revenge of the dead thread!

Sorry to bring this one back to life, but had to add my two cents.

Re: taps vs. solder

You're better off soldering then tapping to ward off corrosion. By the time you tap, add grease, tape and then tape some more... you're still not near the life span of a half way decent solder job.

The costs for the solder will be only slightly higher if you don't already have a soldering iron, but the long term gains are worth it (imho).

Don't be afraid to solder, it only take a short time to learn how to do it right. Once you know how to solder well, fixing thousands of other things can become possible.

 

Did this mod today with LED bulbs for both blinkers and side markers.
For the blinkers:

http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=304

with load resistors:

http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=113

For the side markers:

http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=315

Used two bridge rectifiers to overcome the side marker LED bulbs polarity issue:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

The bridge rectifier (see the pic) ensures proper polarity to the LED bulb regardless of the source power polarity. Works great. And all white on the front looks cool .

 

is there anyway to have the corner and turn signal to blink at the same time when headlights are on?

 

We still have clear corners in stock...make your 8 look nice...and do this blinker mod while installing it. We even had a blinker mod party for the local RX-8 club it was a blast.

 

back from the dead...

I'm a dummy when it comes to wiring, and I just blew my hazard fuse doing this. (thank god
I read through it a couple times again and drew a diagram to my understanding, since pictures helps me alot.

Does it look right?

Does the plug piece from step 12 stay open(or taped close, as in no use for it, so I can techincally throw it away and it'll be ok)-> this part really confused me.

I wanna make sure because I dont wanna go opening the smoke box under the fuse box.

Thanks

 

Eight that looks correct.

Leave some length of wire under the disconnect plug for the black wire when you cut it. That way if you want to revert back to stock for some reason you can do it easily. Then tape it up on both sides of the cut.

If a person forgets to cut and just taps into the turn signal it will blow the fuse.

 

Great! I can finally do this wthout worrying about smoking the wires
Ya, you got me with the fuse thing, thats exactly what I did, although I actually overworked myself and reconnected the open pin

 

btought back from the dead. wow i finally get it after three nights of attempts....but i blew a fuse. which fuse is the hazard fuse? my blinkers, sidemarkers and brights dont work. does that hapen when the hazard fuze is blown? i dont have a manual so i dont know which fuze is which?

 

Blamerob,

If you pull the fuze box cover it shows which is for the Hazzard or blinker. I believe the one that blows is inside the driver's door though.

Did you clip the black taped wire below the disconnect for the side marker? If not that is where the short happens.


For the owners manual PDF:

 

Finally found this DIY. Tired of people next to me not knowing I am signaling.

 

Today I also converted my side markers into turn signals. Instead of following the DIY, I decided to turn them completely into turn signals, like these lights are in Europe and most everywhere else outside the US.
I just spliced into both turn signal wires, disconnected the plug for the side marker, and fabricated connectors that slide onto the blades inside the side marker plug. So now the side markers are connected parallel to the front turn signals and they blink together.
I sealed / taped up everything pretty well, including the now unused original side marker socket behind the wheel well lining. This allows me to simply turn everything back to original should I decide to do so.

In case the cops will harass me for not having the stupid amber light when my headlights are on, I'll just put amber bulbs into my parking lights... although I don't think this will really be a problem.

 

Did this yesterday, and I must thank Eight for the wiring diagram. It helped a lot, as I was also very confused. I used posi-tap wire taps and posi-lock splices with dielectric grease instead of solder though and it looks just as protected as the existing wiring so I'm pretty sure it'll last.

I took quite a few pictures if anyone else is still confused. Thanks guys, awesome DIY.
Here's one after completion

 

Driver side marker light operates as described. Passenger side marker light never comes on.

Suggestions? Process is exactly replicated on passenger side.

EDIT: Resolved, some of our connections were bad. We ended up using butt-connectors and wire splices/electrical tape instead of soldering. When done properly this is a piece of cake! Thanks so much for the DIY/writeup.