JDM glass headlamp install

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:31 am

well i dug into my new lights today, didnt realy get far though, they fit fine though, dont need and work too fit them, but ill probably end up cutting the connector thing off my headlamp wires and run the wires straight to the bulb
right now ive got the right side hooked up with speaker wires, just to see what it looked like turned on, dont worry im not going to drive with that
im going to put the pictures on here later tonight, ive got to go meet some friends for now

theflystyle · Post by **theflystyle** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:44 pm

congrats on the new headlamps... cant wait to see them installed and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:38 pm

i just went to autozone, instead of putting the wires on the bulb, i got some new connectors, so ill just take off the old one and solder this new one on, should be alot better than putting wires to the bulb

ive never solderd before, but theres a first time for everything

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:57 am

well i got them installed, they are hooked up correctly
but i blew one of the bulbs and a fuse
the fuse goes to the front parking lights, i was trying to get them to work wit the city lights, i touched the wires with the prong and it shots some sparks off and didnt work after that

the headlight probably had my fingerprints all over it its been carried around so much today, it blew as soon as i turned it on

the headlamps looks very good on the car, the front end looks 10x better, thanks for the lights once again

92whitelegacy · Post by **92whitelegacy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:01 am

these EDM or jdm lights? cause if theyre JDM they are for eft-hand drive and you'll blind the shit outta everyone. just my .02

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:32 pm

yeah theyre jdm, is there something i can do about that?
were is the fuse that controls the front parking lights, i cant find it labled anywhere and its not in the manual

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:47 pm

ok, i need help
there is no parking light fuse, all fuses are good
my front parking lights/turn signals do not work, whne i turn the lights on my tail lights do not work
but my brake lights, turn signals, and hazards work

im going to look around some more and do some reading the manual
but i have no clue what the crap is wrong

Coy · Post by **Coy** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:50 pm

on mine the fuse for those lights was at the top right of teh fuse box under the dash. it was a 15 amp fuse. try to find it and see if it helps.

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:16 am

well i checked, there is no fuse there
all the fuses (ive looked 8 times now) in the car are good

i think what maybe caused it, was when i tried to hook the city light up with the front parking light, i got a big spray of sparks and then the parking lights didnt work
so i thought it was a fuse but THERE IS NO FUSE for the parking lights, i have no idea what controls them, it says nothing about ti in the manual, ive read the eletrical section up and down

i put the wires back to the way they were before but i still does not work, maybe ill look at the wires some more later

Coy · Post by **Coy** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:43 am

ok, well i guess the 90 models had a different fuse box as well.

check your wires somewhere, maybe something isnt grounded well.

theflystyle · Post by **theflystyle** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:48 am

i wish i knew more about electrical components in the car to help you figure out what happened

isotopeman · Post by **isotopeman** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:24 am

Murphy wrote:yeah theyre jdm, is there something i can do about that?

Get rid of them or don't drive.

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:46 pm

isotopeman wrote:Get rid of them or don't drive.

So, what about all the people with those God-awful bright HID bulbs that blind the shit out of me as they drive by? I don't think this is any different. Even correctly aimed lights can be bright enough to blind oncoming drivers so I don't see any difference.

isotopeman · Post by **isotopeman** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:02 pm

Manarius wrote:So, what about all the people with those God-awful bright HID bulbs that blind the shit out of me as they drive by? I don't think this is any different. Even correctly aimed lights can be bright enough to blind oncoming drivers so I don't see any difference.

Are you talking about the real (~$1500, high-voltage, not just a plug-in bulb) HID lighting systems or the cheap knock-off bulbs?
One thing I do like about where I live is that they don't keep those cheap aftermarket or jdm lights for long as they're fined and forced to remove them. You're right in that it's awful and blinding, so leave those lights to the truly ignorant. Having the god-awful lights is just screaming about the stupidity of the driver. Ironically, it's as if they don't want anyone to miss their ignorance.

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:35 pm

isotopeman wrote:Are you talking about the real (~$1500, high-voltage, not just a plug-in bulb) HID lighting systems or the cheap knock-off bulbs?
One thing I do like about where I live is that they don't keep those cheap aftermarket or jdm lights for long as they're fined and forced to remove them. You're right in that it's awful and blinding, so leave those lights to the truly ignorant. Having the god-awful lights is just screaming about the stupidity of the driver. Ironically, it's as if they don't want anyone to miss their ignorance.

No, I'm talking like the stock lights on the new Nissan Maxima's and things like that.

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:38 pm

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!

it turns out that i neglected to pull out everyone of my fuses and look at them thuroghly, i had glanced over them with a flash light to make sure they were good
but the problem was a hairline fracture on one of the fuses, the arch (whatever you want to call it) was completely in tact so thats why i didnt see it before, it had a sliver taken out of the bottom of one of its legs
so ive learned a leason in all this
thank you all for your help

i aimed my left lamp low for now, until i can figure out how to put a cut off in it, but its not like i drive much at night anyway
the low beams are a hell of alot brighter but it doesnt put the light were i need it with the cut off problem, but the hi-beams are freaking amazing, i could see for almost over half a mile, its 1000000% better than those plastic POS i had, i used to have to turn the hi-beams on just to see were every damn turn off was, now its as plain as daylight

smh0101 · Post by **smh0101** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:59 am

Manarius wrote:
isotopeman wrote:Are you talking about the real (~$1500, high-voltage, not just a plug-in bulb) HID lighting systems or the cheap knock-off bulbs?
One thing I do like about where I live is that they don't keep those cheap aftermarket or jdm lights for long as they're fined and forced to remove them. You're right in that it's awful and blinding, so leave those lights to the truly ignorant. Having the god-awful lights is just screaming about the stupidity of the driver. Ironically, it's as if they don't want anyone to miss their ignorance.
No, I'm talking like the stock lights on the new Nissan Maxima's and things like that.

And Chrysler 300C SRT8's (We have one and the lights are hella bright and I dont mean the lighting company.

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