|DIY| EK9 taillights for $$10

...tbh, if my lights were like that, i'd cut all the wires to the bottom one, and do it again, from scratch.

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Originally Posted by redefine

...tbh, if my lights were like that, i'd cut all the wires to the bottom one, and do it again, from scratch.

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I think I might go with this :p Had a look just before and it the bulb that was added only has 2 wires, and they're both black. Both hooked up to the original wires and wrapped in duct tape. RESTART! :thumbsup:

what might be happening is if the two wires are hooked up to the red and the green wires, when u arent braking...the brake light wire acts as a ground so it works fine as a parker, but when u hit the brakes, this isnt the case anymore so the light turns off...try hitting the brakes without ur lights on and see what happens...if the light turns on u might be able to get away with just cutting one wire and joining it to the black ground wire (depending on how u want the lights to work)

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Originally Posted by eeKayFouR

I think I might go with this :p Had a look just before and it the bulb that was added only has 2 wires, and they're both black. Both hooked up to the original wires and wrapped in duct tape. RESTART! :thumbsup:

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:thumbsup: sometimes its easier to just go fck it and start again...lol.
if theyre both black, dw bout the polarity. you can go and get the 3 wire holders if you really want, as the hole would already be there. its all up to you from here.

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Originally Posted by eeKayFouR

Hmmm, I didn't do this to my car, it was already done when I bought it.. but it looks like the previous owner did something wrong hahah. So, when I turn on the parkers/lights the 'extra' lights turns on :thumbsup:, but when I step on the brakes, they turn off :o. So at night people behind me get confused :p "Is he on or off the brakes..? :confused:" Yeh :cool: Good times, so what part of this DIY do I follow to correct this? :) Slice and dice some wires ? :cool:

Cheers bruh :wave:

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you should set them up exactly the same as the brake lights :cool:...
then you shouldnt have that problem...:thumbsup:

thats how im going to do mine... 2 brightness levels... constant and braking..

definatly solder+tape then shrink where the tape ends :thumbsup:

ohh thanks dude...
nice write up
lols my faded red into pink civic now looks slightly better
HAHAHHA

doing this on sat, should turn out good, thanks for the diy dude

update:

just got my hands on some 45led red brake lights...haha these are awesome. i got a few sets left if ppl want some and 35leds

how do they look like?

awesome write up doing it right now with the lap top in hand also navara part number 49836 is perfect for this as mentioned in page 3 or 4

leds r even better :)

check my fs thread for more leds for sale

where can you purchase some bulb holders?