Help me out Talon Owners!

[thricestrat]

I realize I am not a newbie but this sub-category was the best for my post. I have recently converted from a 95 tsi to a 2gb eclipse (bumpers, tail lights, etc.). Ive read the coversion tech article for the tail light rewire, and I do not want EDM style. I want my tail lights to work identically to the 2gb eclipse tail lights. (2 brake/signal bulbs) and 1 constant parking. The tech article is a rewire guide for only 1 signal bulb per lens. All of my bulbs / wiring works correctly, just need to know what I need / how to rewire for eclipse style. Im obviousely going to need a 1g harness to for the extra dual fillament socket

Any guys out there that have done this please help me out, need something to do while the local machine shop is building my fresh new motor!

thanks in advance

 

[streetlegends]

I think the easiest way to do it is to go to the junk yard and buy the whole 2g harness. It's real easy to take off the tail but make sure you ge the male end of the plug not just the female and cut enough wire to do what you need to do. The color as follows. The male end plug has three wires Black(ground) Greywithblue(Flasher)GreenwithWhite(Brake/park) and I am sure that the talon came with 3 wires even though it has a two bulb system. This should get you started and hopefully done. Let me know if this has helped me out.

 

[russgvrs]

Getting the wiring from a junkyard will help the install but will do nothing for the underlying problem. The eclipse had a total different non interchangeable Japanese made flasher. The eclipse oem flasher combines the brake and turn signal wire by shutting off the brake light while the turn signal is on. Obviously with the separate turn signal the talon does not do this and has a domestic made flasher. The simple solution is to go to wall mart and by a trailer wiring converter. Its for hooking up trailers with one tail light to trucks with separate turn signals. Like 13 bucks and will combine the brake and turn signal outputs. When I first did my conversion I just got creative with how I wired the bulbs but had to buy the converter for my custom led setup.

 

[thricestrat]

I will give that a try, never thought of a converter but makes sense. Thanks guys for the input will post a response after testing things out!

 

[blackGSX2g]

How did the converter work? I did this and when I have the blinker & the brake one it blinks fast. Also when I have the other side blinking with the brakes on, I see a slight blink in the opposite tail light.

 

[azdave]

How did the converter work? I did this and when I have the blinker & the brake on it blinks fast. Also when I have the other side blinking with the brakes on, I see a slight blink in the opposite tail light.

It is a logic device used to allow a towed trailer (with combined marker/brake/turn functions on one bulb) to be used behind a tow vehicle that has dedicated turn signal bulbs like the 2Gb Talons.

There are many brands of converters and one may work better than another.

The hyper-blink is because the turn signal flasher behind your radio is designed to detect a bulb-out condition and since you have changed the original design it is blinking fast to tell you something is wrong. You can buy a no-load flasher at most autoparts stores to fix the hyper-blink (assuming all else has been checked out and is okay).

You may always notice a slight effect to the opposite light bulbs depending on the wiring and the quality of the converter you are using.

 

[blackGSX2g]

It is a logic device used to allow a towed trailer (with combined marker/brake/turn functions on one bulb) to be used behind a tow vehicle that has dedicated turn signal bulbs like the 2Gb Talons.

There are many brands of converters and one may work better than another.

The hyper-blink is because the turn signal flasher behind your radio is designed to detect a bulb-out condition and since you have changed the original design it is blinking fast to tell you something is wrong. You can buy a no-load flasher at most autoparts stores to fix the hyper-blink (assuming all else has been checked out and is okay).

You may always notice a slight effect to the opposite light bulbs depending on the wiring and the quality of the converter you are using.

Yea, I figured that part out. I meant how did it work for him.

Curious question; it blinks fine when I'm not on the brakes, it only speeds up when both are activated. Is this because it is taking the signal from the turn wire and putting the load on the brake wire? Would an in-line resistor work to put enough load on the system to get rid of the fast blinker? I've got an extra set of those to get rid of the bulb-out indicators on my other car when I switched to LED tails.

The kind I got was from ACE Hardware; Hopkins Converter P/N 48845. It was like $12, so maybe I need a better one. Think running one for each side would get rid of the opposite side having slight blinking?

Thanks Dave.

 

[azdave]

Would an in-line resistor work to put enough load on the system to get rid of the fast blinker? I've got an extra set of those to get rid of the bulb-out indicators on my other car when I switched to LED tails.

I would have no idea how your tail light converter functions internally but putting a load resistor on the line for a test is simple enough. Changing to a no-load blinker is easy too and then you don't have those resistors back there getting hot and melting anything.

 

[blackGSX2g]

Well I couldn't find those resistors, so just to test I wired in another bulb to the harness before the converter. Blinks just fine now, except that when the brake lights are on the blinkers flash reverse of what they should; meaning when the front blinker is lit, the rear is not and vice versa. Odd, but tolerable.

I'll just pick up a no load blinker tomorrow. Thanks.