cmsismyname Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Can anybody guide me in the right direction on this project? I wanna get these installed Tuesday since its the only day I have off from school and work this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 it would be helpfull if we knew what year you had, might be able to tell you the wire colors to look for but you should always test them before hooking them up.Also be sure to take a pic of all the needles with the key on and engine cold. Seen way too many times where people put them on and then do not get the needles back on in the correct position so they always are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsismyname Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 its a 95. From what I hear I hook one wire to the power and another to the black ground wire but idk what color the power is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 the easiest place to find the dimmer wire for me is behind the dash. If you have an aftermarket deck in there already connect it to the orange wire in that hrns for the + side of the circuit. You can also use the decks ground if you want(black in the aftermarket hrns) with no problems and with this wiring you will be able to dim your gauges just like the stock ones do.I have no idea what the wire colors are behind the dash. What you could do is follow the orange wire through the hrns to see what the stock wire color is in the factory hrns. Now go and look for that wire in the headlight switch and it should be the same but I always recomend testing ANY wire before connecting to it. The dimmer wire will show from 7-12v with the lights on as you turn the knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsismyname Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 how exactly should i connect it to the harness in the car? I bought some quick splices but they don't look like they will work and all ive ever worked with were butt splices when installing headunits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 crimp connectors are acceptable, solder/tape/heatshring is prefered, and T-taps(scotchlocks) are a NO-NO. Butt connectors would work fine as well as a number of other crimp connectors as long as you are not using one of those $4 crimpers. After each crimp connection you should be able to pull on the wirs and not worry about them comming out. Check each wire after you crimp it this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsismyname Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Alright well I got them installed but they have their own on/off button and can be turned on whether or not the headlight switch is on Im not sure if they're are supposed to be like this or if I did something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 dunno. You can always take the switch out or just leave it on as I am not sure why you would want to turn those off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsismyname Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 if i dont turn them off they stay on even when the car is off the headlights are off and the key is out. Are they supposed to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 ah no. like I said you need to test each wire before you connect to it and if it is on all the time you connected it to a +12v constant... The wire you are looking for will have 6-12volts on it with the lights on. Now again if you have an aftermarket radio and use a hrns to plug into the fatory hrns, find the orange wire in the hrns that plugs into the stock hrns. DO NOT FIND AN ORANGE WIRE IN THE STOCK HRNS NOT THE SAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsismyname Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 So use the orange wire that come out the back of the headunit? theres and extra one that goes to nothing on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsismyname Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 I went by a tutorial i found on another site that told me to use the grey wire on the headlight switch but that obviously was wrong. and the needles dont light up but im not sure if they're supposed to or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
