DIY: OEM JDM HID Headlight Conversion

[govtec]

Originally Posted by enviri

lol woops.

1) ebay or amazon.
2) extension? i dont remember? lol
3) ground is definately parking light.

2 unused plugs...i have to check again, only unused plugs i have are parking light plug on each side if i remember right...which i believe is that brown connector on your third pic.

1) I don't think we're talking the same thing. Look at pic # 4 of post # 20. The t10/194 plug does not look anything like pic # 4 which has Toyota specific plug housing.

[enviri]

should be parking light connection, connected to that free brown female plug. the 194/t10 male connects to that.

[govtec]

Your video's showed the brown one was unplugged. I'm looking for this 2 prong male grey plug that I see was spliced to the 4 prong plug as well as the the ground wire.

See pic of what I'm referring to...

[enviri]

its the other one of the 2 t10 connectors for the stock headlight...the side marker light.

[govtec]

Pic # 1 below show's how the 2 ends of my 194/t10 parking light extension cable that I ordered. Is this the right one?

Pic # 2 shows the 2 plugs that I have left to use and none of them will fit 194/t10 cable from pic # 1.

[enviri]

yeah both of those unused plugs are for parklight bulbs. i used the one to the right, the brown one i use as a hood lamp.



i assume you still have this? it may still be connected to your headlight, next to your winker bulb.

[govtec]

I see what you did. I'll have to wait until the weekend since the headlights are at my parents house.

Do I cut-off the other end of 3 so I can splice the wires to the 4 prong and parking light? Thanks

[enviri]

splice away.

[govtec]

Enviri - Need your help urgently while I'm doing the installation...So far I've installed one side of the JDM HID lights on the passenger side and after I've plugged everything in, the parking light is constantly on without the keys in the ignition. Even after I start the car, the low beam and the rest of the lights do not come on in the JDM HID headlights while my US headlight on the driver side functions normally. What am I missing?

[govtec]

On post # 31 you had mentioned something about an extra ground going from the green/black parking light wire to the chassis...After I spliced the extension parking light wire, I connected one of the wires to the black parking light wire in the headlight housing. Is this what you meant by post # 31? Or is there another step I'm missing. I'll get to my parents house later this afternoon and I'll check all the wires and plugs again just to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Thanks

[govtec]

I'm ordering another pair of T10 and H4 plugs because the ones I got are of bad quality. I also blew out the tail light and passenger low beam fuse.

[enviri]

something tells me that there is definately a crossed wire somewhere, grounded to the chassis or not. CTScott recommended we grounded the parking light to chassis for safety reasons.

[liger_zero9999]

Following this, currently have a set of headlights & ballasts on their way from Japan. This thread has been a huge help in understanding what the hell i need to do to make this work :)

[govtec]

Update...I finally received the relay wiring harness that fredovvti had suggested I use to solve the power issue for the JDM headlight. I ordered it from Amazon...https://www.amazon.com/LIGHTING-Cera...op_mb_pd_title. After I finished with the installation and drove home from my parents house, the low beam (hid bulbs) would flicker when I start the ignition and the switch stalk is turned off and the blue high beam CEL would come on the dashboard. The light would continue to flicker when I turn on the parking light with the first turn on the light switch stalk. When I turn on the low beam, the flickering stops and I get a solid beam. The same holds true for the high beam as well when I push the light switch back.

Any idea where I should look?...I grounded both the H4 relay harness and Parking Light on the passenger side to the chassis located on front near the radiator. I grounded the Parking Light and H4 relay harness on a factory ground bolt near the air intake duct on the driver side.

Check out the pics as well as the video of the lights flickering.

Any suggestion on where to look or alternative grounding location is appreciated.

Thanks

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1E9...pMG96lJhJfjb1c

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KC...3i2HiLmm8gEMm4

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Md...HXMxClRw_NOuYp

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jG...t9kXnwhQu4yVql

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B6...OdjsJRlmW88baY

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AK...IjaiTMbxVytDzX

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zV...Li9mlopeuabTtd

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oh...QhNkrBYHgKSSCU

[govtec]

Problem solved!...I disabled the DRL and the rest of the lights no longer flickers!

[govtec]

Don't forget to pull your DRL relay in post #62 so your lights don't flicker.

[DeeBee]

Originally Posted by govtec

Don't forget to pull your DRL relay in post #62 so your lights don't flicker.

Thank you for the reminder

We don't have DRL on the '06 here in Australia so that won't be an issue for me.

[DeeBee]

Oh how I envy all of you that have these lights working.

I'm so close yet it feels so far off.... I hope to get this issue resolved and have the ability to see clearly in the dark.