JordynSXTAWD Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Okay. So i recently bought Audi style LED dual color switchback light strips. They change color between amber yellow and xenon white. They function as both DRL's and turn signals, as they change colors. My SXT has DRL's. I am confused because on the Journey the parking lights and turn signals are the same set of wires and light... _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here is the directions for the LED Strips from the company: "There are three (3) wires that are on the LED strip; turn signal positive, running light positive, and negative. The turn signal positive is connected to the vehicle's factory turn signal positive wire, the running light positive is connected to the parking light or accessory (ACC) wire positive, and the negative is grounded to the vehicle's chassis on bare metal." _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ They say they are universal on all cars... I am confused because i have to connect the first wire (Turn signal positive) to factory turn signal positive wire... And the running light positive from the LED's is connected to the Parking light or Accessory wire positive... How do i do this if the parking lights and turn signals are the same? How do i go about doing all this?? Very confused. Please Help! Also if you could help me identify wires... I'm inexperienced with car wiring. Thanks! Jordyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I'm going to assume it is due to the CanBus system on these cars. The typical "wiring" you see on other/older cars carries voltages, therefore you need separate wires for each bulb filamant in a dual filament bulb. I'm only guessing here, but due to the CanBus (which is more of like a "data highway"), there are not separate wires and the computer just turns on whichever filament is needed on the same wire. Thats all I can think of. IIRC, everything electrical wise on these cars needs to be "CanBus" compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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