first of all, i'd like to say sorry for bringing back a old thread from the dead. i searched and read thru the stickies by jsutter and vqpower, but i still had a couple questions...

1. can i buy a nokya harness and just swap the wires on that, so if i need to switch back to 9004 bulbs i can.

2. can i shave the nubs off the bulb to make it fit in the housing ..rather than shaving down the housing itself?

3. i dont understand why some people are having the 9007 act as high beams instead of regular low beams?

thanks for your time...ill be sure to post pics once the job is complete.

 

1. Yes, swapping the wires on a new harness is a way to do it, but I see no reason to, as your stock harness will do just fine if you are only swapping the wires. Wire swap doesnt give nearly the output of the relay method, however the relay method will require a new harness.

2. The bulbs dont have nubs, they have channels for the nubs in the housing. So, no.

3. Not sure, but maybe because they wanted the high beams on all the time?

 

swapping the wires should be fine.

 

ok so if i decide to use just sylvania xtravision bulbs or silverstars...then i don't need relays right?

 

i thought the relays are just for people who use overwattage bulbs. if im not mistaken the 9007's run at 55w ..which is still in the range of 45/65 for OEM wiring.

i really dont care about color temperature, just wanna see at night.

 

also if i buy the 9007 plug and play harness and cut the wires to swap them...do i use electrical tape to combine them together?

 

No, bigger bulbs do not make the relays a necessity. Bigger bulbs would only require new wires, the heat is too much for the tiny 24G stock wire.

You use relays to get rid of the stock wiring that doesnt put out much power. Instead, you use another source(battery, etc.) to power the bulbs. The stock wiring acts as a signal, when you turn on the low beams, the stock wiring low beam wire gets power, and this signals the relay to switch. This connects the source wire and the low beam wire, thus you draw power off of your source. Same with the high beam wire, signals to connect the source wire and the high beam wire.

I would take the time to do the relays. It draws off the battery power for the bulbs, its hella bright, vs the stock stuff drawing off stock power, thats no hella bright. I have done both and it was worth the relay method.

Yes, you can use electrical tape, but I would recommend soldering + heatshrink. Tape tends to lose its stickiness after heat/time.

Here is a relay diagram:



Hope that helps.