IDoDirt |
03-21-2010 10:52 AM |
Yea, sure it can be done. One method would involve installing a couple of small relays inline with the bulbs of the tail light. You'd use the signal from the turn signal circuit to control each relay individually. By wiring the tail light bulb to the normally closed sides of the relay contacts, everytime the relay was told to turn on (the blinker signal), the normally closed contacts of the relay would open, which in turn would turn off the individual tail light bulb. You'd have to figure out how by trial and error if you'd need to add any resistor to the turn signal circuit so that the relay would draw enough current to get the blink rate correct. The blinker circuit expects to have a bulb attached to it, not the coil of a relay. Those two items would draw different amounts of current, so the blink speed would be different.
Another method would be to move the blinker bulbs into the outside edges of the tail light. I understand that there is a fair amount of light bleed through from the outside edges so it's not as clean as it could be.
Just some thoughts. I suspect there are aftermarket kits available as well.
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