HD wiring question
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From: Sin City
HID wiring question
Ok, sorry to beat this issue to death, but I have a quesiotn.
Here is the pic of the kit I just got. It is a Hi/Lo kit with a relay.
I plugged everything in to check the connectors and ended up with a question. This is the bulbs and ballasts plugged into the relay.
Here are the wires that I have left. 2 grounds, 1 power and 1 plug for the headlights? Why do I have 1 for 2 headlight plugs or am I just totally wrong on the setup here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did order a relay after all of you your suggestions, but when I opened this one, it looks like it had one in there already as the plugs form hte ballasts usually plug into the OEM plug right?
Here is the pic of the kit I just got. It is a Hi/Lo kit with a relay.
I plugged everything in to check the connectors and ended up with a question. This is the bulbs and ballasts plugged into the relay.
Here are the wires that I have left. 2 grounds, 1 power and 1 plug for the headlights? Why do I have 1 for 2 headlight plugs or am I just totally wrong on the setup here?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did order a relay after all of you your suggestions, but when I opened this one, it looks like it had one in there already as the plugs form hte ballasts usually plug into the OEM plug right?
Last edited by Drkharbinger; Dec 29, 2008 at 04:03 PM. Reason: Mistyping dumbass..
I know the feeling, I was really confused when I saw only one as well. Here's what you do:
1.) Ground those two grounds to somewhere on your body. I used self-tapping screws and screwed in behind my headlight.
2.) Plug that black headlight harness into the headlight harness that is closest to your battery (should be passenger side). It only needs power from one headlight to tell the relay when highs or lows are engaged.
3.) Lastly, hook that power line (the one with the fuse) into the (+) pos. battery terminal. On the F-150 there is a soleniod of somesort that runs off the positive end of the battery and everything is connected there. I put mine there, but I found the hole on the end there is a bit too small to directly thread on the bolt, so I cut a nick in mine and widened it and just tighted it on there.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more assistance.
-Alex
1.) Ground those two grounds to somewhere on your body. I used self-tapping screws and screwed in behind my headlight.
2.) Plug that black headlight harness into the headlight harness that is closest to your battery (should be passenger side). It only needs power from one headlight to tell the relay when highs or lows are engaged.
3.) Lastly, hook that power line (the one with the fuse) into the (+) pos. battery terminal. On the F-150 there is a soleniod of somesort that runs off the positive end of the battery and everything is connected there. I put mine there, but I found the hole on the end there is a bit too small to directly thread on the bolt, so I cut a nick in mine and widened it and just tighted it on there.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more assistance.
-Alex
Last edited by Raptor05121; Dec 29, 2008 at 06:14 PM.
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From: Sin City
I know the feeling, I was really confused when I saw only one as well. Here's what you do:
1.) Ground those two grounds to somewhere on your body. I used self-tapping screws and screwed in behind my headlight.
2.) Plug that black headlight harness into the headlight harness that is closest to your battery (should be passenger side). It only needs power from one headlight to tell the relay when highs or lows are engaged.
3.) Lastly, hook that power line (the one with the fuse) into the (+) pos. battery terminal. On the F-150 there is a soleniod of somesort that runs off the positive end of the battery and everything is connected there. I put mine there, but I found the hole on the end there is a bit too small to directly thread on the bolt, so I cut a nick in mine and widened it and just tighted it on there.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more assistance.
-Alex
1.) Ground those two grounds to somewhere on your body. I used self-tapping screws and screwed in behind my headlight.
2.) Plug that black headlight harness into the headlight harness that is closest to your battery (should be passenger side). It only needs power from one headlight to tell the relay when highs or lows are engaged.
3.) Lastly, hook that power line (the one with the fuse) into the (+) pos. battery terminal. On the F-150 there is a soleniod of somesort that runs off the positive end of the battery and everything is connected there. I put mine there, but I found the hole on the end there is a bit too small to directly thread on the bolt, so I cut a nick in mine and widened it and just tighted it on there.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more assistance.
-Alex
Cool, that is what I figured cause the harness substitutes the power source from the OEM plugs to the battery instead, I just wasn't sure about the empty OEM plug. Guess I will just tape it up to keep it clean?? And the power can go right where I have my PIAA's hooked up to. Was gonna fo it before work but was unsre. Gonna get done tomorrow for sure. Sweet! Thank you!
I guess I will do step a by step for this and file it on too.
Blue HID's + blue LED PIAA driving lights=
Last edited by Drkharbinger; Dec 29, 2008 at 09:07 PM.