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Wiring Angel Eyes / Halo Lights
So I have some Morimoto xbALed Angel Eyes on order from The Retrofit Source, I took advantage of their 4th of July sale.
They offer a corner/marker light harness. but since our 4Runners use the DRL's as turn signals I don't think I can use this harness since it will make my Angel Eyes blink like a turn signal which isn't really what I'm going for.
that's correct right? is there a way to tap into the DRL and not have the angel eyes blink but only the amber bulb blinks.
any tips, advice or suggestions are welcome.
I'm thinking the best solution is to just wire them up to the ignition with a switch somewhere and then wither manually disable the DRL on the amber bulb or get Toyota to disable DRL with their scantool.
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07-09-2013, 12:32 PM
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So I have some Morimoto xbALed Angel Eyes on order from The Retrofit Source, I took advantage of their 4th of July sale.
They offer a corner/marker light harness. but since our 4Runners use the DRL's as turn signals I don't think I can use this harness since it will make my Angel Eyes blink like a turn signal which isn't really what I'm going for.
that's correct right? is there a way to tap into the DRL and not have the angel eyes blink but only the amber bulb blinks.
any tips, advice or suggestions are welcome.
I'm thinking the best solution is to just wire them up to the ignition with a switch somewhere and then wither manually disable the DRL on the amber bulb or get Toyota to disable DRL with their scantool.
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Are there three wires running to the DRL? One + constant, one -, and one from a flasher relay?
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07-09-2013, 12:48 PM
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Are there three wires running to the DRL? One + constant, one -, and one from a flasher relay?
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Just went to look and there is a white wire with a black stripe and a red wire going into the back of the bulb.
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07-09-2013, 12:49 PM
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Just went to look and there is a white wire with a black stripe and a red wire going into the back of the bulb.
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I always assumed there would be three. Try cutting each one and seeing what happens.
Not sure how the reverse polarity works with the turn signals too. Maybe be - that is switched. Try tracing the wires to a flasher relay too? then you could tap in before it
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07-09-2013, 01:43 PM
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I always assumed there would be three. Try cutting each one and seeing what happens.
Not sure how the reverse polarity works with the turn signals too. Maybe be - that is switched. Try tracing the wires to a flasher relay too? then you could tap in before it
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Yeah, I'll have to take a closer look once I have the headlights out, I might just keep it simple and wire them to the ignition then just disable the DRL function.
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The DRL's are dual filament so they're tied to a relay, I would try and tap off either the headlight or foglight, or just run off the ignition like you mentioned in your original post
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07-09-2013, 02:44 PM
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I have my halos wired to the parking lights fwiw.
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I have my halos wired to the parking lights fwiw.
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So I've heard a bunch of names for lights.
in the factory headlight housing, there is the low beam, high beam, and signal/DRL bulb in the upper corner, is there one more in there?
which lights are the "parking lights"? if tapping into the parking lights do the halos just turn on with the ignition?
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07-09-2013, 06:21 PM
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There are markers, they are under the dtrl/signal . they are on when the headlights are on or if you just turn on the markers
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07-09-2013, 06:25 PM
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There are markers, they are under the dtrl/signal . they are on when the headlights are on or if you just turn on the markers
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ya this
headlight switch goes "off" "parking" "on" "auto"
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The running light and signals are 2 different bulbs.
You can tap into the running light setup and pull the bulb out and it will work the same with out having the light on and can return it to factory later.
Did this so I only had running light on my SW bumper.
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i think havinf fun said it all.....i ordered the blacked out halos projector drop in kit....i intend to wire the halos the way the poster above described..
remove the drl bulbs/cut off power going to them...and then feed the angel eyes with the cable/power from the drls.....should be a piece of cake...the real pita would be removing the headlights assy!!!
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i think havinf fun said it all.....i ordered the blacked out halos projector drop in kit....i intend to wire the halos the way the poster above described..
remove the drl bulbs/cut off power going to them...and then feed the angel eyes with the cable/power from the drls.....should be a piece of cake...the real pita would be removing the headlights assy!!!
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Reach through the fender liner for the tricky bolt, it makes it really easy.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
So I have some Morimoto xbALed Angel Eyes on order from The Retrofit Source, I took advantage of their 4th of July sale.
They offer a corner/marker light harness. but since our 4Runners use the DRL's as turn signals I don't think I can use this harness since it will make my Angel Eyes blink like a turn signal which isn't really what I'm going for.
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how did you finally resolve this issue..my drop in kit has arrived, i now understand the issue you had then..the drls act as turning signals in my 05...so cutting off power to them isnt an option as i would be left without a turn signal!
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how did you finally resolve this issue..my drop in kit has arrived, i now understand the issue you had then..the drls act as turning signals in my 05...so cutting off power to them isnt an option as i would be left without a turn signal!
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I wired mine to the parking lights on my 03
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