hid rigging??
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hid rigging??
aight lemme see how to xplain myself and my question.
well i happened to get my hands on some 5th gen factory HID headlights with the bulbs and ballasts.
in order to make them "light up" all it takes is a positive and ground connection.
on my previous vehicle i cut and spliced the 5th gen maxima hids into my trucks headlight low beam wire and ground wire. and it worked fine. but remember i cut and spliced the wires and soldered them together and wrapped em in electrical tape. i dint use any harness or anything. it worked fine...no melting of wires....nada.
now on my 97 gle.... iwanna do the same thing....but i dont wanna cut and splice.
i took apart a 9004 bulb today and kept the bottom half that plugs into the headlight plug on my car.
i noticed 3 internal wires in the plug itself from the bulb i dissassembled. i am assuming one is low beam another is high beam and the last is ground.
now my question is.....can i connect the 5th gen hids to the ground connection and low beam connection on the dissassembled bulb...solder it...tape it up and plug it into the plug for my headlights.....and modify my stock headlights to make the bulb fit without cutting and splicing my factory headlight harness?
are there any problems with this "setup" ?
should i install an inline fuse or relay?
if i need a relay how do connect one to the "setup"?
ur inputs are greatly appreciated.
i was thinkin instead of using 5th gen hids.....i wud use my friends acura tl hids.
thanx a lot
tony
well i happened to get my hands on some 5th gen factory HID headlights with the bulbs and ballasts.
in order to make them "light up" all it takes is a positive and ground connection.
on my previous vehicle i cut and spliced the 5th gen maxima hids into my trucks headlight low beam wire and ground wire. and it worked fine. but remember i cut and spliced the wires and soldered them together and wrapped em in electrical tape. i dint use any harness or anything. it worked fine...no melting of wires....nada.
now on my 97 gle.... iwanna do the same thing....but i dont wanna cut and splice.
i took apart a 9004 bulb today and kept the bottom half that plugs into the headlight plug on my car.
i noticed 3 internal wires in the plug itself from the bulb i dissassembled. i am assuming one is low beam another is high beam and the last is ground.
now my question is.....can i connect the 5th gen hids to the ground connection and low beam connection on the dissassembled bulb...solder it...tape it up and plug it into the plug for my headlights.....and modify my stock headlights to make the bulb fit without cutting and splicing my factory headlight harness?
are there any problems with this "setup" ?
should i install an inline fuse or relay?
if i need a relay how do connect one to the "setup"?
ur inputs are greatly appreciated.
i was thinkin instead of using 5th gen hids.....i wud use my friends acura tl hids.
thanx a lot
tony
You may have gotten legit, but the way you write it sounds kinda shady to me.
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well.....the guy down my street totaled his 5th gen. he was hit in the back which sent him into a mitsubishi montero. so his fornt end went under the montero and "totaled" his car. i saw the car under a piece of tarp in his driveway and told him i'll give him $100 for his scratched up headlights.
so hey....i ended up wit some hids for my 4th gen.
and noo....i did not take a screwdriver and pry them off someone elses car in a parking lot
so hey....i ended up wit some hids for my 4th gen.
and noo....i did not take a screwdriver and pry them off someone elses car in a parking lot
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