new main lights help!
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From: Harleysville, PA
Year: 1998
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Engine: 4.0L I6 Powertech
ok,
1st i got my new main lights! problem is they are a little bit deeper than the stock ones.... anyone have suggestions or pics 2 help me out? i have no clue what 2 do....
2nd it has a parking light right inside of the light housing and needs 2 be spliced into the stock parking lights.. problem is i dont want it to be a turn signal. so the question is, what wire(s) do i wanna splice??
P.S. its a 98, and the parking light bulb has 2 wires: (+) (-)
1st i got my new main lights! problem is they are a little bit deeper than the stock ones.... anyone have suggestions or pics 2 help me out? i have no clue what 2 do....
2nd it has a parking light right inside of the light housing and needs 2 be spliced into the stock parking lights.. problem is i dont want it to be a turn signal. so the question is, what wire(s) do i wanna splice??
P.S. its a 98, and the parking light bulb has 2 wires: (+) (-)
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sorry but what are you talking about? rear lights? headlights? gotta get some pics up too....cause would love to help you but dont know what you're talking about????
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Someone else on here ran into the same issue when they were doing a HID conversion, I believe he ended up using longer screws rather than letting it sit flush on its mounting surface. Curious, what housings are those? On the wire tap, just turn your parking lights & hazards on and splice into whichever ones don't blink.
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well on my newer model xj they both blink but one thing i assume is the black is ground.......
and for the lights ther just ebay stuff... but i LOVE them at night!!!! 1000x better than the old ones!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_5844wt_939
and for the lights ther just ebay stuff... but i LOVE them at night!!!! 1000x better than the old ones!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_5844wt_939
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Someone else on here ran into the same issue when they were doing a HID conversion, I believe he ended up using longer screws rather than letting it sit flush on its mounting surface.
i ended up geting longer screws for mine.. it was better in the end. i got more lighting out of it.. i might have a pic of the screws..
the one on the right is what i used.. (sry bad pic )
edit: can you post some pics of this set up? i want to see how these look
Last edited by aj6; Jun 19, 2010 at 09:47 AM.
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hmm.. ok ill get longer screws! and u can see all the pics in my build thread, last page (my signature) now, for wiring the extra parking lights...
but no 1 knows which wires are the parking lights not signal??
i have angel eyes in my houseings and i wanted to have them on with my parkings...
i think i have a pic of that to..
the green makes it blink.. i think
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Year: 1998
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Hey I like your lights and am interested in getting some but I have a little concern. You mention they put in a turn/park light directly in the headlight assembly?? I cant see it in the pics so its hard to tell. I have a 98 just the same so I want to see how it works out for you before I buy anything. Thanks and good luck with your install.
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yes its very much worth it!!! do ya need a link? but the light inside is sealed really well with a rubber gasket type thing so its good!
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I meant to ask , is the signal light IN the headlight assembly?? Anyways looks really good and as I'm sure you already know the stock lights suck. Did you have any luck getting them to fit correctly? What did you end up doing?


