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Old 10-31-2010, 12:48 PM
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Just got these 6 LED driving lights for free.. May not be the best quality, but I tested them and they look good to me.

I wanted to wire them so they come on when the parking lights etc come on, I was thinking about wiring them into the parking light because I don't have a bulb there (I think the parking light is ugly).

Does anyone have any idea where else I could wire them or a diagram showing which wire is power for the parking light?

The car is also a 2001 for reference.
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I dont have it on me, but I suggest just bumping power directly from the harness behind the headlight. If you pull the front bumper off, which you will have to/should do for an install you'll be able to see the wire harness behind the headlights. get a t-tap (if you dont have electronics/soldering knowledge) and bump power from there. Any black wire is ground, the other should be red or green, thats +. LEDs are diodes so they only work one way. It should be really simple to wire them in.

Just as an afterthought, whats the wattage rating on them? If you're decently high you should change your parking lights to LEDs as well so the current draw isn't higher than the wiring is designed for!
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I have disabled my parking lights, the bulb is out of both of them because I hated the look.

I will have to check the wiring harness and see if I can pull anything from there.. I figured the parking light would be ideal because it's only two wires as far as I know.
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If you disabled the parking lights, and you dont want them back it should be really simple to get the LEDs wired in since you dont even have to worry about current draw from the parking lights. When you "disabled" them, I hope you just removed the lights from the sockets, so its still getting power. The LEDs wont fry if you give it reversed polarity (unlike HIDs) so just try it out and see if it comes on or not. T-taps are your friend, if you dont want to solder/heat shrink/electrical tape.
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Got it and they work. I like but hate them, they were free some I can't complain. Will update with pictures and somewhat of a how to since I couldn't find a recent one.
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