I hate to admit it... I spent 700 on a set of Morimoto D2S HIDs. All I can say is these are top notch headlights compared to the sport headlights I just replaced. Now I didnt have to do all the heating and removal of the lens. I found a site called http://shop.retroshop.us that sells complete HID solutions fully assembled. All you got to is install and wire it up. They are even aimed and pretested before shipping.

14 minutes ago, Me78569 said:

snowflakes are little mirrors, the more light you throw at them the move reflect back.  

 

Absolutely true. So now with that knowledge I'm going to upgrade my fog/driving lights to something that floods area ahead of me. 

Made the phone call to PIAA and talked to a tech there about lighting. Very helpful and noted that for my back contry road conditions with rain and snow he suggested yellow ion driving lights. So looking at the inventory I've come up with either...

 

Yellow ion lights...

 

http://www.piaa.com/store/p/845-LP270-Ion-Yellow-2-75-LED-Driving-Light-Kit-SAE-Compliant.aspx

 

or... Staying with white light...

 

http://www.piaa.com/RF3LED

 

http://www.piaa.com/store/p/648-LP270-2-75-LED-Driving-Light-Kit-SAE-Compliant.aspx

 

Has anyone used yellow lights before and how did they work for you?

I know yellow one's used to be considered fog lights, they probably designed to give light but not reflect of moisture or snow

I can't say for the led, but I've used the yellow halogen, they defiantly cut down on the reflectivity of snow and fog, they were good for short range, not really an all around driving light. 

I'll most likely stick with white lights. 

I know these will fit where the normal factory fog light typically is installed. I've been out measuring and seeing what I can make fit. 

 

Time to say good bye to...

 

They worked good for all these years but time to upgrade to way better lighting. I have to say thank you to few people once again @Me78569 and @jlbayes for jumping into the HID lighting game to make me reconsider lighting. Now that I'm digging I'm finding better options and better quality lighting than most people are buying. Yeah I'll admit HID's are expensive to have them ready made for your truck but even the LED driving lights are expensive too but high-quality optics, polycarbonate lens, and reduced electrical load on the alternator it a win-win. 

 

I'm not seeing any end in sight for my travels. Till we find a dialysis nurse for Mom I'll continue to make my 250-mile trips to Ontario to keep her alive...

Edited October 14, 20177 yr by Mopar1973Man

I have ran Piaa 520's in ion yellow they are awesome in the snow/rain/fog. You do not get the blinding reflection back at you. They also illuminate highway signs and animal eyes at night better then white light. As far as LEDs I had a pair of 6" rigids and a pair of their yellow lens covers to snap on and off. The only downside to the LEDs was snow slush rain would freeze on them in the winter whereas the halogens had enough heat to keep the lenses melted. 

Edited October 14, 20177 yr by BBHD

On 10/13/2017 at 6:51 PM, BBHD said:

The only downside to the LEDs was snow slush rain would freeze on them in the winter whereas the halogens had enough heat to keep the lenses melted. 

 

Even my four 100w bulbs didn't have enough heat at near zero temperature to keep the snow and ice from freezing to the lenses this last winter.

Edited October 16, 20177 yr by Mopar1973Man

I'll be joining the club later today!

Just getting the lenses back on then it's time for a test drive. The only issue I'm having is that high beam/low beam is revered even though the all the connections seem to be correct.

I had that issue.  Had to switch pins around in the Morimoto harness to get it to agree with my truck.

My set I had made from Retro Shop all the wiring was tested before shopping. Then the lights were assembled and aimed before shipping too. Way less headache....

2 hours ago, trreed said:

I had that issue.  Had to switch pins around in the Morimoto harness to get it to agree with my truck.

 

Which pins? I tried reversing the pins in the "high beam" plug but it didn't make a difference.

 

@Mopar1973Man I've got right at $400 in my new lights including the housings. If the worst thing I have to figure out is why high beam/low beam is reversed then I'm a happy camper lol.

Honestly I don't remember which pins had to be switched.  What I did was pull all three pins out of the Morimoto harness and plug wires into the stock bulb connector until it did what I wanted and then put the contacts back in the Morimoto plug.  

Edit: Seeing that you have a 96 and I have an 01, I think the pinouts of the stock plug are different.  But, my R&R for finding the correct pin combo will still work.

Edited October 19, 20177 yr by trreed

1 hour ago, trreed said:

Honestly I don't remember which pins had to be switched.  What I did was pull all three pins out of the Morimoto harness and plug wires into the stock bulb connector until it did what I wanted and then put the contacts back in the Morimoto plug.  

Edit: Seeing that you have a 96 and I have an 01, I think the pinouts of the stock plug are different.  But, my R&R for finding the correct pin combo will still work.

 

I don't know why I didn't think of that. It would make sense if the low beam and high beam pins were switched. I'll check it out in the morning, thanks!

The connector you have is pinned for the 9007 vs. the 9004 the 2nd gen uses.  Move the two pins as needed. Had to on my 97.

That's all I would do is swap the pins around for the head light plug.

I'm about to go switch pins here in a few.

 

I am way too excited about new headlights lol.

 

welcome to the club, a good retrofitted set of lights makes a world of difference.  

Those are H1 mini's for sure. 

 

Welcome to the club of Morimoto HIDs... 

I switched pins and now everything is as it should be.

 

I'm currently removing the relays I had installed to keep from melting my headlight switch since they are no longer needed and happen to be located right where one of the ballasts needs to go.