[How To]Installing V3 Triton Switchback LEDs in a FK/FN civic
How to install V3 Triton Switchbacks
What you will need
A pair of VLED V3 Triton Switchbacks
Cable
Wirestrippers
Wire cutters
A jack
Lug Wrench
Heatshink tubing
Jackstands(if you have them)
Clip removal tools or 3mm wide stanley screw driver
Heatgun or Lighter
Small hands
A Phillips Screw driver.
A torch
A thin rod
A ATO Blade Fusebox(optional but worth it)
2Amp ATO blade fuses
Adhesive Thermal tape
Spade Connectors(if wiring to a ATO fusebox)
Female Mini Spade connectors
Patience
If you want to add the triton switchback front blinkers you will need the following.
The V3 Trion Switchbacks system.
They come in 5,000ēK white & amber, 6,000ēK white & amber as well as amber & amber so your sidelights will be amber at night
The Base you will need is BAU15S/7507
The 2 Pin-3 Pin Adapter w/YELLOW Parking Light Wire for sidelights
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There are also just basic Amber only tritons that just functions as a blinker(getting these means you can skip alot of steps)
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[b]Read the instructions that came with the V3 tritons as they tell you what you need to make them fit into the housing.[b]
1. Park the car on a flat ground, jack up the car and remove the wheel.
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2. Using a clip removal tool or a stanley screw driver remove the clips, use a torch to help you see the clips
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3. Remove the bulb out of the housing, remove the bulb from the holder and install the BAU15S/PY21W Base Adapter
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4. Feed one of your cables in the hole under the trim which is near the battery ground bolt and next to the windshield washer filler bottle
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5. Reach in and pull the wires out and tie off the ends to the windshield washer line on the left(when viewed from front) and tie off on the battery strap bolts on the right(when viewed from front).
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6. Using wire cutters make cut on the yellow cable from the triton base module and white cable on the control module your cables that you pulled out, using wire trimmers remove some insulation from both wires, then insert some heatshink down one cable, then twist the copper wire from the exposed cables and join them and twist them together to hold them
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7. Put the heatsink tube over the copper wire and using a heatgun or lighter apply heat to shrink it.
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8. It should look like this(my heatshrink is the one that has solder that melts when heated)
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9. Test your work to see if the turn signal is working.
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10. Your blinkers will be hyper flashing so insert the 5Amp mini blade fuse into the blade fuse holder to activate the load resistor to stop the hyper flashing, now the blinkers will flash at the normal rate
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11. It is best to sercure the control box to the chassis to help dissapate the heat the unit will generate
This can be done with a screw/bolt though the eye or use adhesive thermal tape
I went with the adhesive thermal tape since it is easier.
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12. The grommet we will have to wire through is behind the engine and in the footwell. The shape of the grommet is like an envolpe hollow inside and has the thick foam type outer layer which is on the engine side and a thin rubber type layer in the footwell.
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13. Cut two equal lengths of wire and sticky tape them to a thin, semi flexiable rod and carefully insert it into the grommet and avoid pushing the rod toward the main wiring harness which will make your life a living hell if you damage it(i'm not responsable if you damage it)
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14. When you fell the rod go through the inner layer, go in the cabin and pull the wires through and cut them and gently pull the rod back out, it is best to stop now and then to make sure you are not pulling the wires back as well.
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