Question about head lights
05-20-2009, 08:41 AM
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Install is simple. Unscrew the bolt in the fender, remove the white clip, pull old HL out. Reverse the process for the new ones.
If you want the halos on all the time (with the running lights), connect the power & gnd leads off the CCFL inverter to the power wires for the running lights. Just strip a little sheathing off, twist the wires together, and solder or tape them up. You can also use wire taps, but those can fail, since the power wires for the halos are thin and may slip out of the connector.
I'm running mine on a separate switch, so that I can turn them on and off w/o the other lights. I like to run my halos alone during the day and early evening.
If you want the halos on all the time (with the running lights), connect the power & gnd leads off the CCFL inverter to the power wires for the running lights. Just strip a little sheathing off, twist the wires together, and solder or tape them up. You can also use wire taps, but those can fail, since the power wires for the halos are thin and may slip out of the connector.
I'm running mine on a separate switch, so that I can turn them on and off w/o the other lights. I like to run my halos alone during the day and early evening.
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05-21-2009, 01:46 PM
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LOL...nothing is permanently wired yet. I'm waiting for BBengineer @ NAIOA to finish a momentary memory switch setup before I go permanent. That's going to go somewhere in the cubby beneath the head unit. It will be a single-stage, push button with memory, so that they turn off when the car is off, but will turn back on after the car comes on.
ATM, I have the power wire running from the battery, up and over the crease/joint where the hood & fender meet the A-pillar, down around the door frame (yes, it's exposed), then into the glove box. I have a ground wire @ the fuse panel, and the signal wire from the headlight wiring kit (aftermarket lighting wiring kit from autozone) runs up my D/S fender, through the rubber grommet @ the door frame, then under the dash to the glove box. Very ghetto, if I do say so myself.
I often forget to turn them off, and find myself running out to the car late at night to do so (hence why BBe's switch is important to have).
I tried using the "add a circuit" fuse/wire combos in a vacant spot in the panel, but those are not rated higher than 10a, and I need a 20A circuit.
ATM, I have the power wire running from the battery, up and over the crease/joint where the hood & fender meet the A-pillar, down around the door frame (yes, it's exposed), then into the glove box. I have a ground wire @ the fuse panel, and the signal wire from the headlight wiring kit (aftermarket lighting wiring kit from autozone) runs up my D/S fender, through the rubber grommet @ the door frame, then under the dash to the glove box. Very ghetto, if I do say so myself.
I often forget to turn them off, and find myself running out to the car late at night to do so (hence why BBe's switch is important to have).I tried using the "add a circuit" fuse/wire combos in a vacant spot in the panel, but those are not rated higher than 10a, and I need a 20A circuit.