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headlights go on and off by themselves

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:03 pm
by kt95CiviCDX
is there any way to wire it where you could leave the lights on and when you turned the car off they would turn off as well ? i have a 95 civic dx and cant tell you how many times i've forgot them on lol

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:18 pm
by forcefedEG
find a source that has power only when the switch is on, theres a pin in your fuse box that has it or you can go right off the ignition switch.... idk how hard it is to do, you would just have to find the right spot on your switch to tap into.... id look at some wiring diagrams in a haynes manual... hope this is some help :thumb:

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:22 pm
by Carfanatic
look at the higher class cars, like Mercedes or BMW.. they have it aswell..
Maybe you can find a electrical circuit of those cars... and make it the same on the civic..

PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:37 pm
by chilango41
Carfanatic wrote:look at the higher class cars, like Mercedes or BMW.. they have it aswell..
Maybe you can find a electrical circuit of those cars... and make it the same on the civic..


I was going to say that ^^

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:35 pm
by suspendedHatch
chilango41 wrote:
Carfanatic wrote:look at the higher class cars, like Mercedes or BMW.. they have it aswell..
Maybe you can find a electrical circuit of those cars... and make it the same on the civic..


I was going to say that ^^


Huh?! What "circuit" are you going to cut??

First response was perfect. Cut the headlight's constant power and run it to ignition power. Don't forget a fuse and to cap the constant.

There's nothing on any other kind of car that will do this for you. It's just wires.

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:22 pm
by Dippin_EG
suspendedHatch wrote:
Huh?! What "circuit" are you going to cut??

First response was perfect. Cut the headlight's constant power and run it to ignition power. Don't forget a fuse and to cap the constant.

There's nothing on any other kind of car that will do this for you. It's just wires.




Some Chevrolets have automatic headlights that turn off a couple minutes after the car is off, as well as most high-end cars, but i get what you're saying

PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 5:47 pm
by suspendedHatch
Dippin_EG wrote:
suspendedHatch wrote:
Huh?! What "circuit" are you going to cut??

First response was perfect. Cut the headlight's constant power and run it to ignition power. Don't forget a fuse and to cap the constant.

There's nothing on any other kind of car that will do this for you. It's just wires.




Some Chevrolets have automatic headlights that turn off a couple minutes after the car is off, as well as most high-end cars, but i get what you're saying



Ahhh. Yeah to do that you need a pulse timer. Get one and I'll tell you how to wire it.

You're absolutely right and that's what I get for being such a smart ass :lol: