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Parking light/turn signal swap...
Hey guys, any of you that have swapped your front parking and turn signal lights could be of great help to me right now. I did the wiring swap today and the parking lights are working fine, but with the turn signals hooked up to the small corner lights they are doin the whole rapid flash thing like a bulb is out. All the bulbs are working fine so I was just wondering if there's an easy fix for this...
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-Dan
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-Dan
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Originally Posted by dannyV
Hey guys, any of you that have swapped your front parking and turn signal lights could be of great help to me right now. I did the wiring swap today and the parking lights are working fine, but with the turn signals hooked up to the small corner lights they are doin the whole rapid flash thing like a bulb is out. All the bulbs are working fine so I was just wondering if there's an easy fix for this...
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-Dan
Thanks!
-Dan
I changed out mine and I have never had this issue... But then again you mentioned wiring??? and bulbs?? What wiring was swapped out? For LEDs? I have heard that changing out the bulbs sometimes make it blink rapid, like the type of bulb you used to replace it, not just a replacement..
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Originally Posted by thatONEguy
I changed out mine and I have never had this issue... But then again you mentioned wiring??? and bulbs?? What wiring was swapped out? For LEDs? I have heard that changing out the bulbs sometimes make it blink rapid, like the type of bulb you used to replace it, not just a replacement..
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Originally Posted by ghost_masterCL
lol, you need to work on your reading comprehension. He is making it so the corner lights next tot he head lights are the blinkers, and the bumper lights that are amber are just always on like the parking lights.
I think ghost_masterCL is right about the resistors... The current that was supposed to go through the large bulbs that is now going through the small bulbs isn't sencing the bulb at all, so it thinks the bulbs are bad.
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hmmm...I still don't understand what you did -- swapped the harnesses so the outer 194s blink and the inner 7440s stay bright? if so, let's see pics -- I've been sporadically daydreaming 'bout how to turn those clearcorners into something fog-like (not a fan of the factory fogs), and somehow get both the high and low parking lights to act as signals
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yea, the flasher in your car is designed to flash at least 2 higher wattage bulbs... the lack of the power draw sets off the flashers "faulty lamp indicator". Besides the fact that the small 194 bulbs dont draw much power, they're also not bright enough for signals = illegal. If you want your true turn bulbs to be on all the time, upgrade to 1157 dual filament bulbs and new sockets... power the dim filament from the corner lamp bulb and power the bright filament from the turn signal wire. This way you'll get the full bumper light lit up with the parking lights and still have proper turn signals.
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Your lights are definately doing the hyper flash thing because the bulb in the park light next to the head light is not powerful enough. Since you switched the wiring; the watts of the parking light needs to be higher so that it thinks it is still reading the original blinkers. I suggest that you try a more powerful bulb ( closer to the oringinal blinkers wattage) that will stop the hyper blinker. Good luck finding a bulb that small with enuff wattage! LOL!
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Originally Posted by Sumaccordguy1994
yea, the flasher in your car is designed to flash at least 2 higher wattage bulbs... the lack of the power draw sets off the flashers "faulty lamp indicator". Besides the fact that the small 194 bulbs dont draw much power, they're also not bright enough for signals = illegal. If you want your true turn bulbs to be on all the time, upgrade to 1157 dual filament bulbs and new sockets... power the dim filament from the corner lamp bulb and power the bright filament from the turn signal wire. This way you'll get the full bumper light lit up with the parking lights and still have proper turn signals.
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