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Old 05-12-2003, 10:12 AM
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Thinkin of buying a set, and wondering if wiring is plug and play like stock.

Can anyone help me out? I know nuthing about wiring and I am not buying them if i can't thro them in right in the driveway

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Default Re: wiring JDM headlights? (gribbsEG8)

when buying new headlights, there is no need to wire, you just need to take off the bulbs from the old ones and put them on the new ones.

next time it would be more helpful if you stated which car it's for.
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Default Re: wiring JDM headlights? (gribbsEG8)

are you talking about the city light portion? well they can be wires differently, they can be tapped directly to the parking lights, thats the easiest way, the oem honda way is difficult to do because the corners dont light up as parking lights and only the city lights do, but when you turn the headlights on the city lights are supposed to turn off, i dont know anybody that hsa done this correctly.
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Default Re: wiring JDM headlights? (akumaracer)

yup... i want to set em up to do that because I dont want the city lights on when my driving lighyts
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Default Re: wiring JDM headlights? (137)

I mean for an EG and I dont care about the city lights just want to be able to get them in and going as easily as possible.....i have heard they come with a harness that needs splicing??

can someone elaborate the 'switching bulbs' idea .....not sure i get that one...and i want the h4h bulbs...
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Default Re: wiring JDM headlights? (gribbsEG8)

you must use h4h bulbs since that's all the jdm ones use. You can't use your usdm ones, so make sure you buy them with the bulbs. The stock harnesses work fine and will plug right in unless you want to wire up the city lights
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Someone needs to just explain how exactly to modify the wiring so that it resembles oem japan wiring on these headlights... Anyone?
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if you want it the true JDM way.. cut the red wire from your corner and wire it to the red wire on the city light socket. then splice into the black one. as simple as that
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FF DRFT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Then the corners will not work as indicators. </TD></TR></TABLE>

do you mean that they wont work as parking lights? in japan, they dont have them as parking lights. they use city lights instead. if you do it the way i mentioned, it will still work as turning signals.
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sorry, i realized what u meant once i went outside and looked at the wires. ur right-- works like a charm. thanks.
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