DIY: Hyperblinker
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New DIY for Hyper Blinker - others were lost
*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
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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Rep Power: 0 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.
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Rep Power: 0 6. Before you seal up the caseing, go plug it into your fuse panell and test it out... Hurray, you now have a rice, I mean hyperblinker!
Now go show off at the races and remember, fast blinker = fast car
Now go show off at the races and remember, fast blinker = fast car
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Rep Power: 420 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.
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.
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Rep Power: 0 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?
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Rep Power: 0 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...
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...
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Rep Power: 0 << 6. Before you seal up the caseing, go plug it into your fuse panell and test it out... Hurray, you now have a rice, I mean hyperblinker!
Now go show off at the races and remember, fast blinker = fast car
>>If you had pics in this thread I can't see them anymore, is there a URL with them?
Also, how fast do yours blink using that 150k resistor?
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Rep Power: 0 sorry there guys, had to mirror my pictures to another server.
As for how fast it was w/ the 150k resistor, mathmatically, its a little slower than 2x
and 133k would make it exactly 2x
As for how fast it was w/ the 150k resistor, mathmatically, its a little slower than 2x
and 133k would make it exactly 2x
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Rep Power: 0 << 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.
Here's a pic installed.
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Rep Power: 0 hey, phong, could u make another DIY for the hyperblinke? And could u post pic for everystep including where to soder, etc? i really want 2 do mine but i'm kinda afraid of sodering the resistor on the wrong place. Thnx, bro
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Rep Power: 0 That's sort of strange! I have a 2k2 EX. I put a 200k and my blinker is like 10 times faster than before. Don't know why. My resistor said 1333, not 133. Does anyone else have this problem. Otherwise, NICE DIY PHONG!! I LOVE THEM!!! 
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Rep Power: 0 Can I get a potentiometer from a Radio Shack? Every heard of Radio Shack? Looking at the picture I couldn't see the dial that adjusts the speed, was it on the other side? Will I need to soder anything if i use the potentiometer? Thanks
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Rep Power: 0 sorry guys, I'm still tinkering w/ mine when I get time... being that I have LED turn bulbs in the rear, it really cuts down the resistance on the line, requiring a lot more resistance on the relay side to keep the signal from turning into a strobe light.
2k1SINCE00 - the only thing you will need to soder to the relay board if you use a POT, are the wires that parrellel the resistor.
I'll try to get some detailed pics up this week... being there are some interested people now.
2k1SINCE00 - the only thing you will need to soder to the relay board if you use a POT, are the wires that parrellel the resistor.
I'll try to get some detailed pics up this week... being there are some interested people now.
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Rep Power: 0 Well, since I still have my stock lights it shouldn't cause a problem correct?
Oh, and I am very interested. Hopefully next weekend I'll be doing this DIY along with the clearing of the headlights and horn replacement. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
Oh, and I am very interested. Hopefully next weekend I'll be doing this DIY along with the clearing of the headlights and horn replacement. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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Rep Power: 0 [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG] oh man i broke that damn r1 resistor, is there anyway i can fix that relay cause i oooked everywhere to buy a new one and there like 16 bucks, i want to fix mine to A HYPERBLINKER BUT BROKE R1 ANY IDEAS?
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Rep Power: 0 << [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG] oh man i broke that damn r1 resistor, is there anyway i can fix that relay cause i oooked everywhere to buy a new one and there like 16 bucks, i want to fix mine to A HYPERBLINKER BUT BROKE R1 ANY IDEAS? >>
You should be able to just solder the leads back on (the wires coming out of the resistor).
Resistor should look like this: -----(===)-----
The (===) is the actual resistor. If you broke that, you're in trouble. If you just broke the ----- on either side, just solder it back together.
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Rep Power: 0 << Has anybody done this for the sedan...2001 EX sedan? I tried and it looks totally different from what is pictured...as mentioned by somebody else in this thread. >>
-- I started to help WhosYoDaddy85 with his... at least looking at it in detail, and we eventually came to the conclusion that it closely resembled the older gen civic's relay. So there's a hint...
But someone who's willing to experiment will have to figure that one out.
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Rep Power: 0 So, I went out to Radio Shack today to get a 133k resistor, and none were to be found. So, I was told by the manager there that if I just got a 100k and 33k and put them end-to-end it would act the same as a 133k. This should be find right?
