How do I wire side markers so that way they stay on when I have my driving lights on? Can please kindly help me with this information.

 

What car do u have pal?

 

A 95 Integra. I already have them on there I just need them wired up.

 

true sidemarkers are only activated with the turn signals, not always on as you want

just an FYI

 

You will have to ghetto wire them. They are not suppose to do that.

Run two wires to your parking lights, and get a two filament bulb

 

Which wires will I be wiring them up to? There is 3 different ones.

 

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Run two wires to your parking lights, and get a two filament bulb</TD></TR></TABLE>

He won't need, nor will the sidemarkers accept, a dual-filament bulb.

To wire them as you wish, splice one wire to the green wire and the other wire to the red wire coming off of the front 1157 turn signal bulbs. Leave the black ground wire alone.

This will achieve both turn signal and parking light function as desired.

But as stated that's not the correct way to do it, and IMHO doesn't look very good.

 

 

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just an FYI</TD></TR></TABLE>


I never understand why people dont wire these up correctly.

 

It's not how it is on every car. My old car had sidemarkers on it stock that were on with the parking lights and blinked with the turn signals.

 

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And what kind of car was that? I've NEVER seen any car anywhere that came like that stock.

1st gen Toyota RAV4's and some older Subarus had side markers on the fenders that came on steady with the parking lights, but they did not flash. You could easily re-wire them to flash, though.

My old Camry had rear side markers on the sides of the rear quarter panels that came on with the tail lights. I re-wired them to function as turn signals also. But I was a ricer back then.

 

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And what kind of car was that? I've NEVER seen any car anywhere that came like that stock.

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+1

 

My old rx-7. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember them doing (it's been 7 or 8 years since I owned the car though)

 

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RX-7's didn't come with side fender-mounted turn signals in this country. Maybe they were aftermarket?

Some cars also have front corner marker lights that do indeed work as both parking lights and turn signals. 94-97 Integra bumper lights are wired this way, as well as many American cars. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?

 

I got it from the original owner and I didn't expect her to add anything aftermarket to it like that. But I guess they were aftermarket? They were located on the fender.

 

theres a thread on team-integra on a how to

 

It's annoying as hell when you see a car with their side markers always lit. so retarded, why do people do this? The side marker is suppose to be on when you signal, not at all times! it screams look at me, i'm a dumbass that doesnt know how to wire the light up correctly... look, look!!!

 

there's a lot of people that wire them up to work with the parking lights as well as the turn signals. maybe it's just to show off at night that they have sidemarkers since they can't be signaling all the time, or even driving with their hazards on.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by S1NFUL RL1 619 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there's a lot of people that wire them up to work with the parking lights as well as the turn signals. maybe it's just to show off at night that they have sidemarkers since they can't be signaling all the time, or even driving with their hazards on. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah exactly... showing off that you have sidemarkers, that's retarded. Rice as hell. Having to show off that you have anything is just ricer IMHO.

 

humm i was not aware of the sidemarkers only going with the turn signal when i bought my integra it had them already on it and they go on with the partking lights hmmm time to buy a fith and get to work tonight