x5carl3tMurd3rx
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ok so i finally got around to replacing my ccfl parking light and I took some pics so I can finally deliver the write-up I promised.
I used CCFL tubes from oznium.com clicky. your going to need to order one 12" white CCFL kit and one extra transformer. This is all shipped to your door for like $17 so its a pretty cheap mod.
ok these are all the tools I used.
-heat gun
-soldering iron w/solder
-heat shrink wrap
-wire cutter/stripper
-screw driver
First thing you wanna do is open up your head light. directions to do so here.
once the headlight is open remove the two screw that hold the reflector bucket to the lense.then separate the headlight and remove the amber strips
next you need to get your CCFL tube ready for install. First wrap some electrical tape around the end of the tube where the cord comes out in order to keep the cord from being pulled out.
which I think may be the reason my first tube ended up like this.
and compared to the new tube.
next tape the cord to one of the flat sides of the end of the tube facing back towards the center of the tube.
next slide the taped end under the front of the "black housing" on the high beam side where your amber strip used to be. Slide it under enough that the other end of the tube clears the other end of the reflector opening.
Then slide the other end under enough that both sides are about equally under the "blackhousing".
Next bolt your reflector bucket back to the lens. You can put some 3m tape on the tube to secure it if you'd like but mine was plenty tight once I tightened the reflector bucket down. (That may not be the case for you as I have the lenses from my old ebay projectors instead of the stock stanly lenses.)
then you wanna tape the wire's to the back of the reflector bucket to keep them from pulling on the tube if you move the wires.
After that you seal your headlights back up, and then put some tape on the wire out side of the back of the housing both to cover the hole and keep the wire from falling inside the headlight.
For the wiring take the bulb holder that held your old parking light bulbs and cut it off. the passanger side has two power wires for some reason and the driver's side has one. (sorry no pictures of this part since I already cut my bulb holders off a while ago)
Nest take your the red wire from your CCFL kit and wire it to the red wire that was hooked to the bulb holder.
(mine has an extra wire cause I also have the power to my fog lights wired into my parking lights)
once you solder those two wires together seal them up with your shrink wrap.
repeat this for your ground (black) wire so that your wiring looks like this.
thats about it, everything else is plug and play.
daytime shot
night shot
night shot with 5k hid
The new CCFL's installed.
with my 5k HID and nokya yellow high beams
I used CCFL tubes from oznium.com clicky. your going to need to order one 12" white CCFL kit and one extra transformer. This is all shipped to your door for like $17 so its a pretty cheap mod.
ok these are all the tools I used.
-heat gun
-soldering iron w/solder
-heat shrink wrap
-wire cutter/stripper
-screw driver
First thing you wanna do is open up your head light. directions to do so here.
once the headlight is open remove the two screw that hold the reflector bucket to the lense.then separate the headlight and remove the amber strips
next you need to get your CCFL tube ready for install. First wrap some electrical tape around the end of the tube where the cord comes out in order to keep the cord from being pulled out.
which I think may be the reason my first tube ended up like this.
and compared to the new tube.
next tape the cord to one of the flat sides of the end of the tube facing back towards the center of the tube.
next slide the taped end under the front of the "black housing" on the high beam side where your amber strip used to be. Slide it under enough that the other end of the tube clears the other end of the reflector opening.
Then slide the other end under enough that both sides are about equally under the "blackhousing".
Next bolt your reflector bucket back to the lens. You can put some 3m tape on the tube to secure it if you'd like but mine was plenty tight once I tightened the reflector bucket down. (That may not be the case for you as I have the lenses from my old ebay projectors instead of the stock stanly lenses.)
then you wanna tape the wire's to the back of the reflector bucket to keep them from pulling on the tube if you move the wires.
After that you seal your headlights back up, and then put some tape on the wire out side of the back of the housing both to cover the hole and keep the wire from falling inside the headlight.
For the wiring take the bulb holder that held your old parking light bulbs and cut it off. the passanger side has two power wires for some reason and the driver's side has one. (sorry no pictures of this part since I already cut my bulb holders off a while ago)
Nest take your the red wire from your CCFL kit and wire it to the red wire that was hooked to the bulb holder.
(mine has an extra wire cause I also have the power to my fog lights wired into my parking lights)
once you solder those two wires together seal them up with your shrink wrap.
repeat this for your ground (black) wire so that your wiring looks like this.
thats about it, everything else is plug and play.
daytime shot
night shot
night shot with 5k hid
The new CCFL's installed.
with my 5k HID and nokya yellow high beams
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