turn signals aren't working

[creeper]

well yesterday i made some clear corners for my car. went to test them and discovered my front blinkers don't work. tried the old and new sets of bulbs and checked the fuses. the only time they come on is if i have my headlights on and they just light up. any ideas?

car is a 2000 trans am

[sweetbmxrider]

check for power at the socket. could be a bad flasher, socket, or multifunction switch. do they work with the hazards?

[creeper]

no they don't. only time they come on is with headlights.

[sweetbmxrider]

hmmm, maybe both went bad? its two different filaments per bulb. wait you switched them...check for power at the socket.

[Slo86Bird]

how did u make clear corners?

[creeper]

cut the orange face off the stock blinkers, painted the back of the housing silver, and glued flourescent light covering over it. looks pretty decent for $5. only clear corners made for my car cost $50.

[88IrocVert]

Now that's frugal.
I gotta see a pic.

[creeper]

hahah. i was really bored. i'll send you a picture tommorow.

[88IrocVert]

Tanx fer da link. Thats actually cool. How did ya make out with the lights?

[Knipps]

ttiwwp

[88IrocVert]

Here's a link

http://www.evlls1.com/clearsidemarkers.html

And some pics

http://www.evlls1.com/myta2_imgs/sidemarkers3.jpg

http://www.evlls1.com/myta2_imgs/sidemarkers2.jpg

http://www.evlls1.com/myta2_imgs/sidemarkers.jpg

http://www.evlls1.com/myta2_imgs/clears4.jpg

http://www.evlls1.com/myta2_imgs/led.gif

[V]

ah,i remember having rear side markers once upon a time... memories...

[Slo86Bird]

....never would have thought about that...and im redneck....whats that make you? lol

did u put smooth side out or the rough side? or are both sides rough? i think imma try this cuz they look good. haha

[creeper]

"....never would have thought about that...and im redneck....whats that make you? lol"

i'm what i like to call ghetto. aka poor. i just didn't be gots fitty bills for clear corners. so i made em.



only one side is smooth. you put the smooth side outward.

i actually ended up using two layers. i put them together with the smooth sides outward so the textured sides sort of meshed together. doing it this way gives it a finer and more legitimate looking texture and also makes it less see-through. with just one layer you see right through to the bulb. plus this made it sit flush with the bumper for me, and made it easier to get a waterproof seal(hot-glue didn't really work for me, so i used elmers superglue)

i decided my corners were too clear and made my parking lights look kinda yellow so today i smoked them with VHT nightshade, looks even better.

[Slo86Bird]

i just bought the light cover thing and imma try it. lol. and imma night shade the tails and front markers.

[creeper]

very nice. let me know how it turns out. make sure to be extra careful when you go to drill the holes because the covering i had cracked pretty easily when i drilled it.

[Slo86Bird]

well, i did it on a 3rd gen. rears came out good. fronts not so good. i didnt have a cutting wheel so i just ripped off the entire lens and just bolted it up. idc about condensation cuz he fronts had no way to seal it today. looks good and thats all i care about cuz those lights neverrrrr worked lol. but looks real none the less.



and i dont have them flush with body...too muck work without the lens cut...when i ripped it off it took it all off so the new "lenses" are resting on the white paRT.

[creeper]

oooo very nice. post some pics if you can.

[Slo86Bird]

im working on doing my front blinkers atm. i got one done so im orange and white haha. and i need to get leds. but i gotta go to work, maybe ill post pics tonight....post pics of urs. i wanna c how urs came out and how did u seal the double layer of "lens"?

[creeper]

the hot glue really wasn't working for me so i took some elmers superglue and just put a little bead all the way around the outside. then i just used my finger to smooth it out and push the glue down into the crack a little.

i'll try to get some pictures today

[Slo86Bird]

today i got leds for my front blinkers...not markers....so i put them in and blinker stays solid? i put parking lights on and its dim and then flip blinkers on and it gets brighter but still solid....put 4 ways on and it works perfect?


any ideas?

[creeper]

to use L.E.D's you need a new signal flasher, pretty sure that's your problem from the sounds of it.

the 4 ways i think run off of a different flasher. maybe that one's compatible with led's so that's why it's working.

[Slo86Bird]

my friend just told me that its prolly the relay

[creeper]

does the flasher still go click click click when the blinkers are on?

[sweetbmxrider]

the flasher is the relay. due to the lower resistance of led's, the flasher won't work correctly. the 4ways may work because all the bulbs are working together to create enough resistance, not sure though.

[creeper]

^ smart man. i never knew what the reason was, just knew it didn't work.

[sweetbmxrider]

don't give me full credit, its been discussed here before and i have seen it elsewhere on sites that sell led bulbs and such. some companies offer new relays or resistors as well

[Slo86Bird]

i went to advance after my friend said the exact same thing to me..got resistors wired them up and done, blinkers work and all.

now for the main question...are red front blinkers legal? are white fronts legal? or only amber?


another question for creeper...did u use the leds from advance that only have a single filiment or did u get ones that do like 360 lighting or have like 9 leds for the side markers?

[sweetbmxrider]

now for the main question...are red front blinkers legal? are white fronts legal? or only amber?
cmon now! red? seriously? imagine what fun you could have with a drunk and your hazards at night! they are so illegal! white, eh i believe people on here have them, not sure if its legal but its better than red!

[Slo86Bird]

red is close to amber..kinda lol

[creeper]

hahah i didn't use L.E.D's, i just went with amber bulbs to keep things legal

i just went to the autoparts store with my stock clear bulbs and asked for them in amber

[Slo86Bird]

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/austincarey/IMG00668.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/austincarey/IMG00670.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/austincarey/IMG00669.jpg


with red leds

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/austincarey/IMG00652.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/austincarey/IMG006512.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q191/austincarey/IMG00650.jpg

[sweetbmxrider]

looks good but deff not legal red

[Slo86Bird]

sorrry for terrible pics and dirty car but you get the idea.

[88IrocVert]

Wow, that came out nice.

[creeper]

they look good. kinda knight riderish with the red in there hahaha.

i'll try to get some pictures of mine tomorrow.

[PolarBear]

You can have White or amber on the front of the car. Red is only legal on the back of the car. I think this has been covered in one of the other sections

[Slo86Bird]

i think imma get amber bulbs, ask a cop if red is legal and if not ill switch to the ambers rite then n there.