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Old 05-22-2009, 07:29 AM
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yes. get a multimeter and see which wire is hot when the parking lights are turned on, that's the one you want to connect to.

don't just splice it in, use some sort of quick connect in case you ever want to take the lights out again.

where did you get your kit? from unique?

where's the pics?
 
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Originally Posted by xfeejayx
yes. get a multimeter and see which wire is hot when the parking lights are turned on, that's the one you want to connect to.

don't just splice it in, use some sort of quick connect in case you ever want to take the lights out again.

where did you get your kit? from unique?

where's the pics?
yeah i got it from unique, i talked to chad and he said the power wire is red and black is ground he also said i can attached the red wire to a running headlight which i still don't understand because there are 3 small wires going into each of the two parking lights on each side of the truck..so which wire to i attach this red wire to?...the truck is at my friends house right now since we began doing this and it took up a lot of time so i just left it there overnight,
 

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im trying to hook up the halos to the parking lights and there are three wires in each parking light does anyone know which color wire is the HOT wire?
 
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i wired my trans gauge to the orange/brown wire and it comes on with the parking or headlights
 
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im trying to hook up the halos to the parking lights and there are three wires in each parking light does anyone know which color wire is the HOT wire?
that's why i'm tellin you to get a multimeter/voltmeter. turn the light on and poke the wires.
 
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there are so many wires with this thing we just called it quits and put the stocks back on...most confusing thing i've ever attempted to do in my entire life. No shops around town will install them so i don't have a f****** clue what to do now.
 
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that's why i'm tellin you to get a multimeter/voltmeter. turn the light on and poke the wires.
2x.....theres no easier way than that.
 
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You should be able to just run the red wire from the HID's into a live wire coming off the running lights (the amber lights). Should be a red wire coming off those amber lights that you would just clmap into. Go to walmart and get a quick for like a 14-16 gauge wire, clamp it on the power wire (should be red) off the running lights and then when you turn your running lights on (clicking the round switch inside your truck 1 click clockwise), this should power the halos.... Hope that helps. It's pretty simple. Bolt the ground up anywhere.
 
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i am going to take pictures of what we do and do not know from the hid kit give me one min..
 
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I have halos. The red wire connects to the parking lights. The black wire is the ground, as you already know.
 


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