is there a really easy way to get the running lights working properly

 

i'll bump 4 u

 

Yes. It depends on how you want them wired up.

You can wire them up to a switch if you want your headlights/corners to come on as normal..

OR

You can have it as the EG6 wiring has it from factory. (Where the corners/side markers function ONLY for turn signal), and city lights being turned on as your parking lights.


You can do this by cutting the parking light wire (I cannot remember the color coded wire off hand for some reason), and wire that directly to the City light.

The JDM corners are single filament bulbs and come on during turn signal, parking lights are as city lights, and the rest are how the USDM civics are.

 

How do you wire the parking light up? Also how do you wire side markers to blink only when turn signal is activated.

-Jake

 

hey wussap doug, u prolly got 'em wired up already but...
red/blk stripe is the parking light wire

and to get the sidemarkers to blink and stay solid - wire + to the parking light and - to the turn signal hot, it'll cancel out and blink when u turn [it blinks opposite of the f/r t-signals]

-l8r

 

easier way to do the corner bulbs is..... On the acutal bulb there are two ***** that stick out....1 is for the day time running lights...the other for the turn signal. I was told that if you take a piece of eletrical tape and cover one of the ***** than the lights will only have 1 connection...so its either running lights or signal. Just try it out and if you covered the wrong one..peel off the tape and tape the other ****. So now the connection for the running lights is broken and which wont turn them on until you signal. No rewiring required.

 

On USDM turn signal harnesses - there is the Ground wire (black), dimmer wire, and turn signal (I forget the colors of the wires and unable to look them up at the moment).

The way JDM corners are wired up -- they are supplied with City lights, turn signal corner, and turn signal marker.

- To have your city lights on instead of your corner parking lights, you will want to cut the parking light wire, and wire it directly to the City Light.

- To have your city lights on AND your corner parking lights (which I think is dumb), you simply SPLICE into the parking light wire, thus when they are turned on both of them will be on.

For Side Markers:

- If you want them on ONLY during turn signal -- one of the side marker wires goes to the TURN SIGNAL wire, and GROUND only. Thus when you turn on the turn signal, it will complete the circuit when the turn signal is on.

- If you want them on with parking lights AND turn signal (which is lame) -- one of the side marker wires goes to the PARKING LIGHT and TURN SIGNAL. No wire to the ground at all.

- If you want them on only with your parking lights (which is very lame) -- one of the side marker wires goes to the PARKING LIGHT and the GROUND. That's it.

Pretty simple stuff, you just have to grasp the concept on which wires are which on the us corner harnesses.

Original JDM cars have the side markers and corners with turn signal only. Parking lights are the city lights.

During the night, only the city lights and headlights are on (corners and side markers are off).

HTH

 

i need some jdm headlights? anybody...

 

i gotta set of jdm eg headlights no corners though. also comes with bulbs asking 130 + shipping

 

Why you gotta be talking when Bryant know more. (this is him)

 

So they arent really plug and play, you have to rewire them?

 

alright got em all wired up right.. now what the hell is this headlight bulb.. it's tiny compared to the usdm's

 

bulb is H4H

 

ok cool, thanks

 

Nothing to see here, just leeching on to the topic to place into my recent posts after finally pulling it up through the search

 

Thanks poison

 

ok, quick question...

you could feasibly just use the jdm headlights with your stock usdm corners. you would jut use the curent H4 bulb wiring harnessandplug it into the H4H bulb and your headlights will work the same as the usdm ones, correct?

just checking, thanks.

CHRIS

 

What? You kind of ask two questions scrambled into one,, it can't quite answer that, not sure if anyone else is going to be able to either. You're asking about just using the stock corner light wiring, then talking of using the entire wiring, which is it please?

 

all i was asking is whether the headlight harness thats in my car right now will plug into the H4H bulb and work properly. for the moment, im not worried about wiring the corners to the city lights and all that, jsut want the headlighs to work. the stock usdm corners (didnt get jdm corners) will stay wired the way they are now.

CHRIS

 

I don't believe it will work, if the H4H harness will not work I doubt it will work vice versa. Give it a try though, you may be able to bend the prongs in to slide in.

 

The factory harness will work with the H4H bulbs. thats why my headlights work right now


no bending needed.. just slide it right in with a little ky