Natismati

wow..looks like it could of really messed up my ballasts, everytime i would lock or unlock the doors the headilghts would blink causing major defects... unless i shut the lights off everytime i left the car which was a nice pain in the a**. so i undid it and everything's back to normal!

ScotTLTypeS

If I'm not mistaken, that can happen if you leave your headlight switch in the 'on' position when you turn the car off even if you don't have the fog light mod. I don't think the mod should affect you headlights at all...

Can anybody confirm or dispute?

fsttyms1

unless im mistaken your headlights shouldnt blink with the mod, just the blinkers.

FidizzyTypeS

he did the mod wrong...the only thing to blink are the running lights. If you left your lights on they will turn on and turn back off about 20seconds later.

Mr Zipps

Just the blinkers light up when you hit the key fob... Make sure to turn your headlights off....

ScotTLTypeS

Well, I was half right...

It looks like it does it if you have the fog light mod AND you leave the headlight switch set on...

See this link from a while back...

http://www.acura-tl.com/forum/showth...t+blink+unlock

Natismati

i did not do the mod wrong.just like posted in hundreds of other threads complaining that there headlights blink.so do i..nice mod .... but big annoyance and trouble

spl1011

What fog light mod are we talking about in this thread?

Is this the switch wiring mod to allow you to turn on the foglights when you have the parking lights on?

RecklessTL

i need to undo mine to b/c it is so annoying with the right headlight blinking like a mother ******

Mr Zipps

Yes....

Mr Hyde

So redo it this way to prevent the fogs and headlights from blinking. You can then also turn the fogs on even without the parking lights if you wish.

Courtesy of Daverman

Instructions follow:

First, pop open the driver's side fuse box and unscrew the brass screw that holds the kickpanel:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/pic_02.jpg

Pop the kickpanel open and unplug the dimmer:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/pic_04.jpg

From inside, pop the foglight switch outwards.
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/pic_05.jpg

Disconnect the foglight switch harness (there's a tab in the middle that you have to depress), and slip the harness through the opening and down into the kickpanel cavity:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/pic_07.jpg

Pick out Pin 3 of the harness--it's the white wire with the red stripe. You'd have to cut the black rubber shroud around the cable bundle with a pair of scissors to expose enough cable to work with:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/fog_harness.jpg

Take a piece of wire (20 or 22 ga. is ideal, 18 ga. is OK), about 10 in. long, and splice it onto the white/red wire with a splicer:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/pigtail.jpg

Once you have done this, cut the white/red wire so that the splicer remains attached to the harness (i.e. cut the cable on the side of the splicer closer to the car). Make sure you secure the exposed cable ends from touching anything or each other by wrapping them in electrical tape.

Strip the other end of the wire.

Now, you have to slide the stripped end of the wire into the protected terminal of Fuse #9 (3rd from the top). The correct leg of the fuse is circled in the picture below:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/fusebox.jpg

Use the fuse puller from the fuse box under your hood to pull the 7.5 A fuse out of its socket. Take the stripped end of the wire and fold it around the leg on the fuse, then stick the fuse back in. When you're done, the stripped end of the wire should be tucked neatly in the fuse socket, and there should not be exposed wires dangling around.

And that's it! Reassemble everything in the reverse order. If you did everything right, the fogs should turn on when your ignition is in the ON position:
http://home.kc.rr.com/daverman/img/fogs/fogs.jpg

You should be able to start the car without the fogs flickering on and off. While your car is running, the fogs should be pretty much independent of the light switch setting. However, switching to high beams will still kill the fogs (there's another mod I can do to defeat this as well).

When you turn your car off, the fogs should automatically go out. When arming and disarming your alarm, the fogs should now not light up at all.

Natismati

see i am not the only one

Iggy

Links no werky.

CJITTY

I did the mod and having no probs...yet Quick undo process if I do have issues. I always turn my headlights off and just leave the switch in the park light position prior to parking at night

vandy786

See, you did do it wrong. Read the post above yours.

Natismati

i did it exactly like that...i dont like having to keep switching my headlights on and off at night as it is very annoying

pianoman41

If you want to make it more permanent, after making the splice you cut the wire that feeds power from the headlights and it separates the two circuits completely. This stops the headlight blinking issue (which occurs *only* if you use the auto-off headlight function, and is also known to occur sometimes *without* the fog mod having been done), but it also makes it much harder to undo this mod if you ever desire to do so.

Natismati

ill just leave it stock fogs and thats that, dont need any problems you know

SilverUA5

that mod only took me 10 minutes to do and it works very well. i never had problems with the right headlight blinking or whatever but the foglights blink when you arm / disarm the car. i don't know what you or the other guy did, but your headlights should NOT blink.

Natismati

leave your headlights on (on position), get out of the car , lock the doors wait till the lights shut off 15 sec later, then hit the lock button again,,,,see what you get