not blinking

hmmm i just got an idea........since the corner (turning one) light works off of a relay, instead of wiring the bumper light to stay on with the parking light, i can wire it to the corner light since it also acts like a parking light

but then id have a corner light, bumper, and sidemarker ALL blinking at the same time anyone got suggestions?

Accord_Munch

So ... are you saying that ... your bumpers are blinkers now ???

If you have just one corner bulb hooked up as blinkers, or if you have both hooked up as blinkers .. you are still going to get hyper blinking. That is what happened to mine ...

CD8

update:

after seeing what it looked like last night after work. i decided to switch em back to how i had em before. since it seemed as though im stuck with hyperblinkers anyway (i put lights wires back to stock and still got hyperblinkers yO!) i decided to just keep it the way i thought looks best. headlights and bumper lights on at same time. corners are blinkers.


[Modified by exaccord, 4:42 PM 6/20/2002]

Nick H

the reason it is "hyper blinking" is because the car suspects that a bulb is burned out since you wired the front turn signals to the corners...so if oyu can figure out a way to fill this void the car will quit hyperblinking!

oh by the way...the reason it does that is to warn the driver of a light bulb that is burned out...just a little fyi there!


[Modified by nickh2k1, 7:50 PM 6/20/2002]

Duranged

ixiblindixi-

can you be a little more specific as to how you set our ligt up and where the wires come from and go? I'm sorry, but you lost me. thanks

-Brian

thenick

its not hard

corner light wire = A
parking light wire = B

on the dual filament socket there will be 3 wires.....black one (ground)....then the other one wire to A and the other one to B. turn on your blinkers and if it doesnt have the effect of staying light AND blinking then you mismatched the wires....switch em up. you have a 50/50 chance of getting it right the first time....if you dont understand what i mean, IM me

rollingCULTURE

ok, I usually chill over at hondasociety but since they seem ta' be a bunch of boneheads like me when it comes to elecrtonics I figured I'd consuilt the experts...

so I just wired up my new sidemarkers
they're hooked to the original bumper light wire so they blink with the repeaters,
the bumpers are now hooked to the wire that went on with the parking lights and the blinkers (94/95),
and the last parking lights are still sitting in the corners

so problems...
started with hyperblinkers...
then the bumpers didn't wana' turn off, even though they're wired just to the wire that acme from the corners,
I tried turning off the car and they still stayed on!
so I pulled the fuse, they turned off but after putting the fuse back in they won't turn back on, even though everything else that runs off that fuse (interior lights) is still working properly...

what's the dilly yo?!!

rollingCULTURE

TTT!!!

CD8

this be coupeaccordex from HS

i dunno man, i even tried wiring mine back to stock and i still got hyperblinkers, so ive given up and am just living with them... sorry i cant help ya

rollingCULTURE

oh hey 'sup

well dang

that's all I have to say about that.

cokinut

i tried using the extra 194 socket method and i tapped the constant corner light and hooked it up to the (+). Then i grounded the the 194 socket to the chassis. My bumpers don't light up still. anyone have any suggestions?