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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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Gill turnsignal add on need wire color?

OK Gang, we have removed the gills on my daughters 04' rx8. We have installed amber led strips behind the gills and now want to hook them up to the front turn signals. Which wire do we need to connect to so they will flash when the signals are on?

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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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I did the same thing to my car except I modded my clear corners and used those.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er5pIQKFAMA
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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That looks neat!!!and will make it more visible when you turn, might do that next! Do you remember which wire you spliced into to tie it into the turn signals?

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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 07:18 AM
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Thanks mazdasurfer:

It wasn't all that bad since I had to repair the fog light and put the HID conversion in when I droped the inner fender well just spliced the 2 wires from the LED into the front turn signal wiring.

the biggest deal we had was to cut out part of the back of the plastic gill so we could set the led strip into it so the bulbs would be closer to the outside edge. Ended up using a wood chisle to carve out the grove worked really well and took about 15 mins per side.

Now All I have to get a a few extra plastic rivets since some broke when taking them out.

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