2015 Anzo Headlights
07-25-2017, 01:22 PM
#4301
Senior Member
Originally Posted by 4x4TruckLEDS.com
No... Fords wire is a proprietary harness that plugs into the headlight housing. From here, the headlight gives you H11 for lows and H10/9005 for Highs (factory). With Anzo, they change this and give you H7 connectors for low and H7 for high.
So if you have Anzos, you want H7 bulbs.
2014 and earlier (to a certain point) have H13 wires for halogens and if you have HID you have a different setup all together with the wiring.
They DO make conversions to change an H11 connector to something else but your issue is the bulb. They would not fit. An H13 cannot fit in an H11. An H11 cannot fit in an H10/etc... same for H7, H7 cannot fit in an H11.
I'm not sure about auto stop/start. Does auto stop/start turn your headlights off normally?
So if you have Anzos, you want H7 bulbs.
2014 and earlier (to a certain point) have H13 wires for halogens and if you have HID you have a different setup all together with the wiring.
They DO make conversions to change an H11 connector to something else but your issue is the bulb. They would not fit. An H13 cannot fit in an H11. An H11 cannot fit in an H10/etc... same for H7, H7 cannot fit in an H11.
I'm not sure about auto stop/start. Does auto stop/start turn your headlights off normally?
I could also just not be understanding how these headlights work with the whole plugging into the truck to the headlight and not directly into the bulb like the older lights so I apologize if I'm not getting it.
As far as the auto start/stop, I would guess the lights don't turn off when it auto shuts off but I can't confirm as I have only had the truck for 18hrs. Haha. I was just curious if there was going to be dimming or other side effects running the HIDs with this feature. Trying to cover all the bases before I decide what to do. Thanks for the help.
Last edited by 06F150CFCT; 07-25-2017 at 01:30 PM.
07-25-2017, 02:58 PM
#4302
No.. you CANNOT connect bulbs to the TRUCKS harness. It's proprietary. The truck's wiring harness plugs into the headlight housing itself. Within the headlight housing they give you the bulb connectors (H7 in the case of anzo housings, H11 and 9005 in the case of stock OEM halogens).
You CANNOT use whatever bulbs you want. The bulbs have a DIFFERENT base between themselves. The bulbs AND the wiring are different. You can find wiring adapters but it's very difficult to find (if at all) bulb adapters.
So you can't just buy a harness to make your H11 bulbs fit or your H13 bulbs fit... the anzo housings take an H7 bulb as that's the socket/base they need. Wiring is wiring, it's 2 wires so that's really not important but it's the bulb itself that is important.
Your H7 HID bulbs will fit in the anzo housings, as they are H7.
The housings have internal bulb wires that come off the main harness... soo basicallly
TRUCK WIRE ---> HOUSING ---> Splits this into 2 different connectors... They do this because the housing itself is "sealed" essentially so they take a master connector and then internally give you the bulb connectors.
You CANNOT use whatever bulbs you want. The bulbs have a DIFFERENT base between themselves. The bulbs AND the wiring are different. You can find wiring adapters but it's very difficult to find (if at all) bulb adapters.
So you can't just buy a harness to make your H11 bulbs fit or your H13 bulbs fit... the anzo housings take an H7 bulb as that's the socket/base they need. Wiring is wiring, it's 2 wires so that's really not important but it's the bulb itself that is important.
Your H7 HID bulbs will fit in the anzo housings, as they are H7.
The housings have internal bulb wires that come off the main harness... soo basicallly
TRUCK WIRE ---> HOUSING ---> Splits this into 2 different connectors... They do this because the housing itself is "sealed" essentially so they take a master connector and then internally give you the bulb connectors.
07-25-2017, 03:23 PM
#4303
Senior Member
Originally Posted by 4x4TruckLEDS.com
No.. you CANNOT connect bulbs to the TRUCKS harness. It's proprietary. The truck's wiring harness plugs into the headlight housing itself. Within the headlight housing they give you the bulb connectors (H7 in the case of anzo housings, H11 and 9005 in the case of stock OEM halogens).
You CANNOT use whatever bulbs you want. The bulbs have a DIFFERENT base between themselves. The bulbs AND the wiring are different. You can find wiring adapters but it's very difficult to find (if at all) bulb adapters.
So you can't just buy a harness to make your H11 bulbs fit or your H13 bulbs fit... the anzo housings take an H7 bulb as that's the socket/base they need. Wiring is wiring, it's 2 wires so that's really not important but it's the bulb itself that is important.
Your H7 HID bulbs will fit in the anzo housings, as they are H7.
The housings have internal bulb wires that come off the main harness... soo basicallly
TRUCK WIRE ---> HOUSING ---> Splits this into 2 different connectors... They do this because the housing itself is "sealed" essentially so they take a master connector and then internally give you the bulb connectors.
You CANNOT use whatever bulbs you want. The bulbs have a DIFFERENT base between themselves. The bulbs AND the wiring are different. You can find wiring adapters but it's very difficult to find (if at all) bulb adapters.
So you can't just buy a harness to make your H11 bulbs fit or your H13 bulbs fit... the anzo housings take an H7 bulb as that's the socket/base they need. Wiring is wiring, it's 2 wires so that's really not important but it's the bulb itself that is important.
Your H7 HID bulbs will fit in the anzo housings, as they are H7.
The housings have internal bulb wires that come off the main harness... soo basicallly
TRUCK WIRE ---> HOUSING ---> Splits this into 2 different connectors... They do this because the housing itself is "sealed" essentially so they take a master connector and then internally give you the bulb connectors.
I told you I know H7 HID bulbs fit....but I NEED to know what relay wiring harness to use to connect these bulbs to the headlights and the truck. You can't just plug in H7 HID bulbs to the Anzo lights and call it a day. It's either an H7 or an H11 relay harness. I'm guessing it's an H11 relay harness. Since these harnesses have AMP connectors after the ballast you can attach any bulb to them. In our case, it's an H7.
I get you are in the LED world so maybe I need to hear from someone who has done this swap with HIDs.
Last edited by 06F150CFCT; 07-25-2017 at 03:27 PM.
07-25-2017, 03:51 PM
#4305
Senior Member
Originally Posted by jim_87
07-25-2017, 04:16 PM
#4306
Senior Member
Hahahaha...I'm not trying to be rude but it's frustrating asking certain questions or making statements about something and not getting the relevant answers. I know I don't know what exactly I'm looking for because otherwise I wouldn't ask. I am not a newbie when it comes to lighting I am just a newbie when it comes to 15-17 lights. I've had my truck for less than 24hrs here....I've read through maybe a 1/3 of this thread but didn't see someone mention which relay harness to use with an HID conversion of their Anzo lights.
07-25-2017, 04:25 PM
#4307
Senior Member
Originally Posted by jim_87
Use an H7 relay harness with the H7 HID bulbs and Anzo's. The relay will have connectors that are a direct fit to the rest of the harness. The last HID's I did was on my '14 Jeep Cherokee a few years ago, the info is still fresh in my head.
Thanks again! Appreciate the help.
07-25-2017, 04:43 PM
#4308
That's kinda what I told you... Anzos take an H7 bulb and have H7 wiring. I said that many many times. HID, LED, Halogens... don't matter. The only different is halogens don't have a wire off the end... HID/LED do (Driver/Ballast). So it doesn't really matter if it's HID or LED... it's all H7 on the anzos no matter what "device" you are installing (be it an LED bulb, HID bulb, LED Driver, HID Ballast, a CANbus adapter, anything). GOTTA be H7.
IF you are not using something H7, you'll need an adapter. But not to confuse OTHER folks (i get it, you understand you can't plug an H13 bulb into the H7 bulb socket). As some folks DO NOT realize that you cannot plug a different size bulb into the housing (trust me, we've gotten orders from folks picking the wrong adapters.. they'll pick an H11 bulb and an H7 canbus thinking they can use it to convert it, etc...)
IF you are not using something H7, you'll need an adapter. But not to confuse OTHER folks (i get it, you understand you can't plug an H13 bulb into the H7 bulb socket). As some folks DO NOT realize that you cannot plug a different size bulb into the housing (trust me, we've gotten orders from folks picking the wrong adapters.. they'll pick an H11 bulb and an H7 canbus thinking they can use it to convert it, etc...)
Last edited by 230748; 07-25-2017 at 04:46 PM.
07-25-2017, 04:53 PM
#4309
Senior Member
Originally Posted by 4x4TruckLEDS.com
That's kinda what I told you... Anzos take an H7 bulb and have H7 wiring. I said that many many times. HID, LED, Halogens... don't matter. The only different is halogens don't have a wire off the end... HID/LED do (Driver/Ballast). So it doesn't really matter if it's HID or LED... it's all H7 on the anzos no matter what "device" you are installing (be it an LED bulb, HID bulb, LED Driver, HID Ballast, a CANbus adapter, anything). GOTTA be H7.
IF you are not using something H7, you'll need an adapter. But not to confuse OTHER folks (i get it, you understand you can't plug an H13 bulb into the H7 bulb socket). As some folks DO NOT realize that you cannot plug a different size bulb into the housing (trust me, we've gotten orders from folks picking the wrong adapters.. they'll pick an H11 bulb and an H7 canbus thinking they can use it to convert it, etc...)
IF you are not using something H7, you'll need an adapter. But not to confuse OTHER folks (i get it, you understand you can't plug an H13 bulb into the H7 bulb socket). As some folks DO NOT realize that you cannot plug a different size bulb into the housing (trust me, we've gotten orders from folks picking the wrong adapters.. they'll pick an H11 bulb and an H7 canbus thinking they can use it to convert it, etc...)
07-25-2017, 07:14 PM
#4310
The wildest is the guys with the OEM LED kits trying to install our LED kits... they like ours better but there is just NO easy way right now to do it. There would need to be some really crazy harness to make it happen since it's a proprietary system and housing design with the OEM LED.