Thread: headlight wiring?

how does the shutter work?

Is it a digital pulse signal (servo) or just a "if wire is high, then be open, else be shut"?

When ever 12v power and ground are applied it activates the shutter. other wise its shut with no power

Corey

sounds like you can do this with a couple of relays... if you explain how you want it to work, i'll see what I can do.

ex: HID on, High Beams on, Shutter activated
HID on, High Beams off, Shutter deactivated

zx2fast, have you looked for some other forums on this? Not that the guys here who take highly complex computer systems and install them in harsh mobile enviroments dont know what there talking about... but just like this place is the authority on installing pc's in your car, there are places that cater to your need of headlight modification. Especially HID's. Try hidplanet.com. Great forum with lots of help. The main problem with your question is that you are trying to utilize your stock headlight wires to run your hids. Hids dont operate like normal headlights and pull alot more power. You should upgrade your wiring and install relays to control your new power hungry set up. Without a schematic (sp?) of your headlights, I dont want to guess how to wire it. I do suggest however that since you are using bi-xenon projectors, that you remove you old halogen high beam bulbs and forget all about them. They are like holding a candle in front of a flash light to get more light to see with...

Originally Posted by redls1bird

zx2fast, have you looked for some other forums on this? Not that the guys here who take highly complex computer systems and install them in harsh mobile enviroments dont know what there talking about... but just like this place is the authority on installing pc's in your car, there are places that cater to your need of headlight modification. Especially HID's. Try hidplanet.com. Great forum with lots of help. The main problem with your question is that you are trying to utilize your stock headlight wires to run your hids. Hids dont operate like normal headlights and pull alot more power. You should upgrade your wiring and install relays to control your new power hungry set up. Without a schematic (sp?) of your headlights, I dont want to guess how to wire it. I do suggest however that since you are using bi-xenon projectors, that you remove you old halogen high beam bulbs and forget all about them. They are like holding a candle in front of a flash light to get more light to see with...

I understand where your coming from, I just didn't know where else to look so I took a shot here, and yes I am gettting rid of my halogens, that was the plan. And I was also going to upgrade the wiring to handle the power usage. I'll check out hidplanet. Thanks for the help

Originally Posted by Cutrara

sounds like you can do this with a couple of relays... if you explain how you want it to work, i'll see what I can do.

ex: HID on, High Beams on, Shutter activated
HID on, High Beams off, Shutter deactivated

Thats exactly how I need it to work, but with out the stock halegon lighting, just HIDs.

Thanks
Corey

Originally Posted by ZX2fst

Thats exactly how I need it to work, but with out the stock halegon lighting, just HIDs.

Thanks
Corey

So what is the question. Remove the Halogans, install HIDs. Done.

Michael

Definitely look through the university at hidplanet. But for the simple answer use a diode across the low beam and high beam trigger wires, with the line facing the low beam side.

Originally Posted by Wiredwrx

So what is the question. Remove the Halogans, install HIDs. Done.

Michael

I'm removing the halogans, custom installing Bi-Xenon HID projectors, the ones that have a shutter inside the projector housing. and then figuring out a way to wire them up