Decided to finally mod my front turn signal to a two filament bulb. Here's how I did it -
I used a socket that I could fit in the existing housing. This is the one I used. This company supplies most of the major auto parts chains so you shouldn't have any trouble finding it. You'll need two, of course, and two #1157 bulbs.
First remove the existing socket from the housing. Remove the tape around the soldered ground wire connection
Cut the two wires on the lamp socket (NOT the connector) and strip the ends of the wire
Splice the wires together using but joint connectors and crimping pliers. The black wire on the socket goes to the white/black stripe, the brown wire goes to the green/white stripe. Then cut the green wire leading to the marker light in half and strip the two ends.
Take the two green wires and twist them together and crimp one end of the but connector on. Crimp the blue wire on the other end.
Tape all the ends of the butt joint connectord to prevent any moisture from causing a short and be sure to tape up the soldered ground wire.
The shape of the GM socket is different than the shape of the Toyota housing so you have to insert one prong on the socket and rotate it till the other two line up. Then just push it in and twist . It's a nice tight fit
You can put the bulb in backwards so before you reattach the turn signal housing test the lights to make sure the 4 watt filament is the one on with the headlights and the 27 watt is the turn signal. When you're done it looks like this
With turn signal
If anybody knows of a 1157 socket that fits our cars be sure to post it - otherwise this works fine. Next project the foglamps!
I used a socket that I could fit in the existing housing. This is the one I used. This company supplies most of the major auto parts chains so you shouldn't have any trouble finding it. You'll need two, of course, and two #1157 bulbs.
First remove the existing socket from the housing. Remove the tape around the soldered ground wire connection
Cut the two wires on the lamp socket (NOT the connector) and strip the ends of the wire
Splice the wires together using but joint connectors and crimping pliers. The black wire on the socket goes to the white/black stripe, the brown wire goes to the green/white stripe. Then cut the green wire leading to the marker light in half and strip the two ends.
Take the two green wires and twist them together and crimp one end of the but connector on. Crimp the blue wire on the other end.
Tape all the ends of the butt joint connectord to prevent any moisture from causing a short and be sure to tape up the soldered ground wire.
The shape of the GM socket is different than the shape of the Toyota housing so you have to insert one prong on the socket and rotate it till the other two line up. Then just push it in and twist . It's a nice tight fit
You can put the bulb in backwards so before you reattach the turn signal housing test the lights to make sure the 4 watt filament is the one on with the headlights and the 27 watt is the turn signal. When you're done it looks like this
With turn signal
If anybody knows of a 1157 socket that fits our cars be sure to post it - otherwise this works fine. Next project the foglamps!