Okay random photoshoot

[sam07yaris]

Hey peeps, just giving u an update of my car and how she's doing. I decided to go out early in the morning to take pics so here they are : enjoy





mmm H.I.D. startup


looks like the sun is in my headlights

[Violin]

Looking sharp.

Did you paint your reflector bowl black? Flat/glossy? Is the parking lamp still there?

[sam07yaris]

yep of course they work. I have been a member of hidplanet.com since it was hidforum.com. veteran here, lol so yeah i did this within 2 weeks of getting my car in july. I am doing another retro and trying it with TL w/ zkw lens. I'd rather wait though for aftermarket headlamps so i can do tsx and tl in one headlight

[Violin]

Huh?

Did you paint your reflector bowl black? Flat/glossy? Is the parking lamp still there?

[PetersRedYaris]

Originally Posted by Violin

Huh?

Did you paint your reflector bowl black? Flat/glossy? Is the parking lamp still there?

Maybe your question isn't clear enough!

[ChinoCharles]

If you can do a custom HID projector retrofit, I think you can understand that question.

[hasher22]

awwwww looks like the sedan is smiling, ooooooooooo


though dam mates of mine keeps sayin that my yaris looks like a hyundai smiling...bleh lol har har beep beep

[sam07yaris]

Originally Posted by PetersRedYaris

Maybe your question isn't clear enough!

lol exactly. By the pics, u can see its black and its flat so its not going to be shiny and absorb the light rather than reflect it. the pics show the signals are there. lol

[Violin]

Thanks for answering. Like I said, it looks great.

I wonder if you had the same trouble I do.

With the harness hooked up to the battery and the stock harness only powering a relay and halogen high beams, my high beam indicator no longer works. I tried putting a 100 ohm, 10 watt resistor across the low beam ground and power but that didn't fool the car. I'm thinking a higher wattage should work. Did you have this problem and find a solution?

[sam07yaris]

Originally Posted by Violin

Thanks for answering. Like I said, it looks great.

I wonder if you had the same trouble I do.

With the harness hooked up to the battery and the stock harness only powering a relay and halogen high beams, my high beam indicator no longer works. I tried putting a 100 ohm, 10 watt resistor across the low beam ground and power but that didn't fool the car. I'm thinking a higher wattage should work. Did you have this problem and find a solution?

so high beam doesn't work? no diode?

[Violin]

High beams work, low beams work - its the high beam indicator on the instrument panel that doesn't work.

It does work if I turn the lights on with the stalk in the high beam position, but once I switch them off, it's gone.

Its a problem on other vehicles, there's a thread on HIDPlanet right now. I was just wondering if you had the same problem with your sedan.

This is the wiring diagram I developed using drroy's "a circuit that wont allow HIDs to be flashed on/off" as a starting point.

[Violin]

There is a diode on the + leg of the parking lamp trigger.

[sam07yaris]

Originally Posted by Violin

There is a diode on the + leg of the parking lamp trigger.

hmmm
why on the leg of the parking lamp? shouldn't it be for the low to high
cuz diodes one way and i guess the lamp indicator needs feedback from the parking lamp and its blocking it

[Violin]

I added the relay on the parking lamp circuit because drroy's circuit was designed for a switching negative system where the power switches on and off with the headlamp switch. Our power (at least the liftback) is always on, even with the ignition off so the lights wouldn't turn off once relays 1 and 2 were triggered. The relay on the parking lamp circuit provides a way for the lights to switch off, because power to them switches off with the stalk.

There's no need for a diode on a switching ground circuit, inductive kick is not an issue. However, the parking lamp circuit is a switching positive circuit so I put a diode there to protect the circuitry. From what I can gather, the high beam indicator relies on a little power being passed through the headlight bulb - I just need the right value resistor to fool it.

I’m gathering this wasn’t an issue on yours?

[sam07yaris]

Originally Posted by Violin

I added the relay on the parking lamp circuit because drroy's circuit was designed for a switching negative system where the power switches on and off with the headlamp switch. Our power (at least the liftback) is always on, even with the ignition off so the lights wouldn't turn off once relays 1 and 2 were triggered. The relay on the parking lamp circuit provides a way for the lights to switch off, because power to them switches off with the stalk.

There's no need for a diode on a switching ground circuit, inductive kick is not an issue. However, the parking lamp circuit is a switching positive circuit so I put a diode there to protect the circuitry. From what I can gather, the high beam indicator relies on a little power being passed through the headlight bulb - I just need the right value resistor to fool it.

I’m gathering this wasn’t an issue on yours?

no not at all bro.

[Violin]

Dang - lucky you.

I may end up just running a wire back to a blue LED somewhere on the dash but I'd much rather figure out how to get the factory indicator to work. Some European cars have a similar problem with a 'bulb out' indicator.

[sam07yaris]

yeah definately. doesn't that suck ...