got em in an wired em u pok but somethin is wrong with the passenger light its all dim. shit i suck at electrics.
h4 headlights.
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 11:12 AM
Check the earth.
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 11:22 AM
yeah im strugglin with all that shit, i cant read diagrams and there isnt any obvious probs. i been leaning all contacts and earths with emery paper. no luck yet. the rear lights are bein wankers too.
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 12:49 PM
^^^Does sound like an earth problem, just make sure theres no corrosion on any plugs/ earthing points^^^
i did this conversion (With the LH H4 lights) just trimmed the plug back and all was sweet. Then i pissed the LH lights and got a pair of LX lights and surrounds (Still h4) had them in for years no worries.
i did this conversion (With the LH H4 lights) just trimmed the plug back and all was sweet. Then i pissed the LH lights and got a pair of LX lights and surrounds (Still h4) had them in for years no worries.
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 05:53 PM
Dont just do the earths on the headlights.
Make sure you do the blinkers as well.
Do all your earths on rear lights as well.
Would even go as far as checking earth points under the dash.
What you need to understand is the current will take the path of least resistance, and with a bad earth connection, it will flow through other globes to complete its job. This is what causes strange things to happen.
No doubt you have seen box and boat trailer lights do strange things.
Earthing problems.
Make sure you do the blinkers as well.
Do all your earths on rear lights as well.
Would even go as far as checking earth points under the dash.
What you need to understand is the current will take the path of least resistance, and with a bad earth connection, it will flow through other globes to complete its job. This is what causes strange things to happen.
No doubt you have seen box and boat trailer lights do strange things.
Earthing problems.
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 06:09 PM
[dont need to look at trailers my tail lights turn on and off with each other 
. i need to do an electrical course... im just emery papering every damn connection i see.
. i need to do an electrical course... im just emery papering every damn connection i see.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 11:37 AM
eesh i dunno im not a fan of home electronics.. i connected the random loose wire to the neg battery and it works good, both headlights now working, but the parkers i cant figure out. there was one pin for the old parker, but on the h4 there are 2 pins.. ive put female connectors on the two different coloured wires and tried all kinds of combos but no luck.. on the pass side there is one purple wire and one black (remember both were connected to the parker bulb) and on the other side one black and two purple. i cant figure the way they connect up. ill check the bulbs today.
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On the driver side there will be two purple wires connected together because one is the supply and one continues on to connect the passenger side. The black wires will be earth/negative.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 03:44 PM
so i should earth them to the body? what about the second plug on the new headlights? shit i need a camera
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 04:40 PM
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If you have 2 terminals on your park lights 1 needs to be earthed to the chassis.
Other wire needs to be purple as per what 76lxhatch described.
If the parkers only have 1 terminal this means that they are earthed through the fitting.
When cleaning up your earths, make sure you clean the metal area that the globe twists in to.
Especially on brake/park lights.
If you have 2 terminals on your park lights 1 needs to be earthed to the chassis.
Other wire needs to be purple as per what 76lxhatch described.
If the parkers only have 1 terminal this means that they are earthed through the fitting.
When cleaning up your earths, make sure you clean the metal area that the globe twists in to.
Especially on brake/park lights.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 05:31 PM
no this shit doesnt make sense. soon as i get a camera ill take some photos. cheers for all the replies, im tryin lots of stuff but its all bein shit. now my taillights dont work at all 
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 06:26 PM
Mate, sounds like you need to invest in a dozen in exchange for a helping hand!
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 06:41 PM
Thanks man, I like you too.i like the square.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 06:59 PM
oath to that. got plenty of mates who reckon they can do it "easy" i dont trust em far as i can throw em. ill keep tryin then ill call a mobile leco. everything electric is bein a shit.
Edited by torana_umunga74, 13 July 2009 - 07:01 PM.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 09:46 PM
You just connected them up without any relays etc?got em in an wired em u pok but somethin is wrong with the passenger light its all dim. shit i suck at electrics.
Is the left one equally dim on both low and high beam? If not, sounds like you have mucked up the connections to this globe.
if they are equally dull, does sound like an earthing problem. Easy to check, the terminal on the left is the earth terminal(the one that is one the passenger side of the car) run a wire from the battery directly(-ve terminal) to this terminal and see if that changes things.
Edited by torbirdie, 13 July 2009 - 09:52 PM.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 09:49 PM
no the lights are all good now 
low and high beam are great, i just cant work out the parkers... and the taillights. grr
low and high beam are great, i just cant work out the parkers... and the taillights. grr
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 05:08 AM
Well guys & gals after placing a hole lot of car parts in the trailer to go to the tip, i came across a pair of headlamp inserts (square LH ones) they came off a 89 Honda prelude.
You know the one i mean the car that has the pop-up headlamps, so our hunt for these inserts should not be so hard now.
cheers Keith
You know the one i mean the car that has the pop-up headlamps, so our hunt for these inserts should not be so hard now.
cheers Keith
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 11:03 AM
u mean the buckets?? or the glass?
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 06:32 PM
The glass inserts m8
cheers Keith
cheers Keith
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 07:30 PM
Keith, do you mean they fit, or you made them fit?
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 10:14 PM
They are exactly the same as LH ones
cheers Keith
cheers Keith
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 08:16 AM
sorry bout the thread hijack... but..
my drivers side headlight shit itself today.. strange i stil have high beam tho..
so im thinking about investing in some crystal headlights..
so i did an ebay search and come up with a few possibilities..
http://cgi.ebay.com....id=p3286.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.com....id=p3286.c0.m14
as they are the only ones that say they have curved glass and provisions for parker lights.. at least the first ones have the right wattage globes so no need to mess with the wiring..
if there are any other options out there i would like to hear them.. cheers..
my drivers side headlight shit itself today.. strange i stil have high beam tho..
so im thinking about investing in some crystal headlights..
so i did an ebay search and come up with a few possibilities..
http://cgi.ebay.com....id=p3286.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.com....id=p3286.c0.m14
as they are the only ones that say they have curved glass and provisions for parker lights.. at least the first ones have the right wattage globes so no need to mess with the wiring..
if there are any other options out there i would like to hear them.. cheers..
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 09:33 AM
Those 2nd ones are good! Great price too.
I put a set of these crystal ones in my hatch. They certainly look better! They have a slight dome to the front of them, but are definitely flatter than the standard lights... Not sure if those ones in your link are different or not though.
I put a set of these crystal ones in my hatch. They certainly look better! They have a slight dome to the front of them, but are definitely flatter than the standard lights... Not sure if those ones in your link are different or not though.
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 10:15 AM
I don't like the look of the crystal ones, I installed a standard Hella H4 conversion and they are quite good. Requires the mod to the headlight buckets as mentioned earlier in this thread and they are also a bit flatter (still curved though and you don't really notice).
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