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Old 03-08-2012 | 07:31 PM
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When I make my harness how should I go about the ground wires? Can I run a ground from the right headlight socket going into the left socket and then going to a grounding post near the battery? Then run a ground from 1 relay to the other and then to the same grounding post? Should I just use 4 seperate ground wires to the same post? The painless wiring harness only uses 1 ground wire, not sure how they wire it up though. I don't like the Putco harness which has ground wires connecting near the headlight sockets.
Old 03-08-2012 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by lathode
When I make my harness how should I go about the ground wires? Can I run a ground from the right headlight socket going into the left socket and then going to a grounding post near the battery? Then run a ground from 1 relay to the other and then to the same grounding post? Should I just use 4 seperate ground wires to the same post? The painless wiring harness only uses 1 ground wire, not sure how they wire it up though. I don't like the Putco harness which has ground wires connecting near the headlight sockets.
One ground for each is fine, but separate grounds make any problems later on easier to diagnose...
Old 03-09-2012 | 12:39 PM
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Got my lights and harness in last night man what a difference 100% better ill post up pictures later on my phone at the moment.... On a side note if I ever do this again I think ill make the harness. plug and play was nice but it seems to be a super simple harness
Old 03-24-2012 | 08:58 AM
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I finally got around to driving up the moutain an taking pic of my Headlights in the dark with out any other lights around for a few miles in either direction !

Lights used Autopal 200mm Euro's W/ Included bulbs & Putco H4 harness

Sorry for the quality they were taken from the drivers seat with my XJ using my cell phone

LOW BEAM:



HIGH BEAM:

Old 03-24-2012 | 09:00 AM
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Looks good. Have you adjusted them yet?
Old 03-24-2012 | 09:51 AM
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Looks good. Have you adjusted them yet?
I have adjusted them some, But I need to adjust them up a little more
Old 03-24-2012 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom95YJ
I have adjusted them some, But I need to adjust them up a little more
Loks like they need to go up a skosh and maybe to the right a bit?
Old 03-24-2012 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Loks like they need to go up a skosh and maybe to the right a bit?
Yea the left headlight is slightly to the left
Old 03-24-2012 | 10:19 AM
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Amazing that I could see that in SLC all the way from Prescott, Arizona, huh? LOL. The photos aren't that bad BTW.
Old 03-24-2012 | 06:26 PM
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Always glad to see another happy individual who does the H4 conversion with harness. Looks good man!
Old 08-07-2012 | 05:26 PM
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so I've been looking around for these amazing E-code lights everyone has been raving about. The only ones that I have found are for offroad use only, and are 100+ per pair. At that price I could just do a morimoto projector for 130 and get much greater cutoff. anyone know where to get the autopals? I looked on amazon and eBay...nothing! the closest thing that I have found is Euro conversion, or Euro diamond crystal. are the euro conversions the same a E-codes, or did they stop selling E-codes?
Old 08-07-2012 | 05:39 PM
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Links to buy them have been posted many times...
Old 08-07-2012 | 07:12 PM
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Is this easy enough for you or should I shop around for the best price, too?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200mm-H6054-...item4cf8f40eb7

http://www.eautoworks.com/Putco-H4--...s-PRD7540.aspx
Old 08-08-2012 | 06:27 PM
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Sorry about that, everyone was stating that i needed E-codes, and all the links took me to "Euro Conversion" I thought that being in a forum i could prevent from buying the wrong thing and make sure these were the Ecodes. sorry to annoy you. thanks for the links.
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Originally Posted by Cap'in_swatkins
Sorry about that, everyone was stating that i needed E-codes, and all the links took me to "Euro Conversion" I thought that being in a forum i could prevent from buying the wrong thing and make sure these were the Ecodes. sorry to annoy you. thanks for the links.
Geez, just kidding with you.


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