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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 10:32 PM
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need help with headlights

i bought these black dimond cut headlights that take the h4 bulb i think they arnt that bright i want them bright i like the looks of them wondering how i can make them brighter and wondering how to make the hi beams connector a three prong i have the adapter it has three wires and the highs have two. i want to put hids in also. need help i want them to be the bright as possible
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 10:42 PM
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Re: need help with headlights

There are H4 HID kits out there for under $100 that work great! Be sure to get the kits with dual ballasts/ igniters. Electrical is pretty easy to figure out with a voltmeter. Ground, Low beam 12V and High beam 12V.. three wires three purposes. Some systems use grounding straps from the housing to the frame or other mounting framework that is steel and only have two wires that will most likely carry 12V depending on the position of the headlight switch. HID's will rock in those enclosures!
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 10:46 PM
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the camaro's have the the lows that r three wires and the highs that are two but my lights that r in them the bulbs all have three prongs the lights came with this three prong piece but it has three wires and the highs only have two wires dont know witch wires to hook up
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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puting a HID kit on those housings is not gonna help you see any better and it gonna blind the crap out of everyone else on the road. HID bulbs need housings with real projectors and cutoffs to focus the light on the road and not blast it off into the trees.

That being said....generally those ebay lights come with the crappiest h4 bulbs you can buy. get a decent set of h4 bulbs and they will look a lot better.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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part of your low light output is the black housings, when I have looked at them it states that the light out put is significantly less that clear.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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what head lights that r blackout and that are good for the camaro
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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none, its the black out part that makes the light output less.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 12:16 AM
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how can i change my high beams so they are three prong for the h4 conversion right now my driver high beam has two blacks going to one and a green to the other one out of the two and the passenger side has one black and forget the color assuming its green
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 02:46 AM
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You need to look up the wiring diagram for that bulb. If it's an H4 bulb (the Hella inner high-beam housings take an H1 bulb which has two wires) then the wiring will be the same as the H4s in the outer housings.
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