Headlight rewiring

[Camon19z]

i need some help rewiring my headlight, i did an 00-01 conversion and when i hit the high beam the low beam goes out, can i stop that cuz now i have HIDS and i know its not good for my ballast, so how can i rewire it to 00-01 high/low beam specs, any info will be greatly appreciated. thankx

[DarkMastyr]

Use a diode. Look up on how to use one on google if you're not familiar with how the wiring is supposed to look like.

[Camon19z]

ok im confused, I now have a seperate low beam and a seperate high beam i wired it to work as the 99's did when u hit the high beam the low beam went off cuz it was a H4 socket 2 filament bulb, but now that it is two seperate bulbs it is still behaving as it is one bulb, how do i get the low beam to stay on when i hit the high beam. im sorry i cudnt find any good diode info if u have a link i wud really appreciate it thankx

[DarkMastyr]

from http://faqlight.carpassion.info/headlamp-harness.html

My HID bulbs turns off when I am using my high beams

Most halogen headlights (not only dual filaments) are designed to turn off low beams when high beams are turned on. This is more of a engine overheating precautionary thing from the manufacturers than a result of a lighting law cotaining of too bright total headlamps.
In theory, using a diode from each of the high and low beam harness in series to trig relay so that low beams gets power even if low beams turn off will prevent this. It works great if you have halogen low beams, but not for HID low beam system. The downside is that if you are driving during the day with your HID low beams off, and do a couple of flashes with your high beam, you will notice that your HID system will be working like crazy. Startup time for HID system is up to 10 seconds, so flashing like this will only decrease life of your HID bulbs.

What a diode is:



Wiring diagram including a diode:

[Camon19z]

oh god all this technical talk i dunno how to read that chart not to sound stupid but the diote goes to a relay?

[DarkMastyr]

Just wire a diode in line with the positive wire of your low beam.

[Camon19z]

oh ok thanks alot