gon4lo

I used the write up from here http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoHeadlightLoom.htm. Gave me about 65% more light over what I had. But as You may have noticed in a new post I made I due have on slight issue I need to work out. But other than that I am extremely glad I did this.

CPLSeraphim

Finally got my harness in... ordered Feb 21st, recieved march 16th... now to put her in...

cruiser54

Are you done yet? Night time is approaching.

CPLSeraphim

nah... i have to wait til sunday to get her in... between me and the "wifes" oppisite work schedule, and our 1 year old son, I got to wait til we are both home and not sleeping to do that... lol. I am excited, though, to get her done.

Biggest fear upon installation? my fan has no shroud, and my winch cable got nicked that way... lol.

cruiser54

Okay, you're off the hook. Need instructions to git r done?

CPLSeraphim

probably will, although i am sure when it comes time to do it, I can use the search function to find it... lol.

But cruiser, if you can point me in that direction now, since we are talking about it, I won't not look at it... lol.

94xjse99xjsport

Does anybody know if the harness will work with the factory fog lights? I put the harness on my 99 and the only way to make the new system work is to take out the fog light relay. I didn't know if this was common or if i have something else wrong?

cruiser54

Cruiser’s Headlight Upgrade Harness Instructions
　
　
Absolutely plug and play. Remove grille and headlamp bulbs. I fed my harnesses from the passenger side starting between the battery and the back of the headlamp housing, over to the driver side. Plug the driver side bulb into the new harness. Attach the new harness's ground wire under one of the small bolts on the radiator support after scraping the paint off under it. Attach the harness to the existing harness behind the grille working toward the passenger side. . Plug the new harness plug into passenger headlamp. Plug original headlamp plug into receptacle on new harness. Attach the ground for the passenger side just like you did the driver side under a radiator support bolt. Attach relays with provided bracket on the passenger side inner fender. Connect power wires to battery.

cruiser54

There are issues with that but they are solvable. Once you get good headlights, you won't care about your foglights anyway. Is it foggy where you live?

cruiser54

Hey, fill out your profile so we know where you're from, about your Jeep etc.

trakr

My foglamps dont work but I did the mod this way anyway just to make sure there are no problems, I dont know if the foglamps will still work, as I stated mine didnt work anyway, but I dont see why they wouldnt after the "fix" because its doing the same thing, only wired to your new plug......
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost....24&postcount=4

To answer the OP, YES, its worth it!

cruiser54

Are you done yet?

CPLSeraphim

Jeesh, cruiser... lol. I'll be getting her done today. It's definatley pretty straight forward. Now to figure out if i need a bigger bolt in the battery... Lightbar and winch cables already there... its getting crowded. lol.

And, If I am not mistaken, shouldn't the fog lights work just fine, considering you are only messing with the headlight harness at such a point where it affects absolutely nothing else? I was confused on why that was asked...

cruiser54

I think foglights work fine on our rigs along with the harness. It only becomes an issue on the later models, and even then, there's a workaround that can be easily done.

Hook the leads up at the starter relay instead of the battery?

CPLSeraphim

Done. Going to see how she looks when it gets darker. I also changed my headlights while i was at it to some newer and nicer lights... we shall see... Honestly, it is clearly brighter, even in the daylight. And piece of cake to install.