Blinker Speed Adjustment?

I was wondering how some car's I've seen like Prelude's and Civic's make their blinkers blink really fast cause it looks cool and I wanna do it to my Eclipse.

[A//// Guy]

eh I dont know if it looks cool but its just a relay you put in I believe.

[Nash]

I know on my car all I have to do is switch the wires around on the blinkers and they blink fast.

[MATCHBX]

Or you can just not replace one of the burnt out bulbs. It's the easiest way to diagnose a bad blinker. If it blinks fast (or extremely slow) on only one side, it's usually that one of the bulbs (front or rear) have burnt out. If it's that way on both sides, then either you have a bulb on both sides burnt out or your flasher unit ($1.25 item under the dash) is bad. Also if the blinker comes on but doesn't blink, this is a symptom of one of the above things as well.

I think it's funny as hell to watch.

[Alpine TSi]

Or you can just not replace one of the burnt out bulbs. It's the easiest way to diagnose a bad blinker. If it blinks fast (or extremely slow) on only one side, it's usually that one of the bulbs (front or rear) have burnt out. If it's that way on both sides, then either you have a bulb on both sides burnt out or your flasher unit ($1.25 item under the dash) is bad. Also if the blinker comes on but doesn't blink, this is a symptom of one of the above things as well.

I think it's funny as hell to watch.

Yeah and those damn tards always add their clear tails and corners and they don't use the right bulb or can't get something to work right with their elaborate body kits... I see this all the time seeing as how where I work we now sell that same sh*t..

Style and Performance my ass...

[LightningGSX]

I could whip you up something that would allow you to adjust the flash speed .Or allow a different sequence or even fade in and out.

[Super Bleeder!!]

it doesn't look cool. to any car guy its going to look like your car is broken. everytime i see a civic doing that i just laugh and point, "hey dumbass! you have a bulb out!"

[LightningGSX]

Originally posted by gixxer@Dec 19 2003, 03:14 AM
it doesn't look cool. to any car guy its going to look like your car is broken. everytime i see a civic doing that i just laugh and point, "hey dumbass! you have a bulb out!"

I'd have to agree with this, but to each his own.

[MATCHBX]

The best turn signals that I've seen in the back of a car is the old Mercury Cougars. They go from the inside light to the outside light.

actually the "quick blink" is done by sodering a resistor onto the turn signal relay now in a dsm if you try to do this the relay is in the center of your dash behind the controls for your heater (well in a 2g anyway) and you just pull out the resistor and the top comes off and you soder it in its pretty simple the resistor sells at radio shack for like 30 cents

oh and this means A BULD IS NOT BURNT OUT all the bulbs work and this will make it quick blink on both sides and if you understand basic electronics you will understand how this works

[CVD]

Originally posted by Red GST@Dec 19 2003, 07:30 AM
oh and this means A BULD IS NOT BURNT OUT all the bulbs work and this will make it quick blink on both sides and if you understand basic electronics you will understand how this works

a buld? really? and they'll all still work? no kidding. so if you put a resistor in the bulds will all work AND you get to blink like a ricer?

dude, this mod is teh shit

:censored:

[LightningGSX]

Originally posted by awd1dr@Dec 19 2003, 07:11 AM
The best turn signals that I've seen in the back of a car is the old Mercury Cougars.  They go from the inside light to the outside light.

Weren't(is that a word?) they run by electric motors?

disconnect your front blikers lol thatll make the back ones real real fast. worked for me

Alright thanks, I don't know which one I'm gonna try to do. I might to do what Red GST said to do but I'm not sure yet.

[Puhrot]

When I turn left in the neon it blinks all crazy fast it is mad tyte yo!

[MATCHBX]

Originally posted by Red GST@Dec 19 2003, 07:30 AM
oh and this means A BULD IS NOT BURNT OUT all the  bulbs work and this will make it quick blink on both sides and if you understand basic electronics you will understand how this works.

Believe me, i have a basic understanding of electronics. They work off of resistance. When i went to school for hydraulics we had basic electronics classes we had to take. We also got to play with servos and PLC's.

Weren't(is that a word?) they run by electric motors?--Quote--

I believe you are correct but I can't remember for sure.

the bulbs are the resistance in the circuit- lower the resistance and more amps flow which will heat up the flasher faster. flashers work like a type 1 circuit breaker. current flows through a bimetallic arm, heating it up until the arm bends and opens a set of contacts. when the current stops, the arm cools down, the contacts close and current flows again.


the ford uses an additional controller in series with multiple turn signal lamps. this transistorized module causes the three rear turn signal lamps on either side to flash in sequence from the center of the car outward.



the clear tails use bulbs that have low resistance or some have led's. lower the resistance and the flasher heats up faster.

there are also flashers that have two contact points and won't speed up when a bulb goes out. don't remember who uses them.

i was typing my post at work trying not to get caught so bash some typos that and this board has no edit feature and basic tech looked like it was to help somebody so i was telling the dude what to do and you guys bashed him NICE WORK glad ya helped him out because his taste is different

[CVD]

aww :cry: