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How to wire head lights? - 6/16/2008 4:19:18 PM    michael   Posts: 8 Joined: 6/15/2008 Status: offline Ihave a problem! I have a 86 ss clone. It was 86 ls and had halogen lamps and changing over to the old school lamp. How do I match the wire?  help soon please    thank you! Post #: 1

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/16/2008 5:27:22 PM    mickey Posts: 4804 Joined: 4/23/2005 Status: offline 2 ways, 1. get the proper harness from a donnar car, 2. go to a auto parts store and get the correct colors for the wires and then wire them the way needed to make them work correctly _____________________________ (in reply to michael) Post #: 2

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 2:47:04 AM    michael   Posts: 8 Joined: 6/15/2008 Status: offline ok but what color goes to what? the donnar car has differnt colors. test them with a meter and get two diff. power readings? what one is the hot wire?      thank you! (in reply to mickey) Post #: 3

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 4:34:56 PM    mickey Posts: 4804 Joined: 4/23/2005 Status: offline take a test light and plug it in to the harness at the socket. plug the ground clamp to a ground. now turn on the lights. most of the time you have a hot,ground,high beams. park lights. _____________________________ (in reply to michael) Post #: 4

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 4:36:16 PM    mickey Posts: 4804 Joined: 4/23/2005 Status: offline trun on the park lights and find them . one click on the switch should turn just the parks on. do the same for high beams and regular beams. as you go write do the colors that turn on the light. _____________________________ (in reply to michael) Post #: 5

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 4:38:00 PM    mickey Posts: 4804 Joined: 4/23/2005 Status: offline once you figure out the hot wire take a test light with a fuse in line on it. plug one lead in tot eh wires that dont turn on a light and the others in to the ones that did and mark those down agian and the position of the switch. this will let you know what ground is and the right hot wire for what _____________________________ (in reply to mickey) Post #: 6

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 4:39:40 PM    mickey Posts: 4804 Joined: 4/23/2005 Status: offline sorry for the several post but it wont allow me more then one line or two at a time or i get a erro and it delets everythign on me.  your basicaly fishing them out unless you can get a manual for both cars with a wire diogram in them then you could trace it that way and wire the right colors to the car you want from the donr cars harness _____________________________ (in reply to mickey) Post #: 7

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 4:53:21 PM    michael   Posts: 8 Joined: 6/15/2008 Status: offline thank i''ll go try that out. You be lot of help! thank You again. (in reply to mickey) Post #: 8

RE: How to wire head lights? - 6/17/2008 5:54:02 PM    mickey Posts: 4804 Joined: 4/23/2005 Status: offline well if ya want bring it to the house and ill help ya out LMAO!!!!! _____________________________ (in reply to michael) Post #: 9

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