Blinker to parking corner light mod

[olharleyman]

So after trying to figure out the fast flash I decided to take a trip to the hardware store and see what I could do to make the blinkers fit in with marker lights.

So I got to the store and found a few things that I thought would help with the re-invented blinkers/marker light so when I got a set of the bulb holders I could work on the install.

Here's what I picked up

Dremel tool high speed cutter # 199 and a 1" grinding stone # 8215 not shown lol
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After a little measuring a 5/8 hole bit for the marker light relocation
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So when I got home I started looking at my 2000 Tacoma roll over that is my 3.4 swap donor and noticed the bulb plugs were still there so I thought why not see if they will fit the 4runner and guess what the bulb holders from a 2000 Taco fit a 93 4runner like a glove and the blinkers blink perfect LIGHT BULB COMES ON OVER MY HEAD!

TIME TO START THE REAL BLINKER MOD SO HERE GO'S

First I pulled the markers lights and corner light housings and start the mod here's everything I will be working with

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First step is to drill a new 5/8's hole for the marker light using the the 5/8th's hole bit and move it up closer to the top of the lens housing one side at a time started with the right side double checked to make sure I was at the top and not the bottom.

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Next was time to use the cutter and make the 3 little cuts for the twist in holders
there not pretty like the factory ones but they do work well they have a nice tight fit even without having to turn the thing it fits hard to pull out and seems to be air tight.



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Grinding the hole with the grinding stone was a bit hard to control but with patiance it burned threw the plastic to make a perfect 1" hole and yes next was the cut's (notches) for the hold in tabs a real trick but doable with the cutter.

Grinding wheel fit perfectly inside the large un drilled area on the housing looks like it was considered by Toyota or this case since they are clears the chineese.


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both bulb holes done in one of the housings talk about timing just as I finished up with this one the pizza guy is in the driveway food break

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OK 1/2 hour break over so I repeated the process on the second one and here's how they both turned out now I have to get one new yellow bulb because I bought 1157's and these require 1156's so tomorrow I will get that and bulb and test fit them into the runner and see how they do.

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Not sure if you can make out the two bulbs in the lens but they look pretty good and like they will do a good job when they actually get put to the test they seem to have enough space be between them I don't think they will interfear with each other.

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If you did not notice I had to cut one side of the bulb holder for the blinker to fit against the side of the housing one side more then the other but both look pretty much like this one.

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So there it is hope maybe someone else can use this info to do there blinker mod

UPDATE

If you are considering doing this a little heads up you may want to put the marker light on the bottom or you will have to trim some of the metal on the light frame because the marker light housing and wire plug is to long to fit in place with out this metal being cut, the bottom looks like it will be easier to make it fit but may itself need a small trimming to make room for the light housing and plug

[Seanz0rz]

thanks for the writeup! looks very nice. cant wait for action shots. it looks like some of the words got scrambled or you are like me and suffer from dyslexia of the fingertips!

[Obi..]

**Can you fix the img codes so all the pics show? You must've been typing w/ "pizza hands".. :D

*So it is a simple plug and play, correct? Since I don't want to drag things off topic, I started a different thread on the whole relay deal here: 2nd Gen 4Runner/3rd Gen Pickup Fast-Flash Mod Help? (http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=8435.msg80168#msg80168)

[olharleyman]

**Can you fix the img codes so all the pics show? You must've been typing w/ "pizza hands".. :D

*So it is a simple plug and play, correct? Since I don't want to drag things off topic, I started a different thread on the whole relay deal here: 2nd Gen 4Runner/3rd Gen Pickup Fast-Flash Mod Help? (http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=8435.msg80168#msg80168)
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If you are going to do it like I described above then DELETE THE DRILLING OF THE TOP HOLE AND WIDEN ONLY THE EXISTING HOLE TO 1 1/4 OR A BIT SMALLER the top marker light will not fit because it hits the head light frame and requires too much of the frame to be removed and it looks like the frame will be to unstable and will not hold up so here is what I came up with to make it work and yes I will be replacing my corner lights and making it like this so I don't have that 5/8th holes up above

SORRY I HAVE THEM INSTALLED ALREADY AND IT"S 3:30 A.M.SO TAKING A PIC OF THEM IS NOT IN THE CARDS RIGHT NOW NOW PICKED THESE UP AT ADVANCED AUTO FOR $5.30 EACH YOU NEED TWO ONE FOR EACH SIDE.

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cut out the stock marker light socket hole to 1 1/4 or a bit smaller then place these in the big hole but you will have to trim the socket like shown above if you get them to close to the sides like I did. Then you need to take the marker light and blinker lights and cut the stock ends off and wire them up to the new sockets like this

from new socket - NOTE:YOU MAY HAVE TO REVERSE THE WIRING FOR YOUR SETUP MINE IS A 93
yellow to stock blinker power green with red
white to stock marker green with red
black to stock ground white with black from both stock lights all 3 joined together
Shrink wrap all the wire connects together and you are ready to reinstall the lenses and enjoy your new OLHARLEYMAN custom marker/flasher set up!


You want the hole to be tight on the new socket tabs so it stays in place and if you have to like I did because I opened the hole a bit to much you can bend the tabs out a bit to get them to hold tight in the hole they will not sit flush because of the two high points on either side of the valley the stock light sits in but you can silicone the gaps to keep it dry inside and help hold the new housing in place.

These sockets are set up for 1157 dual filiment bulbs and they work AWESOME!

Marker light
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Marker light and Blinker Blinking at NORMAL RATE
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[Obi..]

Thanks for the pm to look at this!

FWIW I have a complete set of those GM plugs from our service truck's bed (Don't ask, stupid flatbed driver ripped into the back lot too quick and tore an entire bedside apart.) I also have those taillight plugs from the 80 series still sitting around I can play with to combine the turns and sides into one, I am just too lazy right now w/ baby in less than two weeks and finals in three weeks demanding too much of my time. If I really want to play around I can activate the progressive turns using both the corner setup along with the Corolla lights. :wrenchin:

I'll probably do a neighbors lights before mine and I'll post that up asap. :)

[olharleyman]

Thanks for the pm to look at this!

FWIW I have a complete set of those GM plugs from our service truck's bed (Don't ask, stupid flatbed driver ripped into the back lot too quick and tore an entire bedside apart.) I also have those taillight plugs from the 80 series still sitting around I can play with to combine the turns and sides into one, I am just too lazy right now w/ baby in less than two weeks and finals in three weeks demanding too much of my time. If I really want to play around I can activate the progressive turns using both the corner setup along with the Corolla lights. :wrenchin:

I'll probably do a neighbors lights before mine and I'll post that up asap. :)


Hell after drilling the hole to 1 1/4" it took all of 30 mins to do both sides and all you need is the one socket to get both running lights and blinkers I am sure you can spare 45 mins to drill, wire and install the socket so you got them both in one

[Okie81]

Nice dremel work, that kinda stuff takes a steady hand and a lot of patience, bravo.

[olharleyman]

So I got my winch today from Winch Depot(same company as 4wheelparts.com but $70 cheaper found out by calling both a doing the best price match and the guy I was talking to told me they are both owned by the same company but was surprised at how much cheaper they were then 4W.P. Winch Depot was shipped to my door $549 with a free cover, 4WP.com $619 + $19.99 for cover) I got the XRC Comp series with Synthetic rope instead of the cable which was $399 So here it go's

Here it is as it was dropped off by UPS (finally got a fast delivery from them 3 days from Fl.lol)

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I was surprised to find it was double packaged in the cardboard so that was cool a little extra cushion

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Then there was all the styrofoam to keep it safe and solid in the second box

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After unpacking this is what you end up with

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After following the excellent wiring diagram and wiring it up (the 8k I bought last year and a half ago they had no wiring diagrams guess they got a lot of calls about the wiring and decided it might be a good idea to add some lol)

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Notice they tag the wires now as well.

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So I went to test fit it in the winch plate and sure enough to tight to fit with out taking the bumper off or at least one side so I could get the extra 2-3" needed to drop it down into place.It is a very tight fit with all the a/c lines and the a/c cooling fan on the right side but she did fit down inside very nicely once she sat in place.Thank goodness my grill was already pre cut because that would have been a pain to do at the same time as the install well not really but at least a big inconvenince.

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I could not get the control box to mount on the top of the barrel like they show (plus I will be able to put the cover now when not in use and yea it came in a box all by itself) because I need to cut a few inches of the grill still to fit under so here's what I came up with to hold it over .I also need to shave a 1/4 of the hawles lead thing to fit it under the bottom bar of the bumper so it will fit but it is getting dark out and I have to go do a few things so I will finish this tomorrow and for some reason the site keeps screwing up this thread removing pics and mixing words up so i guess this is a good place to stop for now.

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OK I got back around 11:30 and decided to try and finish this up just so happened my friend had a grinder handy and I ground down the top of the Hawles lead so it fit under the tube bar so here it is installed not the best pics cause it was like 12:45 when I got finished but I can or will get a better picture of it in the daylight.

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