ok so im a total n00b when it comes to wiring, i havent even dealt with any of my cars' electrical system because i just dont want to eff it up. but i just got a pair of sidemarkers and i want to know how to/what you use to wire these things up.... what i mean is what tools are to be used and how to tap into the wires and secure the connection... all help is appreciated, all flaming is welcome

 

Well you need a dremel with a cutting wheel to make the hole for the sidemarkers.

To wire them up...its up to you.

-strip, twist, tape
-stip, twist, solder, tape/heatshrink
-strip, crimp w/butt connectors
-loom or tape

Also, you could wire them up to flash only when you signal/hazard or you could wire them up to be on all the time(when the lights are on) and flash when signal/hazard

 

thank you! im going to want them to come on only when i use my blinker, so i should tap into the green wire right?

 

Its been a while, but green/white on one side and green/red on the other should be the right.

 

It is always best if you solder the connections followed by heat shrink to protect the metal from corission and from grounding out on another piece of metal.

I don't know what car you drive, but for me, driving a 1997 Integra I would splice off of the smaller blinker bulbs.

It is also important that you use the same gauge wire as different gauges yield different resistences.

I would also recommend that when you have the spot where you want to put the side marker, that you make a guide or something out of cardboard or whatever so that you can simply flip it over and you will have the same exact measurements on the opposite fender.

Don't forget to wear safety glasses...those dremels throw sparks!

 

cool! thanks for the help guys i'm pretty sure i know what you guys are talking about now... BTW i drive a 97 gsr. also how/and with what would you shrink protect it? pics are also apreciated.

 

run the wires under the fenders above the splash guard strait to the corner lenses and as said above, strip and solder the wires together right before the wires go into the turn signal, heat shrink once done,
make sure before u solder to test that the sidemarkers work right


heat shrink tubing u can get it from a radio shack or pepboys.

 

cool! thanks ppl, hopefully i'll get around to doing it this week and i'll let you know how it turns out!

 

one more thing... my friend rigged the side markers with two six inch wires on each marker, i always thought that you were supposed to connect them to the wires that were close to the connection for the blinker but im wondering if the wires that im connecting these to are on the inside of the fender when i drill the holes?

 

kinda confused wat u said but, the wires will be inside the fender then just connect them to your corner lights

 

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its cool... let me try to rephrase

my friend connected two 6" wires to each of the plugs of the sidemarkers. i thought you were supposed to make them long enough to reach the corner lights to connect them there. but from what i understand now, the wires are on the inside of the fender and when i drill the holes, those 6" wires will be long enough to connect to the corner lights right?

 

you're probably need to extend and add some wire to reach your corner light.

 

ok i'll check on that when i drill the holes.

 

alright! i put them on today and did the wiring... i decided just to strip and tape... it was pretty easy. everything came out great! thank you everyone for your help!