B20inDCinLBC

I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT UPGRADING A WIRE HARNESS INSTEAD OF HOOKING THE BALLAST STRAIGHT UP TO MY STOCK LIGHT HARNESS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE THE WIRE HARNESS THAT'S USED FOR FOG LIGHTS FOR THIS HARNESS UPGRADE? REASON WHY I ASK BECAUSE IT HAS THE RELAY AND ALSO THE FUSE THAT'S INCLUDED IN WIRE HARNESS THAT THEY SELL.

B20inDCinLBC

anybody?

Muckman

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I dont believe the stock wire harness has enough amperage to power the HIDs, thats why it needs to pull juice directly from the battery.

B20inDCinLBC

so does that explain why the hid is not 100% bright??

bobyahead

its just that those wires aren't equipped to handle the power it takes to start up the ballasts. after the ballast are ignited, the system actually uses less power. its just the beggining when you turn on your lights that you should be careful about. you want to make a harness where the ballast are drawing power from the battery itself. so basically, the original wire just gives it the "go ahead" and then the harness takes the power and limits it. if anything goes wrong, the fuse will brake the connection and then you would need to replace the fuse. hidplanet.com. they give you a step by step on how to make a harness. i made mine a long time ago. i totally forgot, but they have a good diy on hidplanet.com, oh yea, fog light harnesses work. the main thing about the harness is to save your electrical/lighting system.

XYU

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so you saing better take power directly from the battery? and are all others much?Im on my way to put HIDs on my teg


Modified by red eye teggy at 7:55 AM 9/3/2006

bobyahead

yes. you dont want the amount of power the ballast is "asking" for to run through your stock wiring system. it has a chance of messing up the whole lighting system. a pain in the *** to fix. you want to wire it up so where the ballast will "draw" power from the battery. with the harness, it only uses the stock wires to give it the "go ahead" , basically a switch.

once thats activated (turning on your lights) the relay will go through a couple of interactions and bam, all the power is taken from the battery and your stock harness is saved from any trouble. hidplanet.com has everything you need to know. a great site where about 95 percent of diy's learned how to do it

BLKGSR24

yes you can use a harness from fog lights. Just upgrade the fuse to a 30AMP. I usually get mine from Walmart because there like $10 there, but they come with a 10 or 15 AMP fuse, so I just swap out the fuse.

projectTeG

i used this diagram to make a harness for my hid retro.

bobyahead

the perfect diagram. its very hard to find a male connector, and when you do find one, its like 15 bucks. a lot of ppl use bulbs. break the glass tube. find out which one is positive and which one is negative and use the diagram.

B20inDCinLBC

you guys know anything about those aftermarket "Headlight Booster Kits" They are supposedly use to boost the headlights and make them brighter. i have a set and i know it uses this box and i just wanted to see if it'll affect the ballast in any way. if you think about it, it has exactly what you need in the harness, already premade. i'll have a picture up very soon.

B20inDCinLBC

B2FiNiTY

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It actually does but a lot of the newer kits seem to integrate the power wiring direct from the battery for a better startup. I'm sure that is a good thing.

I ran a philips ballast + bulb over 1 year on an integra with complete plug and play wiring using stock harnesses. It was great

B20inDCinLBC

anybody?

B20inDCinLBC

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B20inDCinLBC

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PatrickGSR94

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I don't expect you'll see any difference in brightness.

I ran an HID kit off my stock headlight harness for about 15 months without problems. Then when I did my projector retrofit, I made my own harness with fuses and relays running off my battery and switched by the factory headlight harnesses (which is how many cars are wired from the factory). No difference in light output.

B20inDCinLBC

ok, sounds cool.

PatrickGSR94

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I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good idea to wire up a harness, though. I personally don't like the way Honda did the headlight wiring, that is, with all the current running through the switch itself on the steering column. I'm more comfortable if the switch controls only a relay, and the current runs through the relay from the battery to the headlight. Just my preference, though.

I used to have a Toyota Camry, and Toyotas are wired with headlight relays as stock from the factory.