Need help on headlight install!!!
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Cruiser
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Need help on headlight install!!!
Need help on my new headlight. Its from Crime Scene Choppers and the lamp is three individual halogen laser bulbs. Each bulb has two individual wires. a total of 6 of these wires. The lamp also came with a standard three slot plug in that is similar to the one inside the stock lamp. I just dont know where the hell the wires off the bulbs connect to?? Im stumped on this. Please help...pics to assist you in assisting me!
for each one, is a neg and the other is a ground. man those halogens are not very bright, i have used those same bulbs in fog lights... what are you going to do for brights? hope that is not a case of looks good and performs ok.
the plug you show is 3 prong so one is a ground, one is brights, and the other is headlight, how you set that up is on you
the plug you show is 3 prong so one is a ground, one is brights, and the other is headlight, how you set that up is on you
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typically there is a yellow/white/black wire set up. The yellow wire goes to the top of the connector and the white one goes to the pin on the right (nearest throttle side of bike)....other than that just tie your common wires together between each bulb. Not sure how yours grounds though as you only have two wires? You need one for low beam, one for hi beam, and one for ground....the left prong is usually the ground. Hope this helps somewhat.
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Cruiser
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Ugh!! I was hoping this was not going to be complicated!! The description said that there was a high beam available, but now Im not sure. I guess my biggest question is, with what I have set up right now...can I make this work? Or am I missing something.
I am still a little confused on what I need to do now...
I am still a little confused on what I need to do now...
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I don't think those are set up with a bright. They look more like daytime driving lights or fog lights. As far as what wire goes where I guess you could treat them like a fat girl and just poke and hope you get it in the right hole. IDK.
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Cruiser
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ya man, i am really worried about safety to be honest thost will not throw light far at all that is flood style bulbs... to get it done, though tie one line from each to a possitve, one to a neg and theyere you go
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You may try to hold the light housing to ground on the bike and try the two wires indivually. That is how the ultima head light I used was wired. One wire for brights, one wire for normal and griund was through the head light case
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Good idea, but it won't work in this situation. Look at his bulbs. There are only two wires coming out of them. Your bulb plug has three wires coming out of it with one being grounded inside the bucket. That's the way most aftermarket headlights are. That's why most people just reuse the stock plug and harness. So they don't have any cut and spliced wires.
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wire one (or two) of the bulbs to your low beam circuit, and the other one (or two) to your high beam circuit. You need to figure out what beam each light throws out of that integrated housing, because each may have a special reflector behind it.
On your connector, one wire is ground, one wire is the low beam, and the other wire is the high beam. All of your bulbs will have one wire going to ground. You may have 1 or 2 bulb's remaining wire going to the low beam connection, the unused bulb(s) remaining wire would go to the high beam connection. Use male spade lugs to terminate your bulb wires. plug the male spade lugs into your connector.
Personally, I wouldn't mess with it... but try it out.
On your connector, one wire is ground, one wire is the low beam, and the other wire is the high beam. All of your bulbs will have one wire going to ground. You may have 1 or 2 bulb's remaining wire going to the low beam connection, the unused bulb(s) remaining wire would go to the high beam connection. Use male spade lugs to terminate your bulb wires. plug the male spade lugs into your connector.
Personally, I wouldn't mess with it... but try it out.
Last edited by archergodwin; Mar 23, 2010 at 10:16 PM.