Headlights to flash with central locking how?

[MikeB]

I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the headlights to flash when locking or unlocking the car with the central locking from the key fob and is it a hard job ?

 

[Alastair.]

why, so u can look even cooler locking ur car?

 

[MikeB]

was just wondering how its done^:S

 

[treemanx]

Not having a poke but why would you want them to do that?

 

[richy22]

Yes it is a hardish job means rewiring stuff.

Actually I think it's nigh on impossible

 

[Paddy_g46]

you could probably take the switched live from the locks/indicators and wire them to the headlights through a relay. Havnt really thought to hard about it though.

 

[richy22]

But then when you operate the indicators......

 

[lee131]

But then when you operate the indicators......

they wont come on if you fit a diode in line

 

[richy22]

If you do that then they also wont come one as the OP wants

 

[JD]

Surely this is simply a wire that tells the bulbs to flash when the car locks . . . so rewire it to the headlamps and tail lamps . . . from my limited knowledge!!!

 

[richy22]

I dont actually know how the Clio is wired but usually you'd have 2 wires..a power and a ground..so when you unlock the power one gets energised which is what causes the flash.

Sooo you cant just fit a diode or whatever and wire the main sidelights or whatever up as when you use the indicator switch (unless it uses a third wire or something to power the flash when operating the locking system) the main lights will flash as well.

 

[caister]

I would quite like my lights to come on when I unlock the car but not to flash!

 

[Missing Link]

You'd have to fit a 30 amp relay with a fused permeant live input and the output going to the headlamps.

The other side of the relay would need to be tapped into a trigger, IE, the front or side repeater and this would switch the headlight circuit.

 

[MikeB]

im sure dutty_112 done this

 

[MikeB]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=380692&highlight=foglights+flash+with+headlight
in this thread f0xy says that he run a diode with a resistor from the cabin light, can anyone shed anymore light on this

 

[Da]

dutty has done it so his headlights come on when you unlock the car.

He linked (from memory) the remote contact of the headlight relay to the swiched feed of the interior light, with a diode inline.

 

[Monaco Sean]

dutty has done it so his headlights come on when you unlock the car.

He linked (from memory) the remote contact of the headlight relay to the swiched feed of the interior light, with a diode inline.

Just read the posts from earlier in the year.
I guess no one managed to do it in the end and Dutty never responded......?

I wouldnt mind doing it TBH.