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Old Jun 21, 2017 | 05:40 AM
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Aftermarket Headlight Install

Hey everyone so I just recieved my new headlights and have been having issues with them turning on. IE: first day after install everything worked fined the Led Strip came on when i switched to parking lights and headlights would come on (HID) when switched. Then day 2 the passenger headlight went out, did some trouble shooting as in pulled the Ballast and swapped with driver side as that one still worked fine. Came to the conclusion that the Ballast was bad. The 3rd day i pulled both ballast to get a part number from them noticed they were warm to the touch ( after car sat in garage all night with no chance of lights being left on) so i installed the working ballast to make sure it was still functioning and it too had stopped working. I called a local supplier and got a good set of name brand Ballast because the ones that came with the car were cheap China BS. After i installed the new ballast both headlights started working, but now they will not shut off!!! I can get them to turn off by removing the Headlight Relay but not with the switch. Every other function with the headlight works IE turn signal LED parking lights but the headlight is always on. The Headlight uses the Factory Plug so i had to do NO wiring. They literally plug into the factory plug and Boom good to go. Now for my question. What gives the Signal to the Relay for the headlight to come on because as of now i have the constant 12v that is supposed to be there and im getting a constant 12v signal. I cant find any color coded diagram to give me a direction to follow...
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Old Jun 22, 2017 | 06:19 AM
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Here's your diagram. I'd try changing out that relay before spending hours troubleshooting.

And send back those headlights. They sound like they're defective somehow.
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Old Jun 22, 2017 | 09:04 AM
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^+1. Start simple/easy and work your way from there. Unless the previous owner hacked up wires and added fuses, relays, random wires etc etc... Then it's going to be a headache.
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Old Jun 23, 2017 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by splattj
Here's your diagram. I'd try changing out that relay before spending hours troubleshooting.

And send back those headlights. They sound like they're defective somehow.
Thank you for the Diagram. I tried replacing the Relay and that did not work. The headlights that i bought are not defective as i installed the factory lights and they had the same results. I cant seem to trace the wire that feeds power to Headlight relay Low. It goes to a fuseable link and im not sure where or whatpage that wire continues to. I tries pulling the connection off the Headlight switch and the headlights stayed on. It has to be a relay between the switch and and main headlight Relay. I dont have a Daytime Running lights relay hooked up so thats off the table.
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