Pauly's "You're my boy Blue!"

There is something about the civics and the switchbacks not working properly. I tried to do a set on my wifes car and they worked, resistors and all, but the white leds would not shut of and just blink the orange for the turn signal. They all worked properly and at the right speed but it made the orange blinker so dim I felt it unsafe. The stock bulbs are back in for now. There is a setup that apparently works and has all the resistors and wiring built in from V-leds.

I learned about the problem from @ethlar. He helped me do the headlights on my wifes car and I found out about the switchback issue. He knew about it ahead of time. I don't know if its the same on the 9th gen. Happened on our 8th gens. If you guys get it to work without that's awesome. Just a heads up. I haven't seen anyone with it done successfully yet.

Parts that should eliminate all issues. Costly though.

http://www.vleds.com/v3-triton/bulb-system/switchback.html
 
Nice! it works! Just an issue I ran into. Could be different on the 9th gen or even on Canadian cars.
 
From what I've seen on the 9th Gens the switchbacks work fine but I've only seen them with the VLEDs bulbs so I'm not sure how other bulbs will be. My guess is if the resistance isn't right than it will either hyperflash or cause some weird issue like Nix was talking about. I never ran switchbacks as I went with the UAE housings that have the turn signal and parking light separate.
 
my understanding is the control box of the VLEDs overrides whatever the cars wiring does. The 8th gen doesnt turn off the parking light when you turn on the turn signal, dont know what the 9th gen does.
 
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ADExternal said:
Hmmmm after that?
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I have always wanted to have the ignition ring illuminated. I had an LED ring lined up with a guy in Thailand, but it was complicated to pay him and the shipping price was silly. Need to find eBay seller. Should be able to get one of these for 15-20$ shipped.
 
Pauly99to17 said:
LED taillights. :)
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I'm so jealous Sedans have this option! And amazed coupes don't lol


Pauly99to17 said:
You could do signal lights in the side mirrors or side marker signal lights or custom illuminated door sills. ......or all. Haha. :D
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I wanted to put blue arrows in my mirrors but don't want to mess with the heated mirrors or anything
 
xXCiviXx said:
I'm so jealous Sedans have this option! And amazed coupes don't lol
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It's because of Asia. They only make a sedan over there so the far majority of aftermarket products are developed for them.
 
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