I have not had much time to play with my new toy but I did spend a little time with it today. I'm working two jobs right now so things are coming together slowly but surely. I installed a new battery today. Went with a duralast gold from autozone. I've been running a duralast in my other vehicle for over 5 years so figured stick with that. Replaced both of the crusty original terminals too for good measure.
I ordered an HID kit for the fog lights a week or so ago and they showed up the other day. I went with 55W ballasts driving 3000K bulbs in H10 fitment from a site called understeer.com I chose these because they have a low initial current draw and I have read of others using them with good results on stock harnesses.
I figured I had better see if all the lights work as is before adding the xenons and that is where I noticed an issue with my truck. After you switch the headlights on, turning them back off does nothing. shutting the truck off / removing key does nothing. I had to pull fuse #3 in the electrical box under the hood to get the low beams to shut down. After that I can put the fuse back in and repeat the same sequence. Lights come on if you need them but will not shut off without pulling the fuse. Any of you guys have to deal with that before? I could not find a relay for the low beams. Hope this is not some complicated electrical demon but I will figure it out. Also the instrument cluster illumination does not work and the overhead console display and overhead heat controls seem to be dead. front heat controls all work perfect. Will try to further diagnose tomorrow afternoon.
The HID kit was plug and play, although the H10 based bulbs don't fit the sockets just right they do click into place. The stock foglight pigtails plugged right into the ballasts, no splices or anything. The 3000K bulbs at 55W are BRIGHT and YELLOW, exactly what I was after. I have read that yellow colored light is good for rain and snow, wanted to try it for a while now. I will pull the truck out on the street tomorrow night and get some pics of the illumination from the inside. I will be using these like high beams. On when I need them and click them off if there is oncoming traffic so people are not getting blinded.
From head on they don't look super bright, which is cool. Just have to keep an eye on them and make sure they are not getting too hot for the fog housings.
Going to buy a set of shocks for all corners for it this week. It's on stock stuff now and they appear to be completely toast. ABS light also made an appearance today. Need to look into that as well.
