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like preludacris says, im dont want my car to be a EK9. it never will be. im doing it the way i like it and it just so EK9 has some subtle things which makes the whole package stand out.Quote:
Originally Posted by obsessionz
if i wanted the ek9 taillights btw. i wouldn't have had both of my brake lights light up at the same time cos EK9 lights only light up the top...you knew that ofcos :o
Thanks for the writeup! I did it yesterday.... wired it up (yes - soldered too!) wrong the first time =(
Other then that it was real easy and looks cool - cheers!
^^ np!! glad you liked it.
looks even better at night
ey guys ..
where can i get thoses universal bulb holders from?
thanks ..:p
keen to do this DIY
autobarn...2bux each.
repco...around same price, they can order them in for you.
supercheap also had it
try your local auto shop, they all should have it. if not. they can order it for you. you just have to wait.
yeh imma go supercheap auto now at rockdale ..
thanks ek4r
ey guys .. i went to supercheap at rockdale and auburn ...
dey say that they dont stock the sockets in-there store anymore ..
autobarn in auburn is shit .. (they dont know anything) they never have stock ...
REPCO is the best .... went to auburn repco.. he said he will get it for me tomorrow...
THANKS guys
^ good to know. hopefully you have your sexy lights running by tmrw. GL
ok i followed all the instructions. The problem is now that of the two new lights that i have installed. One of them is exceptionally brighter ?? :confused: while the other one is the same brightness as the rest. Keep in mind that both are new bulbs and such.
Any ideas on how to fix?
note: the bulb that is bright, is the right hand side + its brighter than the rest during parker... as well as brake lights
any help thanxs
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16752
Just in case anybody wants to see another version of this guide. One thing, we have reflectors in the lower drivers side portion needs removing for even illumination. I have the rear fogs on my drivers side lower section and brakes on upper.
I also went and bought usdm tails, like them better than the jdm/edm/audm tails. are a tad different.
At Dell - do you have a rear fog on the drivers side? if so, it is the reflector inside ... taking it out is a pain. but doable. keep some silver paint handy for the scratches you are about to make ;-)
Kristin
thanks for ur input i was wondering is there anyone out there that would help me. The car is just a standard EK1 plus its only one side is brighter.. Thus if there was fog lights wouldn't it effect both
hmm could be a faulty bulb? i know they are some bulbs with different intensity. mine turned out even...
The fog light reflector is only in one tail light ... usually the driver's side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dell99
well i guess i will try to get a new bulb first... but if it is the fog light can u tell me how to remove it or at least fix it pls?
well, most likely you put in the wrong bulb, the reflector is noted when you look into the hole ... you cannot miss it as it is a second item in there ... you take it out with two pairs of pliers and a screw driver, it is made of some plastic and needs to be broken into pieces and taken out through the hole. painful process, go slow ...
ar crap.. Well i guess i am going to switch the new bulb with the old one that is no the brake lights. If just as bright then dam.... got to get out the tools n break that reflector.. If not.. easily solved.. get new bulbs
sounds good ya think?
ey
SPECIAL THANKS TO EK4R for the thread ..keep up the good work & DIY ..
Brought my Universal Globes from Repco
Ask for
http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_Holders_2.html
Bayonet Cap Globe Holder
Product number: 49838 $2.45 each (x2)
+ Globes (x2) $2.00 a packet
nice :thumbsup:
keep it up and try out some other simple DIY's i wrote in this thread for your EK
adu, u hav the same prob as me. The lower right hand side is definately brighter
looks brighter to me.
chartinael, in that case both our situations are the same. Fog lights/reflector then?
would be my guess, take out socket and have a look, if it doesn't look empty like the one where you made the hole (refer to pictures in either my or this thread) then it is the reflector.
See, this is an empty hole ...
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ger-cutout.jpg
If there is a reflector in it you will see a whitish gray type of additional rim.
BTW original poster, why exactly do you think you need to take the rubber gasket off? No need to remove that, just remove the harness to work on it.
Also, a word of advice: learn to use soldering gun and heatshrinking tubes when you do automotive wiring, I did't at first cause I decided to do at the spur of the moment but went back it did my half ass job the right way ;)
thanks for ur input chartinael, but unfortunately i opened mine up and it was the same as urs. Was going to post up a pic then i did the following isolation test so it would be useless if i did post it up.
First checked if it was the same as urs = yes
Checked the passenger side if was same = yes
Switched original honda brake BLUB with new bulb = still bottom is brighter
now i'm stumped????
i dont believe we have fog lights at the back, mine certainly didnt have anything it was clear on both taillights so maybe its only in Europe?
any idea's y mine is brighter on one side then?? BTW aussie ek1
dell999
u tried muckin around with the wires ..
1 side of the tail light on mine ... were red with red .. green with green .. black with black ..
the other was
red with green .. green with red .. and black with black ..
try the brightness on your car battery ..
the little one is the brighter one .. so thats = BRAKE
the dull one is the longer one = parkers ..
p.s.
try muck around with the globe too .. sometime it looks brighter and sometime if u muck around with it .. it turns out ok ...
hope thats any help .
lol maybe you put on the wrong wires? did you test your bulb firsthand on the battery like i suggested ?? you might actually have parker hooked to brake light insteadQuote:
Originally Posted by adu
ar crap, its all heat shrink n stuff. I took for granted that on the left was black = black, red = red, green = green thus i did the same for the driver's side. But Adu ur lights are brighter also on the drivers side mate
dell99
which ones?
i seriously cant tell the difference? hahahah
for me in real life .. its actually fine .. maybe its the picture ...
good luck dell999:D
:)
ur bottom right is definately brighter mate. But does anyone know if the wires would be different for the sides.
What i mean is that on passenger side that the red is for the brake and the green is for the parker. Wouldn't logic dictate that on the driver side it is also red for the brake and the green for the parker.
Cause since i have used heat shrink for the wires it would be a B!tch to get it out and such.
could just be the angle of pic it was taken and its affect to the lense. ??
George.. mate I soooo was going to put Euros in there !
I thought of JDM tailights but cbf'd in the end :)
Its looking good !
the wire colors are identical left and right. in the link I posted you have all applicable wire colors and their functions in the connector diagram. Not hard to figure out, what needs to go where.
went through repco peakhurst for those bulb holders, they ordered some for me and will get them next week :D
did this the other day, a really simple but effective mod ! nice post :)
same here, took me about 2hrs and i love it! but i had too pull extensively the plastic around my boot (hatchback). and for my left backlight i had to take the bracket that holds speakers up off, couldnt fit a ratchet in there (i even had a flexible small one)... but i had a small blowtorch ($20 bunnings, burns off lighter fluid) and it cut those holes perfectly with its pencil tip blade + my knife!!
hey guys! i need help lol
ive wired all the lights up correctly(i think) BUT now only the parker lights come on, NOT the brake lights!!! UH OH!
if someone could give me a bit of guidance i would really appreciate it.
happened on my frnds car. Which every side is causing the trouble just rewire it.
My frnds.
Driver Side = red to red, green to green.
Passenger = red to green, green to red
dun ask me y but it worked for him lol
its both sides that arent lighting up...im going to have a look into it tomorro, any advice would be greatly welcomed
check you havn't blown a fuse by accident by some odd chance ?
just went repco today, they ordered it in for me, but got 2 different holder (OMG)
one with 3 wire and one with 2
so now i have one side which is done and the other side still normal.
picking up the other holder tomorrow, will get it done by the weekend.
excellent writeup EK4R, cheap and awesome mod
all done.
Park Lights
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/1486/parksl9.th.jpg
Brake Lights
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5711/brakekv8.th.jpg
how cool does it look...
nice work there !!
could philip pc or EK4 being the original DIY enlighten us on the finalised wiring setup again? im getting lost and confused between one persons right tail light being brighter than the other etc !
black to black? red to red? green to green? both sides? for parkers + lighting up when braking!
ERGH! ohh and i cant FIND universal light bulb holders anywhere in perth.supercheap are useless and repco!
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Originally Posted by ceeazian
ask them to order one in for you. or try autobarne if you have them there in perth? or repco ?
as with the wiring.
you would need to test your holder first with your battery. the black wire is always the earth or negative. so place that on your negative and then just put the other two wirings on your postitive and check the lighting. one should light up brighter than the other (thats your brake wire).
then just wire the corresponding wiries to your existing harness.
it is alot easier if you had the holder. so get that first and read again.
should be quiet straightforward.
as for my wiring, i used the same for both sides.
the wiring that was already in the tail light (green=brake, red=park, black=ground)
this was the same on both sides for me.
just try wrap it that way first (dont tape it up yet though) and if it dosent turn out to be correct just switch the wiring around to what you previously had.
not hard at all, once all done just tape it all up.
i didnt get any problem with one side being brighter then the other, the only thing i can think of is maybe perhaps different wattage of the globes, makes sure that they are all 5W globes, to match the light up the top. if all 5W globes then it should all appear to be of the same brightness.
hope i'm not confusing anyone =)
just did my gf EK1. turned out madness!!!!
jus letting you know for EK1 the wires match up the same. . .
so green-green, red-red, black-black. . .
i had a go at this today...turned out well
tried using a knife + a ciggie lighter to cut thru the plastic...but that sucked...ended up drilling it and using a round bastard file...turned out perfect...the holders even snap into place oem styles
i went about this a different way...i used indicator (1 filament) globes...
so parkers looks exactly the same as stock...but when i brake...the lower portion lights up aswell...i did it this way for maximum visual impact when braking...
oh...and for 1 of the bolts each side use an 8mm ring spanner to undo coz getting a socket in there was close to impossible
Umm everyones parkers are same as the top parkers, when they brake their lower portion lights up as well. Thats why they use 3 wire bulbs....
As for my car, i was looking into this, my right light has the hole already cut out, perfectly, just like the OEM hole, it had the bits that stick up, and it had a bulb in it, but it was only a 2 wire and the connector that joined into the harness had 6 pins like this
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whereas the left side had the covered up hole, and the connector only had 5 pins like this
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Looks like its had a replacment light?
(quote)so parkers looks exactly the same as stock...but when i brake...the lower portion lights up aswell...i did it this way for maximum visual impact when braking...(quote)
yeh when i did mine it turned out like that but i changed it to only the top light only comes on when i brakes..i.e ek9 style...i figured out that ek9 taillights are completely differently to diy...the top light are bit brighter and the bottom and when they indicate its white and looks different ...
i mite consider buying genuine soonnn...but for the meantime diy looks sweet =]
is there a way to make the EK OEM tail lights function like the ek9, maybe buying some lighter bulbs so the top light, light(s) up in idle/parker mode?Quote:
Originally Posted by neil1112
plz correct me if im wrong?? :confused:
through what i've noticed about the OEM EK9 tails, when lights are switched on, in parker/idle mode the top and bottom lights are lit, top ones are abit brighter than the bottom. when braking, ONLY the top light(s) light up like a christmas tree. cheers
read my pm
Yea, turns out my car has a right side EK9 taillight.
Bad thing is alittle bit of the end doesnt light up, compared to the regular taillight. Very annoying
EK9 tail lights wont function the same in a non EK9 because they are 6pin connector compared to 5pin from EK1/EK4. So their is no point in buying genuine EK9's.
perhaps changing the ek1/ek4 pin to a 6-pin???Quote:
Originally Posted by 1996ek1
Well also some one saidQuote:
Originally Posted by Mingy
The reverse lights are different, and when they indicate its white.
I dont think so, its just the same when you indicate and i actually havnt looked at the reverse lights..
I dont see the point in spending for EK9 tail lights, better off spending for 99+ taillights :D
i was playing gran turismo 4 the other day just so i can perve on the EK9s. you can't indicate in the game. so i didn't get to see the colours of the indicators.
better off buying 99+ with diy my style NOT ek9 style. i like my style better > the ek9 styleQuote:
Originally Posted by 1996ek1
indicator lights are amber in the ek9, why would it be white? thats not street legal
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Originally Posted by EK4R
Dunno, someone else said they different, but i don't know what would make them think that....
And i agree, the 99+ lights are better...
just tint the indicator/reverse on the 96-98 tail lights ;) steve domestic market
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ra/IMG_253.jpg
it acctually does look beter then OJ
but 99+!!!!!!!!
i really cbf tinting just the oj... too much work
whole thing got tinted, then the indicator/reverse got tinted in heavier coats, and polished. very lengthy
Sorry to bring this up,... but have you tried flipping the bulb over. They have two fillaments (one to light up and one to brake) so if the light up fillament is at the bottom of the globe and the other side is the other way around... it will look brighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by adu
if you want the easy way out, just wire it up directly and have a 24v bulb on the bottom, it'll still light up the same but it won't be as bright as the top or wedge bulbs on the wing :)
I've just did mine! looks hela nice! though I used 2 wire bulb holders, which turns out the top lid up only when the brakes applied...instead of both :)
Normal:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9...2mediumns2.jpg
Brakes on:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7...3mediumzt8.jpg
sorry for thread revival peeps... just need a little help... LoL
I did these lights.. tested it before i soldered.. everything went fine.. after i soldered the wires, the brake lights don't turn on unless the brakes are applied.. and that's what headlights on too.. i tried red-red, green-green and red-green.. what am i doing wrong?..
there prolly is a way to do this if you're savvy with electrical, I just cbf working it out:pQuote:
Originally Posted by zco
if everything went fine b4 you soldiered it, you must have soldiered it wrong, cos nothing will change between testing and soldiering. unless you changed something.Quote:
Originally Posted by DvSnGuYeN
I mean, common, pretty hard to **** up 3 wires.
you must be an ABV
FOB viets are resourceful and won't be asking the sort of questions that you just asked
lol:p
well i'm sure thats why there's three wires for the plugQuote:
Originally Posted by Bludger
ground
parker
brake
why can't you just hook up the ground and parker, leave the brake? that way it'll come on only when you have the parkers on and do nothing with the brakes applied(same sorta concept as the hb4 bulbs isn't it?)
duhQuote:
Originally Posted by vinnY
I knew that.....:0
nice.......ive tried this today it works fine..............looks much better, when i have a dark tailight.......
did mine today, looks great
good to hear boys!
now buy some of my leds to even better look at night lol
Just did this mod on my spare time, great guide.
Btw the wire orientation (red/green) doesnt matter. Its actually the bulbs orientation that matters. The bulb has negative and positive pins/ends, so you just need to rotate it. I realized this when i was switching and testing bulbs.
This is why people on this guide are getting different connections (red/green, green/green)
Hahaha I planned to do this on my car, but it turns out it's already been done :p It doesn't look like it lights up as much as yours does EK4R. Mines a bit dimmer, but idm I still like it haha
hehe nice man! sick mod for any EK :)
Just did mine this morning, the left light already had a hole waiting for a globe........ wtf??
My car was fully stock when i bought it lol...... Not complaining because it saved me time but just found it weird.............
Right one had a circle waiting for a globe but no hole lol
After all, it looks awesome and lights up just as bright as the top with lights.... brakes... whatever lol
that's really good ek4r. great job. :D
hey, ive got a problem with mine. i did my ek4 and at first they were fine, then my right parker didnt work. only the brakes worked. so i had a look at the bulb, i found the the pastic piece that touches the globe, melted. so the bulb holder was connected to the bulb properly.
i bought another bulb holder. this time when i was taping the wires with electric tape. i did it extra carefully. at first it was ok. then 1-2 days later. same thing happened the parker didnt work. the bulb holder peice had melted again. issert my earth wire that is not wire propely>? plz help me out.
. thanks dudes
just done mine yesterday ! looking hot :)
Did this on my EK about a weeks ago..
turned out Great!!