whoismiked

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Hello all, I come to you for some advice / help!

I am installing some Halo's in my headlights and have everything installed but ran into one snag.

The wiring harness has a trigger/remote wire that you are supposed to tap into another wire (Side marker, or 12v acc, or parking lights, ect ect) that tell the Halo's when to turn on.

I am unsure exactly where, and which wire I need to tap into for this that would be the best / closest option.

I want the halo's to be on anytime my car is on.

Any help on telling me exactly which wire is best for me to get and where it is would be VERY MUCH appreciated, I am lost on this part

Thanks!

SharksBreath

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you need to go to radio shack and grab an 'add-a-fuse' and insert that into slot#32 (ACC fuse) and then attach the power/trigger wire from the halos to that.

every time you turn your car on, the halos will come on.

whoismiked

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There is a main power wire that has an inline fuse that runs directly to the battery terminal, then there is another wire (Im calling it the remote wire) the wire I am unsure where to go with that is only for on/off, this wire does not have a fuse on it, just a tap-in connector.

The remote wire is the one I should run to the acc. fuse?

If that is my best option, do I need to get something like this to do that?

maharajamd

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Buy a switch? It is a power line and a switch line.

http://www.radioshack.com/family/ind...goryId=2032278

Install somewhere. Plug in. Go.

I recommend one that has a light so you know when it is on/off.

whoismiked

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Indeed I know I could go straight to a switch but I would rather avoid that and not risk accidentally leaving it on, I would prefer to just run it in conjunction with an accessory wire so that they are controlled with my ignition and not a switch.

maharajamd

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Power it off an accessory. Give manual control as well. #win

Unless the intent is for the halos to basically be DRLs.

whoismiked

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Yeah that makes sense, but extra work running a switch into the cab and I will never have a desire to manually switch them off, so a switch is unnecessary for my desire. Them just being on anytime my key is on is fine with me.

They are not 'replacing' my DRL's, but I want them to be on anytime my drl and/or headlight are on, basically anytime the car is on.


A friend of mine mentioned I should just tap into a side marker wire, any details on this option?

SharksBreath

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i would wire them up to their own dedicated switch. that's what i did.

you will soon realize you do NOT want them on all the time when the car is on. you're not going to want to run your headlights, drl's, and angel eyes all at the same time. it'll look like hell.

maharajamd

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^What he said. Listen to experience. Running a wire to the cabin and putting it on a rocker switch is incredibly easy.

When you do run the wire, run two. One being dead. Just run it and nothing else. That way if you have to run another in the future, you can use that as a pull through.

SharksBreath

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miked if you need any help or wiring assistance/schematics let me know. i have them buried somewhere in my photobucket account.

whoismiked

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Thanks much Aaron! But I think I will be able to figure it out when I get home (at work atm). Just trying to plan this all out in my head so I can finish the install when I get home.

I am considering running a switch as suggested, but also still might just tap into an accessory wire and let them be on anytime the car is on, I really am ok with that and kind of prefer it, I don't want to have to remember to turn them on and off all the time.

Thus I plan to either tap into the accessory fuse (#32 thanks for that!) but also I have been reading that a lot of people just tapped into their parking lights, this would be very simple, it's right there where I am working it, would be very easy, so my question about the parking light option is:

What exactly triggers when the parking lights are on or off? I have not really noticed when they are on and when they are off. Basically the question I want to ask is in what situations would they be off if I were to tap into the parking lights?

Sorry for being such a noob with these question, but I'll have you know that I REALLY appreciate the advice / help!

SharksBreath

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your parking lights turn on when you flip the headlight switch one click. that'll turn on the parking lights.

and trust me man. you don't want them on ALL the time.

get an illuminated rocker switch from radio shack. install it in plain sight so you can see it. pull the DRL fuse out of the fuse box so that you don't have DRL's. you can keep the switch turned ON at all times (thats what i do) and just turn the switch off if you want to run your actual headlights. make sense?

maharajamd

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I always found that I wanted my angels to be an accent. An accent I didn't necessarily want all the time. So I wired mine to a switch to give manual control.

However, you also don't want them to stay on if you forget to turn them off. So powering to an accessory works. Best of both worlds.

This is especially true if you have DRLs. Sometimes you want everything on. Sometimes you don't.

What angel eyes did you go with?

whoismiked

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These ones:

http://www.uniquestyleracing.com/20actlremouh.html

maharajamd

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^Let us know how those work out. Can't say I know anyone running those yet.

whoismiked

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I use and like my DRL's though I put some ultra white LED's in them. Some people dislike DRL's and disconnect them, I kinda like mine on


Will do, I should have them finished up this evening after work, I'll let you know how it goes and how they perform.

SharksBreath

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yeah but are you going to run your DRL's with the angel eyes?

whoismiked

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Than plan was yes, but I am still unsure about this part until I get everything running and get to see how it looks with my own eyes with lights + halo's on same time. If I don't like the way it looks that way I'll just control it via a switch.

I think I will end up running Halo's all the time though regaurdless of whether or not the DRL's or Hl's are on or not, but I may change my mind on that after I see it.

SharksBreath

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do report back and let us know.

whoismiked

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Bah! After you questioning it, and me visualizing and thinking about how it will look ..... I think it would be better to just disconnect my DRL's and have my Halo's be the DRL's huh?

That will prolly look at better, it's just a shame that I spent the $ to upgrade my DRL's with LED's and the relay/harness and then turn around and just not use them

SharksBreath

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^you can sell your sweet DRL set up.

i use my angel eyes as DRL's every day.

whoismiked

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Indeed, makes sense and sounds better, i'll do that.

Thanks

maharajamd

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Why disconnect your DRLs? I don't get it.

The perfect setup to me is the most options, with the most manual control, that automatically turns off with the car in case you forget to shut them down.

SharksBreath

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because why would he run angel eyes AND DRL's simultaneously?

would look like shit.

pull DRL fuse. no DRL's. use angel eyes instead.

maharajamd

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Obviously independent DRLs would be the answer to that equation.

whoismiked

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Well the way I visualized it, anytime my DRL's would be lit, the intense white bulbs I have will cause the halo's to not been seen.

So I figured I will have 3 options:

1. All light off
2. Headlights on
3. Halo's on using them as DRL's. (#2 & #3 can be combined if I wished)

I don't think the halo's will look good ... or even be able to be seen at all if the DRL headlamps are on. So I was thinking the Halo's will be the DRL's.

SharksBreath

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yes but why even run them at all if you have the option to do angel eyes instead?

maharajamd

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^I agree with you there. I figured these options...

1. All lights off
2. Parking lights on
3. DRLs on
4. DRLs and parking lights on
5. Halos on
6. Halos and parking lights on

Wouldn't the DRL lumens far exceed that of the halos? I mean I know they are bright but why NOT use an entire part of your headlight?

To each their own. Do whatever you want. I was just curious why you would completely remove a feature.

Also, insurance wise, do halos count as DRLs? Some companies give small price breaks for cars with DRLs.

SharksBreath

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making a mountain out of an anthill.

anything can be considered DRL's.

any light that is ON and ran during the DAY is a DRL.

maharajamd

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I know. Just saying what's on my mind.

whoismiked

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Assuming I will be using my Halo's as DRL's, couldn't I just tap into the DRL wiring harness instead of going to the fuse box?

(I will just disconnect the DRL bulbs @ the headlight instead of pulling the fuse)

SharksBreath

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^honestly not sure. i just know what i did, and it worked.

whoismiked

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Yeah I hear ya on that and I will prolly go the route you did (to the fuse).

Just weighing my options and planning all this out in my head so I can jump right into it when I get home

Thanks a million for all your help.