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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 09:27 PM
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I googled this before asking here, but found limited info. Probably because most are converting the other way- lol. Anyway, what would I need to put halogen lamps on a HID truck? New harness? If so, anyone know where to source one?

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trade with any number of guys who want hids. easy as that.


can I ask why?
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I'll swap everything you need to convert it!
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 09:40 PM
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I'm actually buying a set of HIDs. The guy that is selling them wants my stock heads. Just trying to mak sure they work. So they should just plug right up?
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Originally Posted by parksb16
I'm actually buying a set of HIDs. The guy that is selling them wants my stock heads. Just trying to mak sure they work. So they should just plug right up?
no, your title makes no sense anymore, before we continue helping, you need to clarify everything, with details as there are to many variables
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Originally Posted by kidastra
no, your title makes no sense anymore, before we continue helping, you need to clarify everything, with details as there are to many variables
I think I see what he means. He isn't going from HID to halogen; the guy he is buying the HID lamps from is. So, the seller needs to see if he can go from HID to halogen. I think...
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The title makes no sense? Sorry to confuse you- thought it was clear enough. Let me try again- if someone with a '13 F150 with factory HID lamps wanted to switch to regular Halogen lamps, what would he need to do so? New harness? Would they be plug and play?
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Originally Posted by parksb16
The title makes no sense? Sorry to confuse you- thought it was clear enough. Let me try again- if someone with a '13 F150 with factory HID lamps wanted to switch to regular Halogen lamps, what would he need to do so? New harness? Would they be plug and play?
ok that's what I figured, won't be plug and play. Will need to make your own harness
halogen uses h13,
hid uses a multi pin plug I believe
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 10:25 PM
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ok that's what I figured, won't be plug and play. Will need to make your own harness
halogen uses h13,
hid uses a multi pin plug I believe
Ok thanks- that was what I was afraid of.
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There was another thread for someone else wanting to do this. Somebody said they saw the harness to go HID to halogen out there somewhere so somebody already makes one. You should call The Retrofit Source to see if they have one or can make you one. It's $100 for the halogen to HID harness so probably the same for the one you need. You should look around if the trade/sale you're doing depends on it because there's a big difference in light output and you'll be happy with the HIDs
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