JDM style amber side lights

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JDM style amber side lights

By CivicTypeR
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:11 am #33482 Ok, I will try and make this as simple as possible. I really want my amber repeaters to glow when my lights are on, because over here in the UK, the UK spec Civic has the side lights intergrated into the headlights. (because due to UK law, amber lights are illegal... pffftt eff em)

This is my car with the lights on...
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What I want is the JDM amber glow aswell, does anyone know away of doing this? Maybe UK members? I was wondering if I would need to buy a complete new wiring loom from the states as it's a standard thing for your Civic's for the lights to get this effect...

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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:18 am #33483 prob need some kind of wiring to switch it, like the switch by your steering wheel and the amber corner lights as well
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By Gorveatt
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:24 am #33484 just cut the constant power wire on the corner lights. can't remember what one it is though
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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:25 am #33485 thats the black one on the corner lense the green is alternating
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By Gorveatt
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:28 am #33486
-EJ1- COUPE wrote:thats the black one on the corner lense the green is alternating


no black is the ground, if the green is the alternating, then the red is the constant
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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:29 am #33487 oops yep your right bro
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By CivicTypeR
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:29 am #33488 Well as from the amber repeaters on your civic it only has the one hole to fit one bulb, the repeater bulb, so this means that one bulb must have two electrical sources to make it glow.
With the sidelights and to flash when the repeater is activated.

Another question I would like to ask, does the amber repeater stay on, once the repeater is activated does the amber repeater stay on but flash brighter or does it just flash on and off? Confusing stuff, cause if the amber repater stays on and it just flashes brighter, I could just wire the sidelights into my repeaters, if it can take the extra volts.
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By CivicTypeR
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:31 am #33489 What you mean cut the constant power to the corner lights? if they don't come on, how is there constant power? eh???

I'm stooopid explain. :eh:
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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:32 am #33490 when i turn my lights on my headlights and corner lights go on. when i put my directional on it blinks but is still lit as well. i have 3 wires in my corner lense bulb. red,green,black
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By CivicTypeR
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:35 am #33491 Ok, this might be my problem, I only have 2. :?
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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:44 am #33492 do you just have power and ground? red and black
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By ohDirka
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:44 am #33493 I think you can splice your wires to do it...not recommended it your not good with wiring though
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By CivicTypeR
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:46 am #33494 It's 12:15 am, i'll get some pics of the wiring setup tomorrow morning, I thought if i soldered the smaller side lights into the repeaters that would work?
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By -EJ1- COUPE
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:47 am #33496 get some pics for sure that will help
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By LowTEC-Derbo
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:56 am #33498 pretty sure his corners have two wires green and black. What you need to do is run a 1157 bulb socket for the corners and splice a 3rd wire (red) that is connected to the city lights in your headlights. I believe the rear brake light socket is the same as the turn signals. You can probably use that as the replacement socket.
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