i followed 2 of the how tos and both say that u just twist the 3 white wires together and then the 3 black wires together.

well i did this many times to make sure and i still cant get the LEDs to work. i tried recutting the wires and twisting them back together even wrapped tinfoil around it. still nothing

any ideas?

all the other lights work

also, the top lights arent orange...arent they supposed to be?

 

YOur LEDs are probably bad. If one doesnt work they all dont.

 

is it uncommon for them to be bad in both headlights?

 

try turning them different ways in the sockets...different combinations...the LED's are directional and will only work in one direction...

 

how do i turn them lol. like i didnt touch the actual LEDs at all. all i did was get the 3 white wires and twist them together and get the 3 black wires and twist them together...am i missing something?

 

which wire did you tap the white wires into? and what did you tap the black wires into?

 

MAYbe you wired them wrong.. ? lol..i have 2 bad halo's right now.. its bull **** if you ask me

 

pull the sockets out of the holes and remove the bulbs and put them back in the socket in the other direction...try different combinations and I bet they'll work.

 

i didnt tap them anywhere. the wires were already connected to the LEDs when i opened the box

 

yes....but the wires need to actually be wired into a power and ground source..

 

oh lol well all i did was follow the basic how to and didnt say anything about that. the LED wires are just going from the LEDs themselves and then twisted together.

 

the white wires will need to be connected with the brown wire on the headlight harness, and the black wires will need to be connected to the black wire on the headlight harness.

 

oh **** i had no idea lol. how do i go about doing this? i have the browns cut and retwisted and same with the blacks. they have those little white thingys on the end.

i used this how to
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...tall+headlight

 

well, I suppost you could twist the three white wires together, use a butt connector and connect them all to one wire....then use that wire and use a wire tap, and tap into and connect it to the brown wire.......Then do the same thing with the black wires, but connect it to the black wire on the harness instead of the brown.

 

is there any other way without adding any wires cuz as u can tell im not really good with this kinda stuff

 

nope....to hook them up you need to do a little wiring

 

dammit. well could you give me a little shopping list of things to get at radioshack?

 

ummm....some butt connectors, and some wire taps, and some electrical tape and you should be good to go....plus + back at ya

oh...also some wire about the same size......maybe 16-18 gauge??

 

thanks so much man. hopefully ill have a thread posting pics of my success tomorrow!

 

all you need are parts that look like this
http://tnblnx3.tnb.com/emAlbum/album...tors_intro.jpg
cut the brown wire....twist together the two ends of the brown wire with the 3 ends of the white wire, then twist one of those little connector caps on top (the yellow size fits nicely)
then do the same with the 3 black wires, and the 2 ends of the black wire that you are cutting

 

sweet! thanks man! +1 for you too

 

so did you get them hooked up??? +rep back to you as well

 

i got them working! except the passenger side only the middle LED lights up. all the other lights and the halos seem to be fine though. any reason why? the driver side is all good to go.

also, am i supposed to put an orange bulb on the top part?

 

Indeed

 

**** so is it illegal to drive without it?