Help! Splicing wires for headlights?

AznRico · Feb 15, 2009, 05:16 PM

I recently just bought headlights from depoautolights.com, but after taking apart my car, I find that the headlights are made for European cars? Therefore the plugin for the main light is different....

Is there a way that I can make these headlights fit to the stock car? you can see the end of the plug of the new headlights here: http://depoautolights.com/mitsubishi...112892ef819b68

If not any fix to getting these headlights in?

**Myszkewicz** · Feb 15, 2009, 09:42 PM

I'd recommend against messing with the stock harness, just in case you want to go back to stock or sell the car.

If you can fit some crimp-on spade connectors over the terminals on that plug, you could try making an adapter harness out of a couple old 9007 bulbs.

I just did something very similar to control my hi/lo HID kit.

EDIT: Something like this plug:

and this plug:

and three short pieces of wire connecting them.

AznRico · Feb 16, 2009, 01:39 PM

thanks for the reply! so i ended up starting to splice the parts... its a long weekend so this is temporary until i can find parts to make the harness...

the stupid thing is that ALL the plugs dont fit (including parking/signal lights) therefore I have to change the cord ends on my car and new headlights to make them fit...

**Myszkewicz** · Feb 16, 2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AznRico

thanks for the reply! so i ended up starting to splice the parts... its a long weekend so this is temporary until i can find parts to make the harness...

the stupid thing is that ALL the plugs dont fit (including parking/signal lights) therefore I have to change the cord ends on my car and new headlights to make them fit...

Again, I'd very much recommend against cutting your stock wiring., If you can manage to use the stock bulb bases as connectors, go with that. Otherwise, use spade connectors or plugs like I posted before to make adapters. The less you can hack your stock harness, the better off you'll be in the long run.

I plan on keeping my car until it's beyond repair. I still haven't hacked any of my wiring beyond a 10-second return to stock.

AznRico · Feb 16, 2009, 10:51 PM

yea okay, i just made a temporary connection for now... i will have to make a harness later