1st Gen Retrofit Walkthrough: Morimoto Mini H1

yeah it's a bit confusing. Another thing...when you have your hi beams on, the dash light will not come on. You can fix it by either plugging an OEM bulb into the passenger side plug and leave it in the engine bay or you can use some sort of resistors to mimic a bulb. I just left mine alone as I rarely use my high beams now anyway.

 

so I just got all my stuff,
about to start the adventure.

Assembling and deassembling the lights is not my worry, all those fucking cords get my confused. Power/3prong I know. Ballast is labeled, the ground (red wire) obvious, but the projector has a female.. 2 cords are attached to my projector, i assume I need to wire them up to additional male connector?

 

Yep. Just make sure the red matches the red on the other side

Edwin

 

What are the two spare wires on the ballast

 

on the ballasts? they're the hi/lo switches, should plug into the relay

 

with the bulbs there might be extra spade connectors that you dont need

 

so does anyone have pics of how they ran there wires i did mine but i kind of shoved the wires all together and it is a mess.

 

zip ties are your friend

 

Has anyone had problems with the solenoid sticking on high? I test fit everything and cycles from high to low I can't remember how many times before I sealed the housing back up. They worked fine for about an hour and then it wouldn't cycle. I searched and it seems to be a very common problem that requires taking the projector apart So I spent all night Friday and almost all day yesterday putting these things in just for them to function properly for about an hour. Anyone know of any way to fix this problem without going straight to jail do not pass Go and do not collect $200? (Aka starting the hell over from scratch)

 

try the solution on page 3, see if it works

 

no idea if my brights are working indicator doesn't show. o.o

is that the page 3 thing if so idfk wut its talking about?

i got a orange black cord but everything seemed to plug in without it fine?

 

that's a possible solution if it's stuck on high

you'll know when your highs are on

 

its too bright otusideand nobodys around, i mean I am pretty sure they are working just the indicator in my dash is not showing it.

regardless they look hella, I just got done putting the grill on and the neighbor came over and was like damn son if u wanna sell this truck let me know i'll s ur d.

 

Well it's not a wiring problem that i am having, at least its not acting like a wiring problem. I think the solenoid is getting in a bind on something and not being able to cycle back to low. When you dim them you can tell the solenoid is moving some but just not enough. You can flash between high and low rapidly and it will eventually free itself up. Iv heard that you have to sand the plunger (What ever the crap that is?) and bend some tabs out a little to help prevent binding. But that all requires disassembling everything again

 

ahhhh that

people use silicone grease too, to help free up movement

but there isnt much to do beside open it back up

 

Can you get to it from where the bulb goes in? Just wondering like if you had like a small piece of flexible tube you may could reach the shield and use that silicone grease?

 

I don't think so. the opening for the bulb is really small, and the shield is farther in, directly under the glass

 

Well I guess I know what ill be doing next weekend again If the high beams weren't so freaking amazing I'd be like screw it lol!

 

100% worth it IMO
cant go back to halogens after this!

 

so I am pretty sure my high/low works, but the dash indicator does not? LOL

once its dark I can fully confirm high/low working.