Wiring... Salvage with a headlight mess.!

[Doubeleive]

guides show left and right headlight wires are the same color both sides

 

[Doubeleive]

https://www.gmupfitter.com/files/media/photo/487/2013_LD_ElectricalPickupsChassisCabs_100713.pdf

 

[Missy]

pretty sure that is not for the fog lights, can you take a closer picture of that connector I circled

pretty sure that is not for the fog lights, can you take a closer picture of that connector I circled

 

[Doubeleive]

ok horn good , well the left headlight wires will be the same color as the right so you might be able to trace back from where all these patched in wires are

 

[Missy]

I wish they were lol. Than I'd have something to compare it to

 

[Doubeleive]

I wish they were lol. Than I'd have something to compare it to

See my post above from the electrical manual, left/right are the same, if you click on the link I provided it will show you the connector previous to the headlights also that way maybe you can trace it back farther if the wires have been cut and replaced with something different.

 

[kbuskill]

i'm not sure what those wires are in your hand but to me it looks like the headlight connector is laying down below but not sure, see my photo

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Judging by this picture it appears that they have an aftermarket harness running from the passenger side to the drivers side to power the drivers side headlight.

Just a guess.

 

[Doubeleive]

Judging by this picture it appears that they have an aftermarket harness running from the passenger side to the drivers side to power the drivers side headlight.

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Just a guess.

Ya I saw that but figured maybe it was just laying there, somebody did a hack job for sure

 

[Tonyrodz]

Ya I saw that but figured maybe it was just laying there, somebody did a hack job for sure

Stuff like this really pisses me off. I'm sure they took advantage of her--and charged her for it too.

 

[Floep]

In your first question re headlights, you made a typo that made it funny, There is a vast difference in: bare and bear ! Hope this makes your day.

 

[Mark Shipley]

2007 gmc Yukon

Front end electrical is a mess. To say the least. Anyhow. I had it in the shop last week for suspension and brakes etc. They told me they could wire my heads to make em work without a brand new harness. Wrong. Passenger side good. With high beams. Just put leds in. But the wire colors on each side are different. Can't get my drivers to work... Signal, side marker fine. But this is the mess im dealing with. I can solder them. Just don't know which is which. Ima beginner female on electric, so bare with me.

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Sorry about your wiring problem but I can tell you I was thinking about retrofitting my factory lights on my 2011 Suburban just like you did but it was a lot easier and cleaner to replace the whole assemblies with sharp looking assemblies that were already set up as LEDs by spider auto.com. did the same thing with the rear tail light assemblies. The nice thing was I could just unplug the old head lamp assembly and plug in the new headlamp assembly in that was it. Good luck

 

[Doubeleive]

Sorry about your wiring problem but I can tell you I was thinking about retrofitting my factory lights on my 2011 Suburban just like you did but it was a lot easier and cleaner to replace the whole assemblies with sharp looking assemblies that were already set up as LEDs by spider auto.com. did the same thing with the rear tail light assemblies. The nice thing was I could just unplug the old head lamp assembly and plug in the new headlamp assembly in that was it. Good luck

The problem she is having is it appears someone cut the wires previously, a ready made assembly is great if you have the money to spend and can find something that isn't complete garbage or breaks the first time you drive down the road and unfortunately that requires trial and error because nobody stocks aftermarket headlight assembly's in stores to go look at it.

 

[Mark Shipley]

The problem she is having is it appears someone cut the wires previously, a ready made assembly is great if you have the money to spend and can find something that isn't complete garbage or breaks the first time you drive down the road and unfortunately that requires trial and error because nobody stocks aftermarket headlight assembly's in stores to go look at it.

Duly noted sir

 

[Tonyrodz]

In your first question re headlights, you made a typo that made it funny, There is a vast difference in: bare and bear ! Hope this makes your day.

 

[Missy]

I replaced the housing assemblies few weeks back to black instead of the stock chrome. I believe it would of been more disastrous had I bought pre assembled. Wish I could figure out how to just straight wire it somehow.

 

[Missy]

Well. I can wire it directly to the battery. Got it to turn on finally after weeks of no driver side. But think I'll need a toggle switch, otherwise it will stay on

 

[BG1988]

I can solder them together, just can't figure out the hi and Lo ones. I believe it's ground to ground. But this harness is different then the passenger side.

mutimeter would help abit as you can see which wire has power and does not


it's like 5$ for a cheap one at harbor freight


this will let you know which is the running light and headlight hi or low wire
so you will have 4 hot wires and a ground(possibly more then 1 ground wire)

4 hot wires as follow:
2x running lights (shared?),1x turn signal, 1x low beam,1x high beam