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*Disclaimer* This DIY requires willingness to soder in very small and exact area. Not recomended for the beginner.
But if you are willing to do this, this project can cost you anywere between $0.00 - $0.75, and time.
Will save you the $28+shipping hyperblinker.com charges.
Needed supplies:
- solder + soldering iron
- #3 phillips
- nimble hands and needle nose pliers
- 100k ohm - 150k ohm resister. you can try different values, but I wouldn't suggest anything smaller than 100k
*smaller the numer = faster blink
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5. Now that you have sodered your resistor (I used 150k ohm - 5 finger discount from Fry's) in paralell with R1, I used electrical tape to protect the exposed components and just laid the resistor flat.
K3wl, it works. I did everything but solder on a resistor to see if it worked. I was going to use a small potentiometer that would allow me to adjust it just the way I like it. I chickened out after I got a little sloppy with the soldering iron and almost tore off the leads to R1. I ended up just soldering the original resistor back on and I forgot about it.
I was thinking that if I just change out my signal bulbs with the LED type then the resistence of the circuit would go down and the blinking rate would go up. All without any modification of the relay. I think I'll take on this approach instead. I do want faster blinkers though. They're safer when changing lanes at high speeds. Same thing goes for sidemarkers.
Nice DIY phong! I would have done one myself after I made one for my car, but didn't have a digi handy. I have a question for you though. You have a coupe right? The reason I ask is that my friend asked me to make one for her 2k2 ex sedan and when I pulled the relay out and looked at it, I was like "WTF?" It looked totally different than my coupe's. Also, one of the damn parts on there heated up so much while I was experimenting, that it burned my darn finger. She still wants me to make one for her car, but do you know how to DIY it for the sedan?
1. yes, 2k1coupe LX
2. no clue dude. I would assume to find the resistor with the highest resistance, like the 133k on the coupe, and try to attach the same or higher level resistor just like we did on the coupe. Or if not that, find where R1 is, and do the same, match the resistance of what ever it is and see what happens.
Strange they have a different design, but keep on experimenting. Worst that can happen, you blow a fuse or fry the relay...
the 100K dont work its just solid and makes a bussin noise and the 150k dont buzz but are solid. goin wit some 180k thats really high but it might work
<< K3wl, it works. I did everything but solder on a resistor to see if it worked. I was going to use a small potentiometer that would allow me to adjust it just the way I like it. >>
Thanks for the idea Grey, I took the 150k off and instead wired some 30 gauge wire off the 133k and cut a hole in the top of the box and wired it to a 200k potentiometer.
For those of you who don't know what a "pot" (potentiometer) is, it's basically an adjustable resistor. So a 200k pot will adjust from 0 ohms - 200k ohms. This way you can make your blink rate anywhere from almost normal to circut board frying fun fast.
