sedan reverse lights ALSO used as parking lights ?? how was this done ????

Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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sedan reverse lights ALSO used as parking lights ?? how was this done ????

anyone know how there is a red and white bulb in there at the same time and how the wiring works to altenate between them ??

looks pretty sweet to me
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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that does look pretty tite!!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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ask jmonsale. those pictures are his car so he should know how to do it
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by g35freak86
ask jmonsale. those pictures are his car so he should know how to do it
I did ask him by pm but no answer. Maybe he hasn't been on in awhile. Wanted to ask also in case he doesn't remember or wasn't the one that made that work.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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He will get back to you. Not everyone like the both of us sits on this site awaiting every move haha. He did the install himself. I talked to him about it at one point. He will give you details when he can
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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wait...so there are actually people who don't sit and wait on driver refreshing every minute?!?!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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I don't know exactly which bulb he used, but the concept is simple. Swap the single filament OEM bulb for a dual filament LED bulb with a similar shape and cut and solder onto the OEM harness and tap into the parking lights.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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^^^^

Yep that's all you need to do. I would bet it needs some custom work to get the bulb in place but overall it's an easy mod. All the wires you need are right there.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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wait...so there are actually people who don't sit and wait on driver refreshing every minute?!?!
maybe lol who knows but not me...those weren't my words.
Originally Posted by redlude97
I don't know exactly which bulb he used, but the concept is simple. Swap the single filament OEM bulb for a dual filament LED bulb with a similar shape and cut and solder onto the OEM harness and tap into the parking lights.
sounds simple - I'll look for those type bulbs but haven't seen that before. I was thinking somehow that he had two bulbs in there but then how does it switch between the two different colored lights ??

will really look cool with the 05-06 tail lights
 

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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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it's called a switch back bulb...
http://autolumination.com/7443_7440.htm
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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it's called a switch back bulb...
http://autolumination.com/7443_7440.htm
ok sweet got it here thanks
http://autolumination.com/switchback.html
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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I see how the switchback is used to alternate between amber turn signal and white parking light but not for the application I am looking at ????

pretty sweet though
http://img532.imageshack.us/my.php?i...backledsr3.flv
 

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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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the application you are looking at is custom. but basically it's the same exact thing just wiring it to what you want.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by IvoryGT
the application you are looking at is custom. but basically it's the same exact thing just wiring it to what you want.
wondering where a red / white single bulb came from ?? maybe it's not a LED ??? gonna look at autozone or something.

I'm not afraid to wire up some stuff just wondering what bulb / bulbs were used....
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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he could've used two sets of LEDs.
 
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