Gorveatt wrote:O what the hell lol and they could make hatchs come like that too lol Honda scares me some timesBlk95coupe wrote:On my Coupe all mine light up
Cause coupes come stock like that
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:22 pm
#77695
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:04 am
#100739
all mine light up on my hatch.... i know they're all on while running. they stay on when i hit the brakes...this isnt how USDM came?? doesent look rigged up...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:56 pm
#100818
no the USDM ones all 4 light up when you turn the lights on, but only the outer two go brighter when you hit the brakes
Remember when Civics were cool ? Yea me neither
alldatJUICE wrote:all mine light up on my hatch.... i know they're all on while running. they stay on when i hit the brakes...this isnt how USDM came?? doesent look rigged up...
no the USDM ones all 4 light up when you turn the lights on, but only the outer two go brighter when you hit the brakes
Remember when Civics were cool ? Yea me neither
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:09 pm
#100821
That's called an Earth.
RAKUN wrote:this cable is for what exactly???
That's called an Earth.
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:46 am
#101327
Good write-up. Here's my take on it.
Basically what you're doing is converting the center parking lights into brake lights.
My method
Pros: quicker, easier, requires virtually nothing
Cons: definitely not as bright as yours
If you want to know what it's going to look like beforehand, have someone or something hold down your brake pedal, and turn on your parking lights.
For mine all you need is 2 inches of 18 gauge stranded wire, some solder, and a wire cap. Take you less than 10 mins if you put the damn beer down for a minute (I wont).
Pop off the backside cover of your trunk. Leave your hatch cover alone.
On the right side you will see a plug connector where the hatch wires exit through the grommet.
Cut the red/blk parking light wire in two. Cap the car side off.
Extend the hatch side of the wire a few inches.
In the harness just below the plug connector is another wire bundle. This bundle contains two grn/wh brake light wires. Strip back some insulation and join your extended wire to one of the brake light wires.
THAT'S IT!
PS, you can still swap out the bulb sockets for larger ones and just connect the wires to the red/blk wire and blk ground wire of the smaller sockets.
Basically what you're doing is converting the center parking lights into brake lights.
My method
Pros: quicker, easier, requires virtually nothing
Cons: definitely not as bright as yours
If you want to know what it's going to look like beforehand, have someone or something hold down your brake pedal, and turn on your parking lights.
For mine all you need is 2 inches of 18 gauge stranded wire, some solder, and a wire cap. Take you less than 10 mins if you put the damn beer down for a minute (I wont).
Pop off the backside cover of your trunk. Leave your hatch cover alone.
On the right side you will see a plug connector where the hatch wires exit through the grommet.
Cut the red/blk parking light wire in two. Cap the car side off.
Extend the hatch side of the wire a few inches.
In the harness just below the plug connector is another wire bundle. This bundle contains two grn/wh brake light wires. Strip back some insulation and join your extended wire to one of the brake light wires.
THAT'S IT!
PS, you can still swap out the bulb sockets for larger ones and just connect the wires to the red/blk wire and blk ground wire of the smaller sockets.
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:16 pm
#162911
My hatch is like this. They all light up and doesn't look rigged. Mine's canadian tho.
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:24 pm
#162928
Canadian and US hatch's are wired the same, as stated previously, all lights will come on when you turn the lights on, but only the outer ones get brighter when you hit the brakes
Remember when Civics were cool ? Yea me neither
Possesedpriest wrote:My hatch is like this. They all light up and doesn't look rigged. Mine's canadian tho.
Canadian and US hatch's are wired the same, as stated previously, all lights will come on when you turn the lights on, but only the outer ones get brighter when you hit the brakes
Remember when Civics were cool ? Yea me neither
- Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:54 am
#218425
Sorry, not to bring an old post back from the dead...
but i wish i would have found this earlyer. haha. i did the same thing to my eg today, but completely different.
i got some lights from the junkyard, but instead of changing out the light like the others. i drilled a new hole right next to the existing hole and put my bulb in there. so i have two light bulbs in the red part of the tailgate tailight. this way i still have it light up when the headlights are on, and it lights up when i press the brakes. it was really easy to do and i can give you all more information and pictures if you want.
here are a couple pictures...
Just headlights...
(yes i know my left light is burnt out)
Just breaks
Headlights and breaks
but i wish i would have found this earlyer. haha. i did the same thing to my eg today, but completely different.
i got some lights from the junkyard, but instead of changing out the light like the others. i drilled a new hole right next to the existing hole and put my bulb in there. so i have two light bulbs in the red part of the tailgate tailight. this way i still have it light up when the headlights are on, and it lights up when i press the brakes. it was really easy to do and i can give you all more information and pictures if you want.
here are a couple pictures...
Just headlights...
(yes i know my left light is burnt out)
Just breaks
Headlights and breaks
here: