HID, piaa pro90 factory integration- check this and help

[expo5.0]

As many of you know i have the piaa pro90 xt fog and driving lights

i have also done a mountaineer conversion and bought a 7,000 K HID kit last week from a new company where i can get them for very cheap (if anyones interested i may be becoming a distributor)

i currently have the auto dimming mirror (self-turning on lights whatever you want to call them)

i have a back-up camera and no screen to display its image on without using a video switcher for now and displaying it on my 11"- i'd much rather have a smaller screen dedicated to that (and for my hu display while listening to cd's rather than dvds- it doesn't have one).


here's what i was thinking-

1. ditch the autodimming mirror since its bad for all my expensive bulbs to be on while the truck starts anyways (remote start)

2. replace the mirror with a mirror with a 2.5" lcd screen frenched in

3. splice into the factory stalk switch so that the piaa fog lights are on whenever the head lights are on

4. splice into the factory stalk so that the brights (the hid kit doesn't have any brights) turn on my pro 90 driving lights

it seems to me that is the cleanest way of doing it all. I ran an external switch last year to my piaa's independent of my factory stuff and it sort of sucked turning them on and off on 2-lane roads when cars came etc. it woudl be really nice to make it all integrated like this.

Do you see any drawback to wiring it all that way? legality doens't really matter

also, i know my hid kit doesn't have brights, but what does that mean happens when you switch the factory stalk into the 'brights' position? do the hid's go off? i hope the just turn completely off.

what do you think?


p.s.- where can i buy red led turn signals and dual filament tail/brake leds for the rear of the truck?

 

[DJLittleWonder]

My HID's remain on when the in the hi-beam position. If yours are wired the same, they should also.

 

[expo5.0]

10,000 K? what does that look like? i haven't seen many kits that go over 7,500 or so and even that is with a tinted bulb to get that color (which cuts down on how bright they are)

 

[Alec]

My main concern is that the factory headlamp and multistalk aren't that great in the first place. Messing with them seems to be a very bad idea to me. I suggest if you're gonna do this, get a multistalk from a Toyota (or Lexus) as they have the same basic functions and are the best out there IMO.

 

[expo5.0]

are you serious alec? i'm only gonna be using it as power on for two relays- i don't think that will stress it at all. but i could really be wrong too. wouldn't it be a ton too much work to swap to a different cars stalk?

By the way- does anyone know the colors of the wires i'd be trying to splice into as they leave the stalk?

 

[DJLittleWonder]

Expo,

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The HID's are blue-ish. They look good now, but they'd probably look awesome with different headlamps.

The lower fog's are behind a blue tinted glass, so they appear white.

I think the 10,000K also come with a purple-ish look.

Oh, what kind of backup camera do you have? Where is it mounted? I have the input on my headunit's brain, so I was interested in getting one also.

 

[expo5.0]

optiview- i can get you one for like $75

 

[Bill Kemp]

For the fogs & driving lights just splice the switch wire that goes to each relay to the appropriate headlight wire. All done under the hood.
Not sure if the low beams will go off on a 9007 system. I had to use a KC relay to keep the hid on on the Cad. but thats a 4 light system. Guess you'll just have to install it & see. I would think you could use the KC relay if necessary.
You can just turn off the auto headlights on the mirror. You dont hurt hid by leaving them on. Its the start-up that wears them. Flashing on/off isnt very good for them.

 

[expo5.0]

i know i can turn them off on the mirror- but i want to get that other mirror anyways...

your right about splicing in on the engine side of things, i thought of that this afternoon too. that will be the way i do things.

 

[Alec]

On our 9007s the low stays on in "flash" mode, but goes out when you lock the highs on.