New headlights not working
 

Ordered a set of new led headlights from eBay but I can't get them to work properly, I ran a hot wire from the extra red wire to the + on the battery still nothing. I was told to do this by a local shade tree mechanic I don't know much about wiring.

As always all advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
'85 c10

Re: New headlights not working
 

LEDs are polarity specific...ground has to be ground, and hot has to be hot...cant tell much from your pic.

Re: New headlights not working
 

Even if the old incandescent bulbs worked fine, if you are reusing the original headlight plugs, possible that corrosion is preventing a good connection. It doesn't take much size difference to cause problems between old sockets and new inserts.

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You may need relays to get the bulbs to have sufficent voltage.

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You'll probably need to repin your connector. LEDs often are wired to H4 pattern, just gotta swap two wires around in the connector.

Alex.

Re: New headlights not working
 

like posted above in the pic .

lots of these cheep ebay / amazon - china crap pattern led swap bulbs have the wiring problem .

my good ones do NOT they were plug and play no problems . white light / great pattern / no one flashing me from being blinded .

yes there big bucks but super quality . j.w. speaker units.

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Thanks I will try this in the morning.

Re: New headlights not working
 

I just wanted a nice set of headlights, I don't think $109 is all that cheap for headlights. Not sure what you paid for your set but I'm sort of on a budget. Thanks.

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I wouldn't say its always cheap lights either, lazy/minimizing minor stock changes for what is essentially an unnecessary part number since h4 & 45xx use the same connector, on the lazy side, they should be throwing in a sheet with the above that says if you are using them in a 45xx system repinning will be necessary (h4 being by far the most common, especially from an asian/euro perspective).