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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Does anyone on here use the rampage headlights from Quadratech? If so do you like them and do you have to upgrade the headlight wiring?
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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Does anyone on here use the rampage headlights from Quadratech? If so do you like them and do you have to upgrade the headlight wiring?
i just got mine the other day. you don't have to use the harness upgrade but i am going to because its better for the switch and makes them brighter. i'm waiting on the harness then ill be putting them in. ill put pics up when i do
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:26 AM
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Can you buy the upgraded wiring harness? If yes where at
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:29 AM
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Can you buy the upgraded wiring harness? If yes where at
Amazon.com: Putco 230004HW Premium Automotive Lighting Wiring H4 100W Heavy Duty Harness and Relay: Automotive Amazon.com: Putco 230004HW Premium Automotive Lighting Wiring H4 100W Heavy Duty Harness and Relay: Automotive
heres one i got mine off ebay. its better because it draws power from the battery and actually has relays.
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Can you buy the upgraded wiring harness? If yes where at
Don't do a headlamp upgrade without it. JUST the harness will increase your stock headlamp intensity by about 30% BTW. It's best to do the harness now as it takes less time than changing the headlamp switch and it's connector after it has melted down some dark night.
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rampages and harness upgrade
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 01:37 AM
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Is the harness upgrade worth it
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Is the harness upgrade worth it
I would say yes it's easy to install and my lights are so clear and white.
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I might buy the conversion my head lights suck
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I might buy the conversion my head lights suck
mine were so bad I could barley see the lines when it would rain. now my headlights are brighter than any car I have ever driven.
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Thats how mine are now in the rain i got to use my KC lights
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Here's a place to get the harness. I got 3 of them from eautoworks. Easy to install. I got the last one installed in under 20 minutes.

http://www.eautoworks.com/Putco-H4--...s-PRD7540.aspx
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 10:09 AM
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Those lights look great.
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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The first lighting upgrade you should do is the wiring harness even if you planned on running sealed beam lights.

If you are going to be running any sort of upgraded lights then you are wasting money by under-powering them using the stock wiring and risking an electrical fire by drawing too much current through the stock headlight switch.

You can make your own http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoHeadlightLoom.htm

Or you can buy one: http://www.eautoworks.com/Putco-H4--...s-PRD7540.aspx

The eautoworks harnesses used to be quite cheap until everyone on this forum started recommending them and the price was raised accordingly.

You can pick them up for $29.99 here http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/csd/full.aspx?Page=48 part number 36-3580. It says it fits a chevy blazer but it's the same as the eautoworks harness and I'm running the LMC harness in my XJ.

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I have a set of cheap ebay housings (very similar to the rampage housings) with good bulbs and the eautoworks harness and i'll never go back to stock - 500x better light output over sealed beams

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