Lights are in...! I decided to keep the JW Speaker lights. The quality was really nice and when I tested them at night they were BRIGHT. I did find a set of 7" HID Projectors, but couldn't find any reviews on them. (
Dapper Lighting 7" Classic V2).
After looking at the EWD I learned that Toyota wires the headlights where the switch send power to the lights then completes the circuit to ground. They alternate the grounds depending on low or high beam selection. In other words, the grounding changes depending on low/high beam selection. I've seen a bunch of wiring circuits this way in my FJ Cruiser. The JW lights (or I'd imagine most) are looking for a constant ground on the black wire. They are also looking for the power to be sent via either the white or yellow wire depending on low or high beam selection.
I setup a simple SPDT (5 pin) relay in order to send constant power and ground. I did get some help from another thread where I found the wiring diagram below. Thanks to
@Rankuru for sharing the diagram below. The only issue I have noticed is the high beam indicator in the dash doesn't illuminate when the high beams are on... however, I'm not sure it every did as I don't think I used them before.
I'll take a look at it and see what needs to be fixed. Might be that the dash indicator is wired into the light circuit and doesn't work with the new relay setup.
Here's a cheat sheet for the wiring:
30 - connected to the + from the headlight switch (Red/Black and Red/Blue wires in my truck)
85 - connected to the - from the high beam ground (Red/Yellow wire at the headlights)
86 - connected to the + from the headlight switch (wired into the same position as pin 30)
87 - connected to the high beam wire on the JW headlight (white wire on the headlight)
87a - connected to the low bean wire on the JW headlight (yellow wire on the headlight)
headlight ground - connected to a good ground point on the chassis
The screws holding the light ring were rusted on. I sprayed a little pb blaster on them the night before and they came right out.
Nice ground point and location to put the relay close to the headlight.
Not sure I'm a fan of the new technology look on an old truck, but if it means I can see at night I'm good with it.
I went with the black bezels inside the JW lights. My wife said my truck isn't as ugly with all the upgrades. I think it's growing on her.
I played with the adjustments last night. Need to drive the truck and then play with the adjustments some more. They are bright.
