How can I make my bumper lights stationary?

How can I make my bumper lights stationary?

I dont know if that was the right wording for it, but I want my turn signals/bumper lights to stay on all the time and blink when I turn on my signal. Anyone know how I can achieve this? Thanks

uhm... if your corners are stationary, maybe you can tap the wires from it?!?! im just guessing

i had asked that before on here!!! SEARCH YOU RICER!!! lol, but seriously, i was thinkin the same thing for a while, would need the a bulb socket, that has the 4 wires instead of 2, connect the wires for the turnsignals into the original turnsignal wires and the other 2 wires for the parkinlight into your stock corner lights and then put in ur new bulbs and ti should work, im planning on doin this at some point

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I'll draw u a wiring diagream.... later.

I've done that mod and all I did was change the socket to hold 1157 bulbs instead of singel filament 1156 and tapped into the corner light for the other light source.

^hmm havent thought of that.

Heres my method:

THIS SCHEMATIC IS WRONG, DONT USE IT

blah i hate schematics. time consuming.

ur good at this arent ya?

this shit is hard for me....not hard, just takes a few minutes

I wish I thought of doing that also. Probably cheaper, but the way I did mine I was able to make my turn signals and side marker on the fender flash after oppositely. One will flash while the other is off and then vise versa.

Hmm now that I think of it I may have made a error in the diagram.. It seem that there would have to be a constant in order for the signal to flash, if the corner light isnt even turned on, this wouldn't work.. oops.

I'll do another one.

Actually fastrolla your method is much simplier and would be cheaper if you are able to gank a brake light wiring harness/bulb socket from the junkyard.

I just bought new ones from autozone I think for like 5 bucks and I do remember trying to do a diagram like your. You do need to have a seperate constant powersource to keep the lights on so I didn't like that idea so I just swapped out the sockets.

What if you splice a wire between 85 and 30 (before the resistor and diode).. hmm.
dammit I need to field test this mess.

Well bosche relays are about $3-5 each already, might as well get the socket.

I do remember trying to wire it like that in your diagram and wasted my money on the relays cause to make the light stay on you do need a constant power source. I think I tried using the headlight and it kept blowing the fuse I think, so I just decided to change the socket which was alot easier.

hmm only way I can figure is to use a second relay to switch between this schematic and a series connection with the blinker (when the parking light is off).. sooo when the parking light is on, it'll go through this wiring and when the parking light is off, it'll go through the normal wiring.

So yeh your method is best/cheapest, were the 1157 dual filiment sockets direct plug in? because I dont remember autozone ever carrying any sockets than the ones for GM/Fords/Chevys.

well the sockets was another issue actually. I just trimmed them to fit and got lucky I guess, but going to the junkyard and getting the toyota ones is alot easier. I like how the lights look and some people confused my car as an integra from far away sometimes.

easiest method (if it's a single filament bult) is to cut the negative wire fron the light and hook it up to the postive wire on the corner lights. This was, then the bumper light is off, it's positive wire will be grounded. Since you have the other wire hooked up to the corner light, it will make a complete circuit and light up. When you put your turn signal on, it will make both wires on the bumper light postive, effectively making it blink.

Wont that make the corner light blink as well?

I dunno, for some reason, i like the dual filament idea out off all the proposed ideas...

I wouldnt mind them both blinking actually, I just want the bumper lights to stay on and blink when I want them to
Haha, Jspex, I went and spent $25 and tried to bulid that diagram, then you said oops, LMAO. Oh well, I needed a soldering iron anyways

sorry, slo.. well u still could make it work if u buy 2 more relays
Hope u dont have a bunch of resistors and diodes sitting at home right now.. but a soldering iron is always useful.

I'll draw a working diagram as soon as I get home.

Shit, those things were $7.00 a peice I only bought like two diodes and 5 resistors. Soldering is fun Do you think what Vamp said will work?

I've heard of that method before but can't figure out how it works exactly..

just make it easier and get the dual filiment socket and new bulbs, its the easiest way prolly, thats what ima do in hopefully the near future

Well heres the working method (I think)

Explanation: This wiring method uses two Boche 5pin relays on each light. The upper most relay has a normally open circuit to the signal light when parking light is OFF (like normal). When Parking light is switch ON the parking light tap will go through the top relay (switching to normally close position) and the normally open circuit on the bottom relay thereby powering the bumper light to keep it constantly on.
When the signal is activated and the parking light is ON, it would now go through the normally close circuit of the top relay and pulse a on/off current to the bottom relay causing it to switch from and between normally open (light on) to normally close (light off, gnd). Since normally close is grounded it would keep a constant going through the 1st relay to stay in normally closed operation.
The rectifier diodes are used to keep power from surgeing from the relay coils back to the switch simular to a check valve, they should ALWAYS be used when using relay. The 3-6ohm resistor acts as a load equalizer (simular to the ones used when switching to LED lightbulbs) to keep the OEM flasher relay happy and not blink rapidly as if a light have burned out. This is used because the circuit would be controlling the bottom relay, NOT the bulb itself when the parking light is on and the relay operates with less current than a lightbulb.
I also fixed a few errors I made while drawing the first diagram. I noticed the placement of the diode were in the wrong pin.
The drawback to this method is the signals would alternate (front back) when parking light is on.

Simple enough ehh?

But yeh the dual filiment method is way better better, if I come across some in the junk yard i'll gank some for u guys

lol ya I agree on you there about best way is the double filament. I spent 10 bucks before on resistors and relays already and was like screw it. Easiest way it the double filament.