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Old 07-28-07, 12:00 AM
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Lightbulb Had an idea for sidemarker

I was walking up to my car tonight and i had an idea to wire the puddle lamps to the turn signal so that it would act as a side marker, only allowing it to flash and not stay on constantly. But I was wondering if anyone attempted this before and how hard would you guys think it could be?

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Old 07-28-07, 01:19 AM
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yeah i had that idea too. just never got down to the knitty gritty with it
Old 07-28-07, 08:14 AM
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Huh, never thought of that before. Those puddle lamps arent very visible though. Anyone more than 20 feet away probably wont even know they are flashing. Shouldnt be that hard though. Just open the mirror up and cut the wires going to the lights and re-route them to the front or rear turn signals and tap the power off of those. Then they should just light up whenever the turn signal does.

Have you looked into doing the real side markers? Is that a difficult install? I see people do it to civics all the time.
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it should be an easy do but the puddle lights aren't visible enough to worth the effort.
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no point to use it as a side marker as NOONE will ever see it......
Old 07-28-07, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by kickin8
no point to use it as a side marker as NOONE will ever see it......
well at nite you could def see it with a led bulb. This was just a thought to gather feedback and i dont know for sure if imma do this.
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