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Old 10-16-2011, 09:40 PM
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Only need one wire, positive to positive. The negative / earth is taken care of by the headlights original wiring.
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Ok, can i just hook up for both sides for just one wire that tapped in the foot light ?
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That's what I did, one wire from the dome light (no foot well light in my car) to the drivers side light then across the front to the other side and that's it.
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lol thanks, mine is a lil different, mine is non projectors ! so each headlight has 2 bulbs 12v each. Im wondering which is the bestway of doing this mod on either the eye brown or just 1 ring angel eye of each headlight lolll
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It's the same dude. The wiring to the bulbs are inside the headlights, which you are not dealing with anyway. You're wiring into the harness bunch.

Maybe you should get someone more comfortable with it near you to help you.
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You need to tap into the cars harness that plug into the headlights. The 2 top wires in the plug need to be tapped (there are some pics at the begining of the thread).
I have halogens and seem only to get the eyebrows and the outter AE to work. There must be another wire on the plug for the inner AE.

Here a vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYFgEjv7V3o
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Originally Posted by NguyenAzn
lol thanks, mine is a lil different, mine is non projectors ! so each headlight has 2 bulbs 12v each. Im wondering which is the bestway of doing this mod on either the eye brown or just 1 ring angel eye of each headlight lolll

Originally Posted by nomis_nehc
It's the same dude. The wiring to the bulbs are inside the headlights, which you are not dealing with anyway. You're wiring into the harness bunch.

Maybe you should get someone more comfortable with it near you to help you.

Originally Posted by turbo_lew
You need to tap into the cars harness that plug into the headlights. The 2 top wires in the plug need to be tapped (there are some pics at the begining of the thread).
I have halogens and seem only to get the eyebrows and the outter AE to work. There must be another wire on the plug for the inner AE.

Here a vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYFgEjv7V3o
Fuck me. My bad. My mind was working too quickly and wasn't thinking straight. For pre-LCI halogen, the angel eye wires are pin 4 and 5 and eyebrows are pin 8.
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cool, ill try and post a vid if possible !
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Originally Posted by nomis_nehc
Fuck me. My bad. My mind was working too quickly and wasn't thinking straight. For pre-LCI halogen, the angel eye wires are pin 4 and 5 and eyebrows are pin 8.
Cool thank, thought there must be another wire, been too busy to check.
If I get time at the weekend I'll have a bash.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoXGljJa-LA&hd=1
yeah i think i got it, thanks !

I will try to wire the other side with the outer AE and eye browns also !


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