A couple lighting questions.
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A couple lighting questions.
First off I have some ebay projector headlights and they are just so damn dim. I need to know what bright headlights everybody is rockin. Second, how do you wire up auxillary lights? Im going to have 3 on my bumper and 2 on the rack. Both on different switches, but I was wondering do you run the wires straight to the battery or do you hook em up to the fuse box?
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# 1. Do a search on a heavy duty headlight harness...or a hid setup. There's lots of info on it, read up and decide what's best for you.
#2. it sounds like you've had very little electrical tinker time. Here's my main tip, search and read up on relays and proper wire gauge and circuit protection.
I'll help on a few starter links.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/help-lighting-36888/
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/aux...uestion-31190/
#2. it sounds like you've had very little electrical tinker time. Here's my main tip, search and read up on relays and proper wire gauge and circuit protection.
I'll help on a few starter links.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/help-lighting-36888/
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/aux...uestion-31190/
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First off I have some ebay projector headlights and they are just so damn dim. I need to know what bright headlights everybody is rockin. Second, how do you wire up auxillary lights? Im going to have 3 on my bumper and 2 on the rack. Both on different switches, but I was wondering do you run the wires straight to the battery or do you hook em up to the fuse box?
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Ok ive been looking into the headlights and I know everybody is against ebay HID kits btw its the most I can spend. My only problem is this, apparently they put too much strain on the factory harness but then I came across this post
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Originally Posted by CommanderXJ
You can't expect to run HIDs on the Jeep without upgrading the factory wiring.
HID's dont take power from the factory harness. you plug one end into the spot the headlights normally go (just to get the signal) and you run a power and ground to the battery from each ballast. it took me like 20 minutes total to install.
Ok so when I looked at all of the kits on ebay none of them looked like they had plugs that go to the battery. They just had the main harness plug and the plugs for the bulbs, so then what im wondering is what was the guy in the quoted post above talking about?
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Originally Posted by CommanderXJ
You can't expect to run HIDs on the Jeep without upgrading the factory wiring.
HID's dont take power from the factory harness. you plug one end into the spot the headlights normally go (just to get the signal) and you run a power and ground to the battery from each ballast. it took me like 20 minutes total to install.
Ok so when I looked at all of the kits on ebay none of them looked like they had plugs that go to the battery. They just had the main harness plug and the plugs for the bulbs, so then what im wondering is what was the guy in the quoted post above talking about?
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Ok ive been looking into the headlights and I know everybody is against ebay HID kits btw its the most I can spend. My only problem is this, apparently they put too much strain on the factory harness but then I came across this post
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Originally Posted by CommanderXJ
You can't expect to run HIDs on the Jeep without upgrading the factory wiring.
HID's dont take power from the factory harness. you plug one end into the spot the headlights normally go (just to get the signal) and you run a power and ground to the battery from each ballast. it took me like 20 minutes total to install.
Ok so when I looked at all of the kits on ebay none of them looked like they had plugs that go to the battery. They just had the main harness plug and the plugs for the bulbs, so then what im wondering is what was the guy in the quoted post above talking about?
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Originally Posted by CommanderXJ
You can't expect to run HIDs on the Jeep without upgrading the factory wiring.
HID's dont take power from the factory harness. you plug one end into the spot the headlights normally go (just to get the signal) and you run a power and ground to the battery from each ballast. it took me like 20 minutes total to install.
Ok so when I looked at all of the kits on ebay none of them looked like they had plugs that go to the battery. They just had the main harness plug and the plugs for the bulbs, so then what im wondering is what was the guy in the quoted post above talking about?
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Originally Posted by Omnipotent Octopus
First off I have some ebay projector headlights and they are just so damn dim. I need to know what bright headlights everybody is rockin. Second, how do you wire up auxillary lights? Im going to have 3 on my bumper and 2 on the rack. Both on different switches, but I was wondering do you run the wires straight to the battery or do you hook em up to the fuse box?
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I don't disagree with you its just that ive read reports of peoples factory harness burning up because of the HID's, but yeah I should be good to go then because my cherokee is the SE so I don't have that headlight delay fuse.
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What I still don't understand is where do you plug in the relay? If you plug it into where the factory harness goes on the ballast then how do your headlights get signal to turn on or off when you pull the headlight lever. Unless the ballast has a 3rd plugin that im not seeing?
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ONE MORE QUESTION! What are the blue bulbs in this picture? It has the high and low beam on one piece so what is the separate blue bulb in the bottom of the headlight?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-6...item2c5f976adb
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-6...item2c5f976adb