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i got them to work halfway the way i wanted them too =) i grounded each one to a seperate bolt on the chassis.... onlie thing now is that they stay on with my headlights... is there a way to make them flashers only???

Are they these?!? The arrows move when the turn signals are on?

K, they stay on with the headlamps, that shows that you have a power lead coming from the headlamp/parklamp circuit. If the turn signal wire is connected to the other lead, they would be on, until you turn on the turn signals. Nothing would happens when the headlamps are off, right?

If you are talking about the ones on the top of my reply, I would assume that they need constant power when the turn signals are on, not a flash like normal. If this is the case, you would need to find a source of switched power (switched for directionals) but before the flasher. I believe that the only place that would exist is directly before the flashers, in the steering column.

If I am way off, do you have a pic, or a link that I can follow to see what they are?

trickraca,

Here is a link to a wiring diagram some folks used for the A6 side markers. Maybe it will provide some insight to the problem.
A6 marker wiring diagram

...Ed

Oh, it would have helped if I had said how to do this. If they need non-blinking power, get that and run the two wires. Connect the other lead to ground. That is all.

If you don't want to go with running new wires you might be able to get this to work: Your turn signals flash so fast. The LED circuit would turn off as soon as power is disconnected. If you are talking about what I said earlier, they would need constant power to keep the arrows moving. Finding out how much power they consume would let you put a small capacitor onto them. This would discharge while the turn signals are in the off section of blink-off-blink-off-blink. You would need a diode so the capacitor wouldn't discharge back into the electrical system. The only thing that would happen here, if you did it correctly would be that they would stay on for about a half second or so after the turn signals cancel.

I hope this made sense.