Help on bumper lights!!!!

Hey guys, i need help on this one. Ok i tried doing the splice wire thing to make my bumper lights light up when i turn on my corner lights, it worked, but when i did it, i couldn't signal no more? So then i tried to wire it up to my head lights, and i still couldn't signal? My signal arrows in my cluster just lit up and my taillight corners lit up too. All i want to do is make it so that my bumber lights light up and still can signal? Help please guys? SORRY SO LONG

its because the bulbs are only single filament bulbs. i bet they work when your lights are off. to get 2 different lights so to speak you need dual filament bulbs.

The dual filament bulbs are the ones that when you look under it, it has two little metal circle right? If it is then i tried that already. It still didn't work. It lit up, but couldn't signal? Any thing else?

does the turn signal work with yoru lights off ?

yeah, but when it's off, and i signal to the left, both lights up. Just one is brighter than anothr.

You do not need dual fillament bulbs... If you splice them together with the bulbs in the amber part of the corner lenses, they will be on as running lights, and when you signal, they will blink.

I tried splicing them and then connecting the two wires i used two to the bumper light and the other end of the two wires to the amber part of the corner lenses and i still didn't signal.

I tried splicing them and then connecting the two wires i used two to the bumper light and the other end of the two wires to the amber part of the corner lenses and i still couldn't signal.

do you have any pics of the splice wires and where it connects to?

The corner lights have 2 bulbs, one is on all the time witht the headlights (running light, this is the one closest the headlight), the other (covered by amber reflector on stock corner light) only blinks with the blinker... Atleast on mine thats how it is... So knowing that, other than using a relay, theres no way to wire it up to work, not by just splicing into a single light anyways... I could be wrong, as I was having probs with my blinkers when I first got it and had to do some rewiring...

So your sayin tat it can't be done then?

wont work because you got power going to it for the running light so even if you put power for the turn signal it doesnt work cause theres always a constant power going to it so it stays constantly lite, you need a relay of somekind i would think.

wont work because you got power going to it for the running light so even if you put power for the turn signal it doesnt work cause theres always a constant power going to it so it stays constantly lite, you need a relay of somekind i would think.

Dude... that's totally not true. And please tell me you're not trying to run 2 sets of wires to the same bulb...

The amber part of the corner lenses is constantly on, but when you use your turn signal, it blinks. So, all you have to do is run the bumper lights off of the wires from the amber part of the corner lens.

That's it.

It works.


Trust me.



I've done it.

Dude... that's totally not true. And please tell me you're not trying to run 2 sets of wires to the same bulb...

The amber part of the corner lenses is constantly on, but when you use your turn signal, it blinks. So, all you have to do is run the bumper lights off of the wires from the amber part of the corner lens.

That's it.

It works.


Trust me.



I've done it.


Do u have a Civic or CRX? They may be wired differently... Every CRX Ive seen the amber is off until the turn signals come on... I was searching for an exact answer for this during my rewiring fiasco I mentioned earlier, but couldnt get an exact answer, only pics... And all of them the bulb on the far left was off when the head lights were...

Heres some pics:
http://www.diggipics.de/albums/Honda-CRX/IMG_0268.jpg

http://www.autoreklama.lv/img/%5B2002-12-06%5D%20honda%20crx%2004.jpg

And theres a few pics on here:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/520188

But I did fine one where the amber was on...

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/726117


This one is an 88, and the above are 90-91s... Perhaps its the different yrs? They may be different from 88-89, and 90-91s... But I dunno... I know the corner light itself is different, so its possible...



Do this: Go turn on your parking lights (without head light), see which bulbs are on in the corner light... Then turn on your turn signal, see which one blinks... If one of them is always on and blinks, it will work... Simply wire the bumper light to that bulbs wiring... If it dosnt u will have to use the schematic posted earlier to wire them up...

So your sayin tat it can't be done then?
JUST GO TO THE JUNK YARD AND CUT THE PLUGS FROM THE TAILLIGHTS THAT HAS DUAL FILLAMENT BULBS CUT YOUR STOCK ONE CONNECT THE GROUND ONE FOR YOUR TURN SIGNAL THE OTHER ONE TO YOUR CORNER LIGHT THAT IS HOW I GOT IT DONE ON MY CRX IF YOU NEED PICTURES I COULD POST THEM JUST LET ME KNOW :grinno:

Yeah post them please and show some pics of how you wired it. Thanks

I'll Charge My Camera Tonight And Post Some Pictures Tomorrow

did you even look at the link i posted ?

I CAN'T LOAD THEM :mad: IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU. I GOT THE PICTURES OF HOW I DID IT :grinno:

Would this not be the same principle as side marker lights? Side marker lights do not stay lit up when they come stock on a vehicle. However, I had side marker lights on my CRX and they came on with the lights. They were just tapped into one of the bulbs of the corner lights (forget which one) to the respective + and - and they actually did blink intermittantly with the corner signals and bumper signals. I removed them because I believed they were creating a short. They were not fused. I did not originally wire them.

Anyway, be careful with stuff like this cuz you can end up creating problems that originally weren't there... Splicing them probably isn't the best way to go about it... fuses are good too...

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Yup, i ended up fucking up my harzard lights and my left signal because i tried to splice them, so now they don't work? Can i fix them some how?

on my car the corner lenses lights up and blinkes, if yous does the same, just tap into that

So just use one or two wires to connect to the bumber lights and the corner lights?

Last time i tried that, my left signal stopped working

does your rear corner light come on with your lights and blink, or do they only blink ?

are you talkin about the amber part of my tail lights? if you are, then no it only comes on when i signal.

are you talkin about the amber part of my tail lights? if you are, then no it only comes on when i signal.

I can't remember but I believe that's the way it's supposed to be and is hooked up together by way of relay. So, I would think you need a dual filament bulb for your parking lights and would need to tap into the non-amber part of the corner lense. Even if you do get it to work, you'll be drawing excessive juice through that circuit having those bulbs on all the time with your lights. You probably don't believe me but my bright ass side markers were like that (stayed on with lights and side markers are supposed to just blink with signals) and when I rode with my lights I noticed a power loss but never could figure out why. I believe that lack of a fuse in the circuit put a strain on the ground. But I had an amp, subs, neons under the seats, a/f gauge as well as having my fan wired to stay on all the time. It was a wiring mess. I removed the amp, subs and side markers and pretty much rewired everything cleaner and more efficient. Fan is now powered through stock + wire but since relay is missing wire it's still just grounded with - part of circuit and chassis and works with stock fuse. Basically, I'm saying use fuses and wire it clean and nice and you'll have less troubles...

I bought lighted mirrors for my car but there was no wiring diadram in the box. I need help on hooking them up correctly where it would work with my signal lights too, any suggestions?

I bought lighted mirrors for my car but there was no wiring diadram in the box. I need help on hooking them up correctly where it would work with my signal lights too, any suggestions?

Easiest way to wire those I think would be to wire them to the rear turn signals... Thats how I did my g/fs 'M3 mirrors' with turn signals...

Thanks all of you helpers for helpin, but since i still can't get it to work, fuck it, im not doin it no more.