TLS-Sun

i did a search but couldnt find anything but i kno someone tried this before. i want the turn signal bulb to come "on" only when you use the blinker. i want it to be off when the parking lights are on. would shaving off one of the bulb "nipples" accomplish this or would it require some kind of rewiring??

car_lost

i did this. its A LOT easier than i thought. all you have to do is cover one of the nipples and thats it. its a sepcific one though... just try covering one and if it doesnt work, try the other one. looks awesome at night with my 6000k low beam and fogs all you see is white/blue coming at you

TypeSDragon

Hmm.. that's interesting to know. By the way, the "nipples" are call filaments... LOL!!

SilverIce2000

nipples, filaments... SAME SHIT hahahah

SilverIce2000

ehhhh i have nothing to do today its a friday afternooon... ill give that a shott... thanxxx

car_lost

yea, i thought i would have to re-wire a bunch of shit so i jsut tried it my way and IT WORKED! i've had it done for about 2 months now.

shimbo519

what u guys cover the nipple with?

car_lost

i used tape.

TLS-Sun

nice. i gotta try it today. thx for the info. man i bet ur 6000K low and fogs look sweet. i might have to get the fogs. u got clear headlights? what do u use for the parking light? i've got a white LED in there and its a "plain" white color, nuttin like the hids but it i guess its okay.

car_lost

i have the clear diffusers along with NOTHING behind it so i only have the high beams, low beams, blinking only turn signal and nothing for the peanut bulb and yea, it looks awesome, i love it

shimbo519

scotch, electric, duct, or masking? haha....but seriously, which?

car_lost

i used scotch because it was all i had at the moment. im sure u can use any type.

xpothosx

Can someone post a pic to see how this looks? I might want to try it.

SilverIce2000

i did it... it looks really phatt....i used black electrical tape just cuz scotch might burn thru..... good luckkk .. it looks reall phatt

TeknoKing

ok, there are two filaments......

(((()))
((((()))) <-- My Ugly Image of a bulb
( TOP )
( )
( )
( )* <--- upper filament
( )
( )* <-- Lower filament (closer to the bottom of the bulb)
@ @

Which one should I cover!?!?!?!?!

TeknoKing

nevermind, the spacing didnt work out, so yeah REALLY image, sorry...

so basically the fillament closer to the top of the bulb or the one on the bottom?

TeknoKing

common, this niple talk is making me excited, which one am I covering?

pistacio

iTrader: (1)

Sorry, someone had to do it.

TeknoKing

you dont need pix...

I just figured it out, and it looks much better especially with my fogs.

Take out the bulb. On the cylinder of the bulb you will notice two so called pimples...one is located somewhat in the middle of the cylinder, the other located almost at the bottom of the cylinder.

Now, turn the bulb so you are looking at the BOTTOM 'Pimple'....now as you are looking at it, position the bult so you also see the TWO filaments (two bumps/niples), which is the bottom part of the bulb itself.

So, again, you found the bottom pimple, now positioned the bulb so you also see the bottom of the bulb, and you see two so called niples/bumps......You have to cover the RIGHT bump. (use electric black tape).

peace.

___***** <-bulb
_ *******
_********
_********
__ ||||||
__ ||||||@ <--- middle 'pimple'
__ ||||||
__ ||||||@ <---- bottom 'pimple'
__ ||||||
__ ## <------ the two bumps/niples.

t0ast

You can always just cover one or the other and try. It shouldn't hurt to cut the power to bulbs.

SilverIce2000

thass wat im tryin to say... JUST COVER ONE sensor/nipple/filament/bump and then put it in, turn on ur parking lights- see if they turn on, if they dont then thats the one then leave it! i cant telll you which one left or right nipple cuz the bulb is completely symmetricall youy cant tell what is "the left side of the bulb or the right side of the bulb" ... this mod took no more than 7 minutes for me to do both sides... and im as stupid as a rock

jjpark

is there any legal issue with it not being on? or does that just have to do with (1) the color and (2) that it blinks when activated?

Jung

car_lost

i dont believe so, but i could be wrong. there is the amber under the turn signal which turns on when you turn on the parking lights/headlgihts so it shouldnt be illegal.

xpothosx

I dont want pix of the install, but just pix of what it looks like.

car_lost

of what what looks like? all you gotta do is tape off one of the filaments, if it doesnt work when you turn on the signal, take off the tape and try the other filament.

TeknoKing

i took some pix but i left the camera in the car, if my lazyness will leave me I'll go get the camera, if not, i will post tomorrow

TeknoKing

as promissed i took some pix.

the website Photostep that I use doesnt support remote-linking, so here is the main link
http://teknoking.photostep.com/14078481 , click on the Turning Signal Mod album.

I'm thinking of making a complete website with all my pics along with all the DIYs available for TL.
hopefully i will start on the project soon.

SilverIce2000

hey teknoking.... i saw your pics- car looks phAT... just one question, how did you do the bottom mesh grille? the portion below the bumper

TeknoKing

thank you.

I fitted it behind the grille, i used very thin silver wire to tie it to the grille, you cant really see the wire because i did it on the edges so unless you bend down there and look closely you will not see it...however you may also use 3M tape (which I will do later)....

I painted the grille black now, and I think I will go back to the original look.

TeknoKing

oh yeah, if you are asking about the mesh on the so called 'foglight' spaces, it you cut the mesh right, with some sharp edges on the mesh, it will easily just stick inside of it because there is an indent in the 'folight space' that will hold the mesh pretty well.

TeknoKing

alright, i'll be back later, gots to put some anti-squeek spray on my EBC, freaken pads.

Natismati

wh0re

calikanbi

I want to have then "brighter" filament come on when I turn on the parking lights. Any ideas on how to do that.

I have extreme piaa's (white) turn signal bulbs but want the brighter filament (turn signal filament) on and use as DRL when in traffic. The parking lights look almost dull during daytime and in bright sunlight.

Thx

TLS-Sun

pix i found. looks sweet. these are /w the clear diffusers in. courtesy of BigPerm of AcuraInspired.com


6000K Lows and Fogs

car_lost

mine is almost EXACTLY like that, except i took out the small peanut bulb

WiLLs TypE S

Cool...but isn't that frankly illegal? But that sounds awesome!! I wouldn't mind doing that kinda of mod!

CJITTY

Instead of pimples or filaments, shouldn't we call them "contacts" located on the bottom of the bulb?

car_lost

lol, does it really matter? as long as everyone knows what we're talknig about... if not, we'll come up with another name

TeknoKing

CJITTY you are 100% right.

filaments are actually the the two wires inside the bulb that light up.

but I didnt want to confuse anyone

CJITTY

I think I am to picky sometimes. It's funny, I can actually picture the contacts and never once thought to try that. Great idea!!! I may do that this weekend.

So, is there a second smaller bulb under the turn signal bulb that stays lit even with the mod?