JDM Light query..., do both lights on each sluster light up? Options

[Praying_Mantis]

just got some JDM rear clusters and was thinking, some of you guys have both lights on each cluster lit up.
Do they do that as standard or do you have to alter them, if so how? thanks

(i would try them out but my car is having the kit fitted, )

[trdproven]

Do you mean the JDM Tails? There is two red lights that light up at night and there is the turn signal. Both red lights turn on at the same time. Almost like skylines but squares.

[hurley97]

JDM tails with lights on. you dont have to do anything to them

^Batman722



This post has been edited by hurley97: Oct 3, 2006 - 3:05 AM

[Praying_Mantis]

JDM tails with lights on. you dont have to do anything to them

^Batman722

thats what i wanted to hear, thanks alot. batmans car looks excellent, nice and smooth.

[malpaso]

...just one little note for Praying_Mantis: you are from UK so I belive JDMs with lights on will look like this

[Praying_Mantis]

damn, thats what i didn't want to happen. is there any way to make them both come on?

[malpaso]

damn, thats what i didn't want to happen. is there any way to make them both come on?

I belive it is... but I'm not sure íf it's legal . We have mandatory "rear fog light" on that second place .

[hurley97]

just leave your fog lights on ? Batman might know how to make them both come on

side note: put [ img ] in front of the link to your sig and [/ img] at the end of it (no spaces)

This post has been edited by hurley97: Oct 3, 2006 - 9:07 AM

[malpaso]

just leave your fog lights on ? Batman might know how to make them both come on..

It's not good idea... that fog light is brighter than common lights (so it's same intensity like when brake light -> it my look like you brake all the time). See edited picture, It would look like this:



Here, for better explanation, look how works stock Euro tail lights...



This post has been edited by malpaso: Oct 4, 2006 - 1:29 AM

[Coomer]

Interesting...I never knew there were reverse fog lights.

[Praying_Mantis]

i used to leave my standard tail fog lights on until one day i let my brother
use my car and saw how blinding they are. perhaps i can try changing the
fog bulbs to the same as normal bulbs......

[malpaso]

...i used to leave my standard tail fog lights on until one day i let my brother
use my car and saw how blinding they are....

That's why it's illegal use them when is not foggy in CZ. There must be some other way how solve this...

[95GT]

Just use a dual fillament bulb, get a socket for an 1157 bulb at the salvage yard and wire the lower wattage side to come on when your headlights are on and leave the rear fog light wiring as it is

[malpaso]

Just use a dual fillament bulb, get a socket for an 1157 bulb at the salvage yard and wire the lower wattage side to come on when your headlights are on and leave the rear fog light wiring as it is

So brake light will be just one, but commont lihts will be two like in the US right?

[celiracer]

The break light is also both lights lighting up. And at night time they both light up.

[TomPoz]

I have done it with my GT - there is no problem to do it and fogs light-up with stops, both look exactly the same. Still you can turn the fogs on and they work.

What needs to be done (as far as I remember):
- buy diods that allow current to go one-way only (you need two per side)
- connect plus wires of stop light and fog light with one diod allowing current to flow from stop to fog,
- put another diod on plus wire of fog light, stopping the current from going to the fog relay.

Done.

I have found simple picture on our forum that shows the connections:


Light on the left is fog, on the right is stop / regular. Plus cable to the right is for regular light.
I>I symbols are diods - as I have written it the electric current flows from left to right and is stopped the other way around.
Hope it helps.

This post has been edited by TomPoz: Oct 6, 2006 - 4:45 AM

[malpaso]

What needs to be done (as far as I remember):
- buy diods that allow current to go one-way only (you need two per side)
- connect plus wires of stop light and fog light with one diod allowing current to flow from stop to fog,
- put another diod on plus wire of fog light, stopping the current from going to the fog relay.

Done.

If I understand that picture right, that means when I use brake, two lights will shine, but regular light will be just one (and of course foglight will still work). Right? Is there another way how make work both normal lights too? Some other diod plus change bulb? Dunno...

[TomPoz]

If I understand that picture right, that means when I use brake, two lights will shine, but regular light will be just one (and of course foglight will still work). Right?

Right.

Is there another way how make work both normal lights too? Some other diod plus change bulb? Dunno...

You would need to change the fog light bulb and its housing to one like in stop / regular, connect existing fog light cables like in the stop light and lead additional plus cable from existing regular plus cable to new housing. Clear?

Sorry for my "electric english" but I am an economist. So I can write properly only about demand, supply, incremental cost and stuff like that.

[malpaso]

You would need to change the fog light bulb and its housing to one like in stop / regular, connect existing fog light cables like in the stop light and lead additional plus cable from existing regular plus cable to new housing. Clear?

Sorry for my "electric english" but I am an economist. So I can write properly only about demand, supply, incremental cost and stuff like that.

Absolutely clear , it makes sence... btw if you are not sure in English next time try same in Polish , I belive one of those answers must be fine for sure

[TomPoz]

Absolutely clear , it makes sence... btw if you are not sure in English next time try same in Polish , I belive one of those answers must be fine for sure

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