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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 01:15 PM
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I bought these lights off of ebay and i wanted to wire them to the headlights so that when the headlights come on so do these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251997249349?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITThese lights came with 2 wires on each. Black and red. How would i go about wiring these to the headlights. and what about placement?
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MiggyTheTank
I bought these lights off of ebay and i wanted to wire them to the headlights so that when the headlights come on so do these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251997249349?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITThese lights came with 2 wires on each. Black and red. How would i go about wiring these to the headlights. and what about placement?
thanks for the help
Turn on headlights and use a volt meter to check which wire has power. Then red goes to that wire and ground the black wire. Put then where you want.
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 07:08 PM
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I have some of those as my under hood lights. Pretty bright for that, no sure what they will do with headlights. Maybe if you wire them to the parking lights or just use them as DRL (which is what they are marketed as.

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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 09:00 PM
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I have some of those as my under hood lights. Pretty bright for that, no sure what they will do with headlights. Maybe if you wire them to the parking lights or just use them as DRL (which is what they are marketed as.

Did you wire those into the mercury switch that was originally used to light up the engine bay?
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Did you wire those into the mercury switch that was originally used to light up the engine bay?
yes, used a 194 plug from an LED panel setup for it. Works quite well.
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Old Jul 8, 2015 | 02:13 PM
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^ that's a nice set up. Do you mind taking a pic of where it's connected to?
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Old Jul 9, 2015 | 10:14 AM
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yes, used a 194 plug from an LED panel setup for it. Works quite well.
Could you possibly send me a link to that? Please I want to do that too
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This is what I got, just use the 194 bulb plug and splice into that.
I will get a pic later.
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Originally Posted by MiggyTheTank
I bought these lights off of ebay and i wanted to wire them to the headlights so that when the headlights come on so do these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251997249349...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
These lights came with 2 wires on each. Black and red. How would i go about wiring these to the headlights. and what about placement?
thanks for the help

I would think you would want those to come on with the parking lights...
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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 12:29 AM
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Installed the COB LED and it turned out great.
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