sir lunchalot
Member
Hello!
First of all: I'm German, so please excuse mistakes and please try to answer in 'easy English'
Unfortunately the search-function in this forum says 'search not possible - please try again later' everytime I try to search for keywords like 'facelift wiring'.
I have a 2003 Freelander and I just bought 'a car full of parts' to facelift it, yesterday.
As I read many times, the wiring of the facelift-headlights seems to be very complicated.
I do have the headlights and I took the plugs with about 20cm cable and cutted them off.
My main question concerning this:
What is the main problem, doing this facelift-modification?
Isn't it possible just to connect cable colour a from my car to cable colour b from the bit of cable with the headlight's plug I took from the facelift-car and so on? So connecting a couple of cables to get the plugs I took from the facelift-car becoming a part of my car and just stick them on the facelift-headlights and everything works as it should?
I guess it's not that simple, because I've read that many people have serious problems to get the newer headlights working properly.
Could anyone of you please explain (in easy words ) why it cannot be done this way? Why do I read about using a new relay? What may I need a resistor or a diode for?
Please be so kind to let me know!
Thank you very very much in advance!!
First of all: I'm German, so please excuse mistakes and please try to answer in 'easy English'
Unfortunately the search-function in this forum says 'search not possible - please try again later' everytime I try to search for keywords like 'facelift wiring'.
I have a 2003 Freelander and I just bought 'a car full of parts' to facelift it, yesterday.
As I read many times, the wiring of the facelift-headlights seems to be very complicated.
I do have the headlights and I took the plugs with about 20cm cable and cutted them off.
My main question concerning this:
What is the main problem, doing this facelift-modification?
Isn't it possible just to connect cable colour a from my car to cable colour b from the bit of cable with the headlight's plug I took from the facelift-car and so on? So connecting a couple of cables to get the plugs I took from the facelift-car becoming a part of my car and just stick them on the facelift-headlights and everything works as it should?
I guess it's not that simple, because I've read that many people have serious problems to get the newer headlights working properly.
Could anyone of you please explain (in easy words ) why it cannot be done this way? Why do I read about using a new relay? What may I need a resistor or a diode for?
Please be so kind to let me know!
Thank you very very much in advance!!
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