mola

I've seen post about parking lights a lot but never paid much attention to it until today.

I have to say it was the cheapest mod ever and worth every penny :-)

I've found many threads are very long with comments going back and forth so here's my summary on how I've taken the task.

1) Remove the two screws under the the dash below the steering wheel which opens the cover.

2) Pull the cover to release 2 tabs on the top left and 1 tab on the top right.

3) Find the 3 bundle of wires, There are one bundle thats half exposed and half covered. For my 1998, 3.2 It was the bottom bundle. This bundle will have a bunch of red and other color wires.

4) Locate the RED wire with BLUE stripes meaning the RED wire has MORE RED than BLUE.
(There are couple of red and blue wires so look for the RED with thin blue strips and not the other way around)

5) Locate the RED wire with SILVER dots meaning the RED wire has MORE RED than the SILVER dots.
(Both of the wires in 4 & 5 are in the same bundle)

6) Test each wires if you can by connecting them to a 12v test lead w/ bulb (purchased at any auto parts store) to Ground and turn on the parking lights/head lights.
(One of the wire is ON/CLOSED when the headlights turn on, the other is ON/CLOSED when the parking lights are on)

7) I've used a 5 Amp Connector with wires to Crimp the (4)RED/BLUE and (5)RED/SILVER wires together. Yes together.

Now the Fog Lights will turn on when the Parking lights are on.

I'd like to Thank UNX979 and 96TL for their prior post that helped me with this task.
It was pretty easy for me but it seems easy is relative for this mod according to the prior threads. I hope the above sumary helps the next person.

Mola


Posted by 96TL on 07-20-2001 01:03 PM:

... By "them" I mean the red wire with the blue stripe and the Red wire with silver dots. They are both in the same bundle so you can't miss it.

Mikes96TL03CLS

Ya I'm glad I did it. Makes the car look sweet!!

96TL

Hey Mola, how long did it take you? Your welcome BTW.

esCarbonie

correct me if Im wrong but once one does this mod, your fog light on/off switch becomes useless, and you can only turn them on and off along with the parking lights....ie, if your headlights are on, your fogs must also be on.

96TL

Wrong. The switch still works.

mola

It took me less than 10 minutes for the task.

Locating the wires were pretty easy going off your comment.
I have to say a good flash light is needed to identify the colors. I had two with me so that helped.

Since I found the wires in less than a minute I wasn't very positive if those were the correct wires.

Testing each lead took the longest since I didn't want to blow anything incase I didn't have the correct wires.

The actual mod took a little over 5 minutes but I sat there and played with the lights before putting the panel back on so about 10 minutes or less.



Mola

Mikes96TL03CLS

Interesting I had to put in a new relay switch to make mine work.

96TL

LOL. No wonder it took you 3 days.

Inf4life

Can i just cut the wires and twist them together???

mola

I dont think you should cut those wires.

I dont see what advantage you get by doing it that way.
It cost me $5 for the fuse/wire leads and $3 for the crimps.

It's not an earthshattering amount to spend for a mod.


I can think of couple of reasons on why not to cut them but I dont think anyone here knows which wire to cut and which ends to use here since most bridged them together. So you could try it and share with us on your findings.

If you cut both and tie them, it wont work at all... since one of the wires needs to stay intact for the parking light voltage to power the fogs and lights.

The fog lead receives voltage when the head lamp is on but not when the parking lamp is on.

Other lead receives voltage when the parking lamps and/or head lamps are on.

The voltage from the parking lamps will power the other lead so you'll have to find the parking lamp voltage lead and keep that in tact, then snip the other wire and find which of the two ends will do the trick.


In Theory it will work if you snip just one of the two wire but you'll need to test the wires to figure out which one to snip and which end to use. To test without cutting, you'll need to do what I did to add the wire anyway. So why not just bridge them together which is now faster than cutting one and testing them.

With this aside, this is speaking without knowing if cutting a lead doesn't not effect anything else. if the lead is powering anything else on the car, then you'll end up connecting it back to get whatever stopped working.

I'd stay away from cutting.

96TL

Dont cut the wires. I just used one of those plastic wire tappers.

desired_speeds

bump this old thread, do we just basically connect these 2 wires together?

Petie

This is exactly what you want to use.... http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2104093

Go90go

Yup, I had a bunch of those lying around until someone decided to remodel my room while I was in Japan. Now I have 1.

~Cheers~

desired_speeds

so I need 2 of those and crimp them on the wires and connect them together?

TL_910

so would i connect the fuse wire connector to which wire or it doesnt matter..? I know that the the red w/ thin blue line is for the fog and the red w/ silver dot is the parking light. I connected both of these wire w/o the fuse, thinking that it should still power the fog light when i turn on the parking light but it didnt turn on with it.

KrayzieDxC

dont need the fuse..if you have too. when u turn on you parking lights its not automatic..you can turn off and on,on the foglights.thats the only way

king0515

I know this might be off topic, but Im trying to install JDM headlights on my 96 2.5 and on the signal light (or one of the lights...I can't remember), the connector has 3 wires rather than the 2 on the US model headlights...I figured that maybe I can use the same clamps to join one of the wires reducing the JDM wires to 2...does anyone understand what I'm sayin? I dont have the headlights with me...so sorry that I'm sounding like a retard...but can someone help please???

Blanco1

What kind of bulbs fit in the headlight corner lights and the parking lights?
and what kind of bulb is it for the bumper light?

i need to replace one but want to go all super white

KrayzieDxC

click this site and you, put your make and model and you'll find your part # for bulbs

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

Blanco1

Thanks man!

Blanco1

Hey man thanks again
just ordered my168 leds and 7440 leds and my h3c super white

still have to take many pics of my whip and post um

LUISV

great site good for all cars. thanks

LUISV

what is a ACADIAN car..never hear of it..

teekay3001

performed the mod yesterday and its magnificent, and i still have full control of the yellow fog light whether or not the parking or the headlights are on, and it was pretty easy, all i did was find the wires, cut both in half and joined the like sides together and it came out perfectly, i think its angel eyes time

Mandy

3.2 and 2.5 wiring are the same?

teekay3001

i drive a 3.2 so i dont know, i listed the one i did for my car

desired_speeds

just did it on my 96 3.2 I tapped the different though. It too me a while to find the wires because there were silver dots on all of the wires. haha So i cut the red/ sliver dot one, capped the end that goes up to the steering wheel off, then I tapped the other side into a wire that gets power with IGN II on on the climate control wire bundle. Now what do I have? daytime running fogs that comes on whenever the key is on IGN II and is still operated by the switch. The green part of the switch lights up when its on and the white part of the switch comes on with the headlights still.

johnnyhonda3.2

hey guys, im tring to do this mod today, and i have located the wires. I am having trouble understanding how exactly you are connecting the wires together. Is anyone able to take a picture of yours, or just explain it is as much detail as possible?

thanks!

goyabeandepr

when trying to connect the fog lights to park lights i accidently cut the red with silver dots and the red with black stripe. now my fogs and my park lights do not work. i tryed connecting a new wire to them and they still wont go on. what should i do.

Go90go

Go check the fuses, maybe you inadvertently caused a short.

~Cheers~

goyabeandepr

i checked my fuses. i even tryed putting new fuses on. my fogs and park lights still dont work any idea why. is there a certain way i should rewire them.

KrayzieDxC

i'll take a picture for you so you can glance at it.

goyabeandepr

that would help alot. ive been trying to get it to work scince 10 this morning it is now 3 and still nothing.

KrayzieDxC

I HAVE TO REDO MINE BECAUSE I USED A WIRE TO CONNECT THEM TOGETHER OTHER THAN THAT IT STILL WORKS GOOD WITH NO PROBLEMS OF USING A WIRE,INSTEAD A WIRE TAP.


MY BAD ITS RED/BLUE AND RED/SILVER DOTS

goyabeandepr

ok i did that but im still having problems. i had cut the red and black wire and tryed reconnecting them with a new piece of wire. i think thats where i messed up becuase its still not working. do i have to run a whole new wire and if i do how do i do it.

KrayzieDxC

Why would you cut the wire in the first place.? it better off just slice a tiny of the wire piece in the middle before anything. but anyways reconnet the red and black..i dont know what that wire do.. but reconnect it real good w/ electric tape.. and try disconnecting your battery and try it again..also check if your fogs is working good too ..other than that double check everyfuses. make sure none is broken.

AJ3

Anyone have any issues after doing this correctly? I mean, has anyone experienced warm wires, car fires, circuit shorts? If not.. I'm gonna roll by radio shack and make this happen soon.

KrayzieDxC

nope..direct connect works fine

AJ3

Thanks a MIL. I did this last night and its great. (Sad part is I found out my drivers side parking lamp is out .) I also removed the yellow fog light condoms yesterday, so its official, Let the mods begin. Thanks again gents.