I have a 1999 Silverado and just took advantage of the hidextra black friday sale got Hi beams and Low Beams can I still just ground out the negative wire on the drivers side light and achieve the 4hi mod or is there another way I have to do it?
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I have a 1999 Silverado and just took advantage of the hidextra black friday sale got Hi beams and Low Beams can I still just ground out the negative wire on the drivers side light and achieve the 4hi mod or is there another way I have to do it?
You can either use a diode at the relay.... or add a 2nd relay.
I chose the second method (I'm not a big fan of relays)...basically you use the ground wire of the brights to ground the low beams. That way...lows work like normal, when you put on brights, all 4 come on. There should be a sticky about it, if not do a search, I know I put a wiring diagram up last year at some point. I can go outside and look at the wires if you really need me to.
If you could hook me up with a diagram that would rock. I have tried searching no luck. Everyone I see just grounds straight to the truck.
Yep I read that thread post number 20 confirms I just ground the light out to the truck. I just didn't know if it was different with Hids. Thanks
Just ground it upstream of the ballast.
can't use a diode on a 99 - there's only 1 relay. do the ground method. takes all of a few minutes. i don't know why you got HID highs, though. unless you're gonna always have them on long enough for them to fully warm up all the time, the bulbs are gonna have a shortened life switching back & forth that much
:rolly:This. Had highs in my OBS and never even used them because my lows were so bright. That, and switching to highs on a dark ass road at night with HIDs=:rolly:Quote:
Originally Posted by zebra
That's why the high 4 mod is so good if you have hid highs. You get the low all the time and then when the high is fully warm you see for miles.Quote:
Originally Posted by bartjo06
It is nice, people in oncoming traffic do NOT like it when I run my lows and fogs. Some guy on the interstate got atomic pissed off at me the other night when I came up behind him with just the lows on, don't know what he wanted me to do :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by bangbangskeetskeet
Well everything is all done and wired up. Works perfect and can see alot better. The lights really don't take too long to warm up. Well worth my $60
he wanted you to aim your headlights down a bit if you ain't gonna use a projector. i've got a lot of light coming off the front of my truck, too, but it's set up to not kill people in front of me. i even swapped vehicles & had them follow me in my truck so i could make sure i wasn't killing people.Quote:
Originally Posted by bartjo06
Then you aren't getting the optimum distance on your headlights. I dont give a rats ass if I blind people. That is their problem, not mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by zebra
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by pl4yboy
I say screw em.
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Originally Posted by pl4yboy
well i've got projectors now, so i see plenty far. hitting signs at over 1.25mi out with my highs on.Quote:
Originally Posted by bangbangskeetskeet
ps - that's alright... i'll remember to drift into the oncoming 6hi HIDs next time instead of the ditch because all i could see was white spots & solid black. thanks
Go ahead and drift into it. It's your life, not mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by zebra