I just got my 3rd gen headlights last week. I went to install them and realized there is an issue, its pretty weird.

I currently have 2nd gen headlights on my car, but they have been shorting out my drivers side blinker and I end up replacing it every 2 weeks or so. So i invested into some newer projectors....

The only issue I have right now is this:
There is a blue clip that is supposed to connect the headlight to the car via a wiring harness....I dont have a blue clip on my harness. Just a black one that isn't even the same shape. Im confused, considering my 2nd gen headlights fit and connect just fine. Did I order the wrong cobalt headlights?

 

theres only one type of headlights for all years of the cobalts. Is it just the retaining clip that doesnt fit or the whole plug that doesnt fit?

 

im about to give up on those damn lights myself....the little blue bulbs keep blowing one at a time and not that i care but it just makes your car look like ****

 

eric the car looks like **** anyways, ...haha, jk man. That why i loved the Gen 1's so much, i never had any issues with them.

 

like, the entire plug wont fit. I have a square connector and the clip on the lights are a completely different connection. I'll try to find a picture of what I'm talking about
Its so frustrating. Im thinking about just sending them back

 

That blue clip, is it like a half moon shape with 3 connectors inside?

 

yea i say send them back, maybe they send you the redline headlights? iiunno really wierd

 

YES. why doesnt my car have one?

 

It's been a while since i put in my gen 3's but if memory serves me correctly that half moon connector is what plugs into the bulb on you're stock headlight. It plugs into that blue connector on you're Gen3 headlights. Then you have the square connector that plugs into the main wiring harness

 

I dont have a blue connector at all though. That's whats weird

 

Found this post, here's another Cobalt owner who's having the same issue I am....


https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...alling+2nd+gen

 

Eric,

If you are interested we refurbish those with all new long life LEDs, which should solve your issue.

PM Mkulrey13 if you're interested.

 

This is what I'm talking about.

 

/\ The plug on the left is correct, it would plug right into an SS. Either the LT's are different, or someone rewired your harness in the past.

 

I cant remember how I installed the 2nd gen's. I wonder if I can buy a wiring harness to convert this ******...Im really starting to get pissed. haha

 

Just had my 3rd gens put in my SS (I think the style cobalt doesn't matter though). What had to be done was this; clip was taken off the stocks with the wires, plug in to blue clip on the projectors, plug stock clip back in.

 

I installed the 3rd gen projectors with no issues. It's been a while PM me if you haven't figured it out. I've got nothing else to do tomorrow so I'll see if I can help.

 

i know this isnt supposed to be hard. but im trying to figure out if I need to buy a new wiring harness. If that's even an option

 

Tonight I'll have time to take a couple pictures of how its connected. Hope it clear things up

 

lets see 'em!

 

http://img62.imageshack.us/slideshow...=dscn5699j.jpg

here you go.

 

your harness is fine. Look at the pic of the headlight harness directly above this. You see that plug on the top left? That's where you need to plug the plug with the blue rubber seal in.

 

Everything you need comes from the stock lights: The turn signal bulb, another small bulb (admittedly i don't know what it's for), and the male blue plug which are all connected to the female rectangular plug.

The blue male plug plugs into the female plug that comes with the projectors, the other two bulbs screw into their respective slots.



Oh and just a heads up, I don't know if I got bad quality by purchasing from ebay, but my lights are splitting and peeling after less than a year of use.

I'll be putting the stocks back on soon

 

I think i might just sell these stupid lights and wait for 4th gens

 

you bought them off of EBAY didn't you? I thought I recognized them.