I read all the threads about the Luminic bulbs and how they fry the stock wiring harness sometimes, or they burn out or whatever.. Well im the idiot who got the bulbs anyways and now im paying for it...I didnt upgrade my harness and of course it fried my stock harness...

So Just curious what did other people do when they came across this problem? I search...and i read about a part from the dealer called a " pigtail " ?? Is this a actual part? Can i grab something from the local Auto Parts Store? What other options do i have to fixed the problem

And yes im admiting it was all my fault, so please dont give me the " I told you so"....im an idiot i Know..

Thanx for the help in advance

 

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thats what i did in my other tc. worked just fine! prevented burning of the harness. but the bulb died later instead.

 

So your saying buy this:

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Cut out the old stock harness that i fried and replace with the one posted above? Should work with no problems correct?

 

^^ yes that will work.

I ran Luminics for the longest time and had no problems. I guess it's just hit or miss....

 

i used this..

with the stock harness and no problems.

for those too late... just buy a new harness from autozone/pep boys/etc.. etc... and just cut off old and wire in new. no need for anything crazy special.

 

i had to get the whole frickin harness replaced... ran me $180 at the dealer. (they probably jipped me, but i needed it done right) stupid bulbs.

 

I've been running with those bulbs for a long time now and zero problems. Maybe I'm just one of those "lucky" Luminics users,

Dang!!! 180 bux for those??? Jeeezzz....

 

Adam918... What excatly happen in your situtation?

 

well i had those bulbs in for about 6 months when one day i turned my car on and noticed my passenger side headlight was out... so i popped my hood and jiggled the bulb. sure enough it came back on. thought the problem was solved, little did i know that every time i turned my car on from then on out i would need to jiggle the bulb to have it come back on. so finally i took the light out and looked at the harness because i too had also heard about the problems with luminics. sure enough the harness was completely black and the wires going to the harness were on their way to melting. so i called the dealer up to make an appointment for them to check it out. meanwhile i put the oem bulbs back in to hopefully disguise my screwup of getting those bulbs but they knew lol. so they cut the old harness off and replaced it with a new one and it all works well but for 180 bucks i would have rather put my money towards better bulbs... so yeah, hope you have better luck with your experience

 

uhm.. you know you can buy a replacement plug thing for like less than $10 and just wire it in yourself right?

$180? RIPOFF...

 

yeah i guess you're right... still doesn't seem worth it to go through the hassle to get the bulbs.

 

This is exactly my prob! I love my bulbs! but it's kinda being a _____, I keep having to readjust the bulb. If I get this right, all I have to do cut off the current harness and hook them up to the new relay harness right? Is there a particular harness I should buy or they're pretty much all the same?

 

i guess it's called a "repair kit" at the dealer... and SquallLheart is right, it's only like 10 bucks. so yeah that's all basically.

 

What if I don't want a repair kit, I just want to get the relay harness for the luminics bulb, is it the same thing?

 

no i dont think it's the same thing... i chucked the luminics bulbs and put my oem ones back in, because i don't trust luminics, but if you wanna try them out again then go for it. you might have to just get new bulbs?

 

how many watts are these bulbs? I thought they are the standard 55w?

 

Well I have the luminics lol and the harnesses are already burned and melted, but I used elecrical tape to secure it. So my headlights work. hopefully these will last me a little longer till I get some HIDs.

 

I think it's best to replace the harness with a high temp harness that you can get at Autozone or Pepboys and also incorporating a relay harness. :D

 

So roughly how much would it be?

 

I think the high temp harness is around $10 a pair (Autozone/Pepboys) and the relay harness around $20 (wires - Walmart / relay - Autozone or Pepboys.)