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Originally Posted by aemravan
Hey guys, here is my question regarding headlights:
I have a 2013 FRS I am restoring. I purchased a 2013 Series 10 front clip (without knowing it) and was pleasantly surprised to have it with perfect condition lights. I am installing these on the 2013 car (along with the foglights) and have already repinned the 6/8 pin connectors. The headlights work, the DRL turns on the led strips, and headlights turn on as they should ( I think?). I have seen multiple threads mention tapping the #6 white wire into the green resistor box wire.. when this is done, am I just literally running a wire between the resistor box to the pin 6 wire? Do I need to splice it in or do I need to remove to original source for ths pin and feed in just the green resistor box wire?
Also, I see that there is also a 3-pin triangular connector on the back of the light.. what is this plug supposed to do? i can't seem to find it anywhere online.
Ideally, I think I want the led running light to turn OFF when the headlights are on and only be on when the DRL's are on, is this resistor box green wire supposed to accomplish this? Or do I need to set up a relay to get this accomplished?
I think for the foglights I am all set, I just need to get the factory switch and get those wired in separately.
Thanks for any help in advance.
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Remove the DRL resistor all together and just splice into the green power wire. Run directly to DRL+ pin on the headlight. This is the easy way out. However, your High Beam Deflector will always be triggered during DRL mode.
The better way is to splice into HiBeam Power upstream of the headlight into the DRL+ pin. You can read about it here:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135275
In both cases, you should have one unused wire (Parking Power).
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The 3 pin connector is for the HID leveler.