just got my jdms in...pictures are up also

[chauGTZ]

i got my jdm 2 piece headlights in today https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif i took some pictures and ill post them up tonight along with my jdm liberal grill....let me know what you guys think...

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[galantv600]

thats looks bloody tight mate!!! jp.. damn i love those dude how much n where u get em from!?!!? the grill n headlights!!!

[chauGTZ]

i got the lights from alister_mcrae for a dam good deal....and the grill i got from trggermauve ...thanks again to both of them for the hook up . both are very good a reliabe sellers

[Liszt]

those JDM headlights are really expensive. How much did you drop on them? How are you going to get an extra harness in the works for the extra bulb?

L

[Sillyasianz]

Very nice. how much for that phat grill?

[Reelax]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Liszt)</div><div class='quotemain'>those JDM headlights are really expensive. How much did you drop on them? How are you going to get an extra harness in the works for the extra bulb?

L</div>

you don't need harnesses for JDMs. its actually easy to do w/o them. i posted the rewire somewhere on this board w/o the use of any other harness but the stock one... u just need some female spade connectors for the bulbs and some wire taps.

[chauGTZ]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Reelax)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Liszt)</div><div class='quotemain'>those JDM headlights are really expensive. How much did you drop on them? How are you going to get an extra harness in the works for the extra bulb?

L</div>

you don't need harnesses for JDMs. its actually easy to do w/o them. i posted the rewire somewhere on this board w/o the use of any other harness but the stock one... u just need some female spade connectors for the bulbs and some wire taps.</div>

ok cool thanks for the info, im going to have to look for that post

[chauGTZ]

hey im having trouble finding out how to rewire/ install these, are there any pictures of what i need and how everything is going to look?...once i get everything together to do this i think im going to have to make a tutorial on this because it seems alot of people are looking for something like this

[Reelax]

from one of my posts way back:

you will need to cut the metal near the inside edges where the headlights fit into the subframe. also you will need to bend the radiator rails for clearance as well. the 2 mounting points for the headlights remain the same (top and corner) but you will have to make a custom brackets or use a longer bolt into the radiator mounting holes and drill a hole in the mounting tab of the headlight housing for the inner mounting points behind the upper grill. also if you get a JDM grill you will see where you have to trim some of the plastic on the back to make the grill clip in fush as well as make a small hole for one of the mounting clips. once you get your JDM headlights, compare them to the us spec and remove one us spec to see where you will have to trim the metal and some plastic on the housings to fit. the wiring is another story but it's not too hard... you will need to buy a pair each of H7 (low beam) and H1 (high beam). the corners thankfully just need a little trimming to the bulb socket (not the headlight housing) to fit and are wired and work just like stock.

my lights have a custom relay network direct from the battery triggerred by the stock wiring... i did this for my dual HID's but since HID's draw less power than regular bulbs, this was totally uneccessary and the stock wiring should hold up to any regular bulbs you put in.

now your going to do the following for each side of the car: basically to convert the H4 bulb (3 wires) to dual bulb (JDM H7 lo, H1 hi - 2 wires each) you just need to do some wire tapping... you can even keep the H4 wiring and plug intact. basically, you tap and add wiring to each of the three stock wires ahead of the H4 plug. there are 2 positives (one for hi beam and 1 for low beam) and 1 ground (-). now just add another tap and wire to the ground (your going to need 2 of those total). the H7 low is easy, just add a female spade connector to the low beam positive and also another to one of the grounds (-); those then clip onto the bulb (H7 has 2 terminals and 1 is poitive and the other negative... they are interchangeable). the H1 is almost as easy... add a female spade connector to the hi beam positive. the other ground you extended will screw under the screw on the headliight housing itself that holds the clip that holds the H1 bulb. the reason this has to go directly to the housing is that the H1 bulb only has 1 terminal (+), the ground is the bulb's mounting collar and that contacts the headlight housing and clip. so now the clip that holds the bulb is the ground and then just clip the female spade connector onto the H1 terminal and it will have access to power.

btw, the corner 1157 sockets will fit into the housing w/ minor trimming. the grey plastic socket has locking tabs... 3 narrow and 1 wide. trim the side of the wide one down so it matches the other 3 and it should just push in and turn like US spec. also w/ this method there is no need for a new bulb / socket / wiring; it'll work just like stock

now for the diode trick...

there r 2 positive wires that go to your H7 an H1 bulbs... u want to bridge those wires w/ a diode. a diode basically is like a one-way-valve for current. you want to have the high beams (+) send power to the low beams (+), but not vice versa so that when you hit your brights, your lows stay on drawing power from the highs; not the other way around.

http://www.the12volt.com/diodes/diodes.asp ('http://www.the12volt.com/diodes/diodes.asp')

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you want the ANODE side (no stripe) connected to the high beam positive (H1) and the CATHODE side (w/ stripe) connected to the low beam positivem H7). i soldered the diode to a short length of insulated wire at each end to lengthen it then wrapped the diode in electrical tape. you can simply splice these wire leads into the harness on the wires that lead to the bulbs.

the diodes you want are rated for 12VDC. you can get them at any electronics store like radio shack.

that's how it goes, if i forgot anything , hit me up.