mr4x403

i have a prerunner bumper on my truck now and i did the turn signal mod to move the blinkers into the parking lights. i grounded the two grounds to the inside of the fenders and i put teh two other positive wires directly to the new 1157 socket. i got te little ones from auto zone without the ground connector on the socket. but now my blinkers blink fast like the ricers and i have stopped using my turn signals. but i can't figure out what is wrong. all lights work and everything just wondering whats up. :pat: :pat:

BruceTS

Did you wire the lights backwards? If you got the parking light wired to work the turn indicator it'll blink faster because of the watts that it draws is less.

mr4x403

i will try that next, but is that the only thing that could be wrong? i have seen the other turn signal mods and the sockets had a ground wire attached to them. is the sockets that i got the wrong ones?

HaveBlue

I remember seeing something here about the voltage difference. You could try soldering a resister into one of the wires.

BruceTS

connect power to the bulb, the filiment that is the brightest is for the turn signal. The metal housing is your ground and the 2 center prongs are for your marker and turn signal.

If your signals are still flashing too quickly you can always add a resistor inline to slow down the rate.

boogyman

i'd suggest adding a resistor as well

arjan

I did something similar on my previous 4runner and had the same problem. I went to an autoparts store & replaced the flasher with a heavy duty one. It had only 2 of the 3 prongs but worked fine. Cost me $7,- Cad.

blink

i did the same thing to my 01 taco. when your signals burn out, the bulbs produce no resistance and the "ricerish" blinking is suppose to notify you that the bulbs are burnt out. since you are swithcing from a 35watt bulb to a 5watt, it thinks that its burnt out a resistor needs to be added to the circuit, but i dont have dpp to check the difference

zedex

15 watt 1 ohm resistor across both leads will solve your problem.I added LEDS and thats what i needed to slow the blinking down to normal.

User 051420

I bet if you didn't feel like adding a resistor, you could buy an ELECTRONIC turn signal flasher. It flashes by it's own set time, not the draw of current.
PLUS, if you ever have problems with trailer lights being slow, this would fix it!