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02-26-2006, 10:04 PM | #5 |
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http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=101180
there are pics of the back of mine on there. I thought the pieces circled in orange would plug in there. It looks like the plug on the bottom light is completely missing, is that right? If so, I might have an additional headlight harness that would work.
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02-26-2006, 10:41 PM | #7 |
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Okay, that's no problem. I'll tell you how to fix it.
Your stock headlight harness has 3 prongs: low beam (+), high beam (+), and ground. The Silvia harness is supposed to route the low beam (+) and ground to the outside bulbs for low beam, and high beam (+) and ground to the inner bulbs. Both bulbs share the ground wire. Since you're missing the plug, all you have to do is run those 2 wires to the bulb. When looking at the back of the harness, there are 3 terminals on the low beam bulb. Only 2 terminals are actually used. These run parralel to each other. The odd one is not used. It's just empty. Go to the auto parts store and get standard insulated spade terminals (males and females as appropriate) and 12-gauge wires. About 2 feet should be sufficient. Then crimp the wires to the appropriate spade terminal and into the low beam (+) of the stock wire harness. It should be either Green with stripe or Red with stripe. I'm not sure right now but one is low beam and one is high beam. Pink (with stripe) is your ground. You don't have to use the ground on the harness. You can just tie it to the chassis somewhere. So crimp one wire for low beam power and run that to the outside bulb. Crimp and connect the other prong to ground via the harness or a bolt on the radiator support. It doesn't matter which wire plugs into which prong since it's direct current. Current will run through the bulb either way. As long as your ground is good it should be okay. Do the same for the high beam. I can't remember which wire is which, but if your low beams go on instead of high and vice versa, just switch the (+) wires. Not a big deal. Just be extremely sure that you have good grounds. |
02-26-2006, 10:42 PM | #8 |
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Twist the cover off, remove the rubber boot. Once you have completed those two steps copy and paste what I have typed in quotes into your next reply. "I fixed the problem, they didnt have bulbs in them."
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02-27-2006, 11:53 AM | #12 |
Your missing the metal housing the H1 bulb sits in. I think your best bet is to use a different bulb that has the three prongs on the back of it. I think a H7 bulb has the 3 prongs, but don't quote me on that.
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03-02-2006, 02:01 PM | #16 |
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you could probably get a set from another car that has projectors. I would try to get some j30 headlights or something similar and yank out the projectors with housing and everything. Just bake them and take em completely apart. I dont what bulbs the j30 uses...some maybe a different car, but you get the idea. Junkyard yo.
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03-02-2006, 07:51 PM | #17 |
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here, coming from a guy who have like 10 sets of these puppies...
H1 for low beam, H3 for high H3c for fog. The low beam is a 2 unit combo. Its a H1(1 prong) that plugs into an adaptor(2 prong i think). Your wiring is OK. You have the wrong bulb(prolly H4) or adaptor. As for the 3 prong female end where you plug your harness, I dont see it. If you are still confused, feel free to ask me. Sheazy0219, you are crazy LOL
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03-04-2006, 12:44 PM | #19 |
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Contact clutchkickdrifter. His AIM is apexiN1jgtc. He has 2 extra projectors he'd part out for you. The high beems sockets will work in the low beam slots.
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03-04-2006, 07:26 PM | #21 |
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Be careful. Those bulbs get reeeeally hot. I did the same thing on mine when I was missing the clip. It melted the plastic on the housing and started smoking really bad. The wires burnt up and almost caught on fire too. I was using 12 gauge? wire.
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Not to mention the bulb would flicker on and off due to it having a bad connection for doing it that way.
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