How To: Install Sidemarkers
06-15-2003, 08:01 PM
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Side Markers 5th Gen Accord
I wanna install side markers on ride.
How do I go about doing this anyone try this?
I need a list of materials and whats steps i should take to make this happen.
How do I go about doing this anyone try this?
I need a list of materials and whats steps i should take to make this happen.
06-23-2003, 07:04 AM
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Well, you're going to have to drill holes in the side of your car, where you want the sidemarkers. You have to avoid and make sure you're not drilling through anything important (wiring, sensors, interior paneling) and you need to make sure the side markers are mounted in the same location on both sides. You'll want the hole to be somewhere that you can see or get at the back of it for wiring and mounting purposes.
Once you get the holes, the sidemarkers are sometimes held in by bolts, or some sort of adhesive. You'll have to run wiring to either a switch, to your headlights, or your turn signals (depending on when you want your sidemarkers on).
You also need to make sure that your wiring job doesn't run on any metal, such as the hole you made in the side of the car.
I'd suggest some LED sidemarkers....
Once you get the holes, the sidemarkers are sometimes held in by bolts, or some sort of adhesive. You'll have to run wiring to either a switch, to your headlights, or your turn signals (depending on when you want your sidemarkers on).
You also need to make sure that your wiring job doesn't run on any metal, such as the hole you made in the side of the car.
I'd suggest some LED sidemarkers....
06-23-2003, 07:08 AM
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Sidemarkers
Switch (Depends on when you want your sidemarkers on)
Extra Wire (Gauge depends on whether LEDs or not)
Drill
Adhesive
Basic tools - screwdrivers, screws, wire cutters and strippers, some of those crimp connectors if you need to attach longer wire
If any wiring is outside the car, I strongly suggest that its soldered together with a piece of heat shrink tube used to cover it. A little electrical tape around the heat shrink tube doesn't hurt either.
I've never done side markers, but I've done a few sets of fog lights.
Switch (Depends on when you want your sidemarkers on)
Extra Wire (Gauge depends on whether LEDs or not)
Drill
Adhesive
Basic tools - screwdrivers, screws, wire cutters and strippers, some of those crimp connectors if you need to attach longer wire
If any wiring is outside the car, I strongly suggest that its soldered together with a piece of heat shrink tube used to cover it. A little electrical tape around the heat shrink tube doesn't hurt either.
I've never done side markers, but I've done a few sets of fog lights.
06-23-2003, 01:47 PM
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I was planning on getting the small sidemarkers on the Jetta and hook them up to only flash with the hazards.
Josher
Where can i find those LED markers?
Josher
Where can i find those LED markers?
06-23-2003, 02:56 PM
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Nice Icon lol i wonder where u got that from lol
anyways ahhh its really easy if you dont drill i mean if your lazy you can just take the plastic off and just pop it in and then wire it all up...
you know the side moldings there are 3 parts to the line... well the smallest part on the fender take it off and put in your markers in there and thats it...
Nice Icon lol i wonder where u got that from lol
anyways ahhh its really easy if you dont drill i mean if your lazy you can just take the plastic off and just pop it in and then wire it all up...
you know the side moldings there are 3 parts to the line... well the smallest part on the fender take it off and put in your markers in there and thats it...
06-23-2003, 03:50 PM
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LoLz.. no doubt i was thinking abot that i seen some Civics around my way like that.
Can you post any pics of an Accord with the blinkers on the moldings.
Can you post any pics of an Accord with the blinkers on the moldings.
06-24-2003, 04:31 AM
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http://www.torontocivics.com/article...demarkers.html
Go the above website to see some of those side markers in the molding.
Go the above website to see some of those side markers in the molding.