How to EF Civic CRX Bumper Light Mod Running Light and Blinker Fog Light
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ม.ค. 2025
- This is a cool, easy mod, and I love the way it looks after finishing it. It will make your bumper lights be illuminated all the time when you have your lights on, and they will still blink now that you have wired them up to the corner blinker light also. You'll need 2 front corner light sockets from any 92-00 Honda Civic. It'll take some very easy wiring and soldering and that's it.
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Great video went to the junk yard today pulled sockets form 99 civic. Installed them on 2000 Honda prelude. Filled your video to the letter and worked like a charm installed clear housing with switch back bulbs. Awesome video.
Nice, such a cheap cool upgrade!
I always wondered how to do this with the indicators that sit on the wing, I've seen those on all the time & it always looked awesome, this gets a thumbs up too! I shall definately be doing it to mine, great video as always, keep the ef tips coming!
Sweet, the whole EF community is going to be lit up soon!
Great video. I’ve been looking for two days on how to do this
Shoot, i got the wrong lights off ebay, i bought the side blinker lights with two wires, oh well on my way to the junk yard. Clean car man, i love it.
Thanks man, I think they sell them on eBay also!?
thanks for posting this mod. can't wait to this to mine.
Awesome!!
Just did this with my 1991 Civic DX Sedan, the only problem was that when i tryed to install this mod i took power from the blinker on the Corner light... so the lights where not working as shown. I realized i had to take power from the front light wich is the one that doesnt blink on the same area. now its working completely as shown in your video. Thanks!
I hope to have as many old school Hondas as you some day lol.
Great video definitely going to do this to my civic, the fact that those fog lights aren’t on when the headlights are on has always bothered me!
Just did this to the rear as well, makes it look very cool and clean.
Nice, the rear? The corner blinkers on the taillight?
Jon Widmer yes sir the rear blinkers! I'll see if I can PM you a picture.
J Irvine got it! Looks crazy! Definitely different. I wonder if it confuses other drivers. Lol
About to do this on this week 👌🏼
Nice!
another awesome video for wiki of ed/ef chassis! please keep them coming!
Thanks man!!
This worked on my Legend. Thanks
this will be added to my list of things to do on my civic
Nice!!
Very nice! Will be doing this to my hatch soon!
Very nice!!
I’m a little late to the show but I did this mod on my 91 Si Canadian and it works good, wired up just as shown to the corner light but now I can find the corner light bulb with a dual filament searching for a part number
Nice, it's a cool little mod.
That was really cool ....been wanting to do this to me civic sedan but as yellow bumper fogs lights lol then the right n left corners as blinker signals
It's my favorite simple mod, and all my EF's have it now. 😁
Been wanting to do this since my 1st crx which was a 1985 to 1986 Hf but sold it for a 1991 crx si to sir conversion but it was crushed for isr@ midnight events lol so I bought my 1990 sedan owned it forever and as a report agent picked up my 1991 hatchback was gutted like your track car not completely street legal but when my mother had her stroke I sold it so we could move to barstow California hi desert area I regret it a little but I still own my sedan and as mentioned before will rebuild it and use the corner markers as a dual signal light and bumpers as a foglight maybe someday ill purchase a wagovan or another hatchback si but for now its my sedan I love so much and won't part with and my wife's 2002 Mitsubishi lancer oz rallyart edition sedan
Thats awsome! Im forsure doing this to my 1990 civic hatch
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Should upload how they work with headlights off too but thanks for the vid man great looking hatch
The work the same but they don't alternately blink when the headlights are off.
Wondering how much it matters if you were to run that red wire up to the other light socket of the two instead of on the outside corner light. Know what I mean?
Good point, it probably doesn't matter and either would be fine to give the light the supplied power to be "on" when the lights are on. I'll try it out in the next car I do this mod on. Thanks for the comment, I'm intrigued now. lol
Will these also come on if u just have ur corner lights on? That's what I'd like so I hope so, I imagine if not it's probly simple to make them do so by wiring to a different wire perhaps? Thanks!
Yes
Thx man! Ur videos have been a huge help to me, I recently brought my ef si outta storage after 10 years n installed a new trans flywheel n clutch thx to ur videos, only problem is I can't figure out why my speedo isn't working, tach n everything else does on cluster, anyways thx for everything n take care!
Did you try a new speedometer cable?
I haven't tried a new one, are they prone to breaking? Just yesterday I removed my cluster and made sure that end was installed, it looked fine to me, the lil clip that slides over it n holds it in place seems to be working fine but still no speedo.... I guess next I'll just try replacing the whole cable
Everything old is prone to breaking. It's a cable driven device. Might be worn out
Does that white EF hatch have Miata daisys on it? Don't you need to bore out the hubs for those to fit?
Yes. Yes.
What wheel/tire and suspension set up are you running? The fit is perfect!!
15x7+35 205/50
Did this mod today,
awesome!!
thank you bro for this video!
You got it!
Sick im about to do this on my cb7 but with leds !
super nice, now I need to do this on my car lol
YES you do! You'll love it!!
Where and what size did you buy the extra black wire that connected to the red wire
16-18 gauge from your local auto parts store.
@@GarageBuiltHondas so I did everything the video showed but my bumper light is still only on when signaling. Is there certain bulbs I need?
The correct 2 filament bulbs which are made for the socket, that's it. It should work if you did everything the same. Possibly a bad socket then also.
Is the process the same for accords? Specifically 90-93. Can I use Civic sockets on an Accord or do I need an Accord socket?
Same process. I bet the sizes are the same as well. I don't think it had changed.
@@GarageBuiltHondas I just bought an EF hatch, for some reason my side markers don't blink when I have the blinkers on. Is this only a feature on the CRX?
I don't think so. If those accords have 2 bulbs I thought both blinked.
Badass mod
Thanks man!!
hi i wanted to ask these small running light bulbs what specs they have ,because im searching to buy some coloured or xenon effect but one side of the corner light is attached melted in the headlight ,,i guess from the previous owned ,he must crashed somewere and fixed bad after
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ef is clean... i did my bumper lights like this too ..
👍🏻, any vids of your EF? I always love to see new rides!
I did the whole driver side as shown but when i got to the passenger side, there was no wires at all connected to the light, so i was wondering if could connect the black and green to the driver side ones and the red the passenger side corner marker as shown in your video cause i cannot find the wires!!
+Philip Daigneault That should work. As long as they have the supplied power and ground, and the power for the blink aspect. Let me know if it works!!
Ive also been looking to buy new bumper lights but i cant find any, do you have a link where i can buy them?
+Philip Daigneault these are them, but they don't come with the plug. I've always gotten mine from the junkyards so I can get the wiring. Look at this on eBay www.ebay.com/itm/201884156706
Clean ef, I have one question, where do u get the clear corner lights from??
I bought mine off of eBay for about $18. They fit perfect too!
So you would have to get that extra piece or is there any other way to do it with out it??
Which extra piece? The light bulb socket?
Garage Built Hondas yeah is that pice mandatory
You could wire up the original socket but it just won't have the dual filament. It should function like this also just like the corner bulbs.
Garage Built Hondas thank you I'll be trying it out, see how it goes
sup man! got to love these hatchbacks. :)
You know it man!!
nice video super detailed
Thanks man!!
I was in the middle of doing this and i was testing the lights suddenly the running aspect of the lights stopped working. Is it possible to burn one filament out? Cause the blinker portion still works.
Yes.
Hey man! I just wanted to ask you, what do you use to saughter the wires? Keep up the good content.
+JDMZ 94 I use a soldering iron and solder from Home Depot. I haven't had any problems yet.
On my JDM front end only have one light bulb in corner light, I didn't make the conv at first but can look for USDM cables, I really want bumper stay on with headlights
Is your car a converted front end?
Exterior EF1 same as EF9, if I find the OEM wires I'll be looking for that and 3 wire socket from another car
Perfect, that might just work
I know the video it’s old but thank you for the content I’ll definitely be doing this on my 89 CRX that I just started building. So the question it’s I want to use the side marker lights on my fenders so I just wired them to the blinker on the corner too?? Thank you in advance 👍
Yes. 👍
Garage Built Hondas Really thank you for the reply. I watched your videos and you have a great collection keep doing what you doing 💯👍
Hey Jon do you know if I could put a 90-91 crx bumper on my 89 crx si
Jeffrey Romero Yes, it will fit fine. The moldings will be smaller in size, that's the only difference aside from it looking completely different.
I have a fast blinking right turn signal light and the left side is normal! What might be to problem?
+edwin sinay One of the bulbs is out. Change them.
Garage Built Hondas I just converted my bumper lights in to city lights. Are you referring to changing the 2 filament bulb? City light seems to be working fine.
+edwin sinay Yes, or possibly your taillight bulb is out. The fast blinking is a sign of a bulb not working. Or a wire not connected. You may want to check the socket also for corrosion.
Garage Built Hondas just wanted to know if you can help me out. I had a cracked climate control that I fixed. Ever since the repair I no longer get cold air no matter what setting its adjusted to.
And hot air always seems to blow hot just a little even if climate control Is set to off.
i have a 89 hatch dx, the little screw you mention to remove the corner light is not there, how do i remove it? could it be my civic is canadian
You will only have the 2 screws on the outside of the corner lense. The 90-91 have the small screw on top on the inside of the lense. After you remove the 2 outside screws you can slide the lense out.
i tried ti slide it but i did'nt want to force it
Use a screwdriver and hit it from the inside out, and go easy, don't smack it too hard.
sweet mod
Thanks Jonathan!
your welcome man
Where did you get those clear corner lights??
+Julian DeJesus eBay, but they don't sell them like this anymore, they look a little different now unfortunately!!
How can u make it that they blink together when headlights are switched ON?
I don't know
Hey jon another question. For some reason my passenger corner light on the outside of the two doesn't work. I know it's not the bulb, I've tried a few in there already. How do you track down a prob like that?
Try swapping the socket itself first, it may have some old corroded connections on the metal contact points. If not, try taking a look at the ICU. I just made a video on how to change the ICU. My CRX was having weird blinking problems and I swapped in a known working ICU (integrated control unit) and it fixed the problem. My driver corner blinker bulb was flashing when I would signal to the left along with those bulbs. It was strange, and I had never encountered that before.
+Jon Widmer hmmm interesting.. I've tried swapping the drivers socket over and same thing. I was hoping it was the wire but it looks decent. Maybe I'll try another ecu. Thankyou for the pointers bro I really appreciate it. Right now I'm waiting on a valve cover gasket set that actually comes with the second set of spark plug tube seals. The ones that go under the rocker arms. Had oil pooling into a couple of the sparkplugs😑 hope those rocker arms won't give me issues when I got to put them back in
+Trenton Jardine They are super easy to replace, once you see the video you'll see how easy it is? Any friends drive an EF? Borrow theirs for a moment. Good luck on those spark plug tube seals. You should be good, those are pretty straightforward of a replacement! Thanks for checking out the videos man! Need any other help, let me know!!
+Jon Widmer my cousin has one that's not running anymore his ecu might be a possibility. They're scarce on craigslist not too many efs on the big island lol. I'll check out some of ur vids they look helpful as hell. Mahalos my man!
+Trenton Jardine Awesome brotha!!!
My stock 89 canadian crx only the bumper light flashes. All 4 corner bulbs are just running lights
+Lachlan budd interesting, I didn't know that.
Garage Built Hondas I'm betting it's the difference in traffic laws by Country
Probably
Lachlan budd So my 91 Canadian dx blinks bumper and corner turn lights simultaneously. Not moded. Both with lights turned on and off.
How about ef9 rear fog lights install?
I've never installed any. I probably wouldn't. I don't like fog lights.
nice work
Thanks!
Tried doing this mod and I’m having alittle trouble, the socket I ordered did not come with colored wiring. All the wires are black and I’m not sure which to connect to. Now my blinker isn’t getting power to one side, any idea where I can start? The drivers side bulb is still working
BklynBuild718 since you may have crossed a wire, check the fuse box. Probably popped the fuse for the signal lights. And then swap the wires and wire it up the opposite from the first time. Don't solder anything at first. Just get both working after figuring out orientation then finish it all up. You should be able to figure it out with a little trial and error.
Garage Built Hondas I check the signal fuse and it was still working, as far as the connector to the socket that holds the bumper light bulb do you have any idea what colors go where? I wish I could show you by a picture or somewhow
Garage Built Hondas ok so I did the drivers side first and got it working perfectly, when I tried to do the same thing to the passengers I get nothing. The only light that comes on with no issues is the 3 prong blinker that you stated we do not tie into, any suggestions from here how I can get this light up?
The lights on the pass side all work normal under normal wiring?
Garage Built Hondas the blinker that you tied into for your video isn’t working on mine, no power to that side, is there a relau somewhere that I might of Burt out?
Does the rear lights have any affect on this mod?
Not at all
Hi I did this mod and wired everything exactly as you did but the issue I’m having is the corner light won’t blink. Can you help please lol.
Check all the sockets and connections. Then double check all the bulbs are still working.
Garage Built Hondas I know for sure the front and rear turn signal bulbs are out. the passenger rear turn signal bulb flashes the front lights up but no flashing
Garage Built Hondas I’ve changed out all bulbs and double checked everything and still no turn signal on the corner lights
Garage Built Hondas could it be the icu module?
I had both light on the corner blinking I just hooked up the wiring from the signal to both lights easy mod or you can do a daytime running singals which looks cool I also paint the chrome in the signals black an had black corners with deep amber bulb to give it that look I had all led bulbs where the leds were 3000k Philips
Nice! Sounds like a cool setup also!
What side of tires u got there bro and name of u wheels ?
Falken Azenis 205/50 on Advanti Racing Storm S1 15x7 +35. You can see a little more of them here.
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wait why do your corner lights blink?! both of my Civics (90 DX) (91 CX) don't use the corner light besides general illumination they never blink. Is there a was to add those in?
J Irvine The outside corner bulb is supposed to blink with the bumper light. It blinks simultaneously when your lights are switched off, and then they blink alternately when your lights are on.
Jon Widmer mine never have on either vehicle, I saw your other video talking about the ICM or whatever it was called. I pulled mine out it looked fine but I resoldered all the components, no change. I'll just leave it alone as I won't be able to find a replacement in Canada.
That's crazy, I don't believe the Canadian models were different since they have the 2 bulbs also.
Jon Widmer I really don't know, what I might do is wire up the side markers directly with the front blinkers, yes I lose half of my front marker but then I will have a turn signal visible from the side. I will definitely do this DRL turn signal mod as I disabled my high beam DRL's after going through too many bulbs for my taste. I broke my intermittent wipers in the process of trying to fix my blinkers oh bother.
Da hell, my Canadian 91 dx has both corner and bumper signal lights and they flash simultaneously
do you know where I can buy those socket new
ebay has some. They are the ones that fit bulbs 1157. I am not sure if they will fit the bumper light though. They didn't have any that said were for "civic". It was a general listing.
So my 91 Canadian dx blinks bumper and corner turn lights simultaneously. Not moded. Both with lights turned on and off.
Btw, love your car and channel,
Thank you! Glad you dig the content!
Sweet!
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@@GarageBuiltHondas that's what I wanna do next week... now I know how it looks like! Looks awesome!
The sockets I use called Bay15D. Fits real good! ...also with a rubber seal.
Thank's for that and all the other clips! They're great!
Greetings from Germany/Berlin
Thanks for watching, love to hear where everyone is from!
Can’t you just connect the green wire from the bumper light to the corner light?
I don't believe it powers it correctly. Try it and let me know. It's been a while since I've done one of these upgrades.
Will this work for a 1989 si hatchback
Yes
@@GarageBuiltHondas cool thanks
ey u live like 5 min away from me hahah ive seen all ur hatchs outside bro there clean but do u have a motor u might not use or have laying around that runs my 91 integra b18a1 started knocking i think its valve adjustment but i havnt had time to open the motor to even check but let me know??
Nice man! A knock will sound so much different than valves, unless the valves are really loose. No extra motors right now, but if I hear of anyone selling one I'll let you know.
+Jon Widmer well u think u could help me out soon sence u live close if u have instagram __hammerforareason add me id put my number but idk bout that on here hahaha but add me in ig n if u can we would get in touch cux i really need help i havnt drove my car in 5 months... like its a loud knock till it warms up and it goes away theres no smoke comin out from the exhaust and wen i rev it passed 3k itll knock and the wen it drops idle its stops so idk tbh im a self taught mechanic n from the cars ive worked on id never heard that before so maybe u could help?
+Alejandro Marquez Sure, maybe sometime in the next week or so. I should have some free time during the week. I could at least come take a look/listen to it.
+Jon Widmer yeah bro just to let me no wat u think in it that would be great man
thank you so much.
Youre welcome!
Dope. But I think this could be done if one wire to running light and one wire to turn signal. That’s how I do side markers.
I'm sure you could try a 2 wire socket snd wire it up that way. It wouldn't have the 2 filament bulb then.
@@GarageBuiltHondas correct and then it’s not required. I need to do some of this for the Domani project I have going
Cool
i have to do this to my ef sedan 😃😃😃😃
Agreed! Looks awesome!
I didn’t even know my corner lights blinked... I replaced the socket and bulbs twice and they don’t turn on. Only the constant ones work.
You'll need to check your wiring next.
Garage Built Hondas yep! just bought a voltmeter gonna check it out tomorrow
Nice
could you do this to an accord please let me know thank you
For the 90-93 and 94-97 Accord it will be a similar process 100%. You'll just need to check the bulb socket to see if you can use the ones from the 92-00 Civic like I did.
still a lil confused, thanks for responding, my corners never blinked from factory and my turn singnals only light when turnig where as yours does both but thks again,..... keep em coming
Been looking to see how this works without messing things up... anyone had any issues since they did they lights.... thanx
Zero issues. Been on a handful of my cars for years and plenty even before I made this video. Still on this car to this day.
@@GarageBuiltHondas cool, bout to try it on my ef hatch... thanx 🤙
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So I just got finished doing this mod and now the right side flashes faster then the left lol anyone have an idea as to why ?
Check the bulb and sockets. Clean ant corrosion that may be on the metal contact points of either.
Hey my dude, need your help. my right turn signal doesn't work, can you check my latest video about my 1991 Honda Civic turn signal problem? I would appreciate if you can help. Thank you
Lol said shit lol