bump... is this frying harness thing an isolated incident? i'm worried..

 

I think it's funny how they come on here on to this thread and try to sell you a beefy harness without even saying anything to us about the fried stock harnesses! WTF!!!

 

Thank God I bought the PIAA Plasma Spark Blue bulbs, I was concerned when I saw Luminics sell for 3x cheaper. Something just didn't seem right. I am a die hard PIAA fan for my current and last 3 non-hid cars (the RX had factory HIDs), but fully understand why peolpe buy the other newbie brand. PIAA has been around forever...

 

hey did anyone really look at how much the wireing harnesses cost?

they arent $7 they are $20.

can luminics come here and say if they are going to be on sale again?

 

This is correct. Think of it this way, You just got an header and catback exhaust but still have the stock s-pipe. Your exhaust is still restricted by the stock s-pipe. Going to a heavier gauge wire harness that plugs into the existing stock harness isn't going to help. You really need to wire up a relay harness like one of these:

http://www.eautoworks.com/html/ORD-L...s-no-23756.htm

I am in no way endorsing that site, it was just the first I came across searching the internet. But as you can see in that kit, there are provisions for a relay, additional ground, and connection to the battery + lead. If you want to run high wattage bulbs, this is the ONLY way to prevent your stock harness from possibly burning out. Do not get those "plug and play" pigtail harnesses, they only add length, and probably more resistance in the circuit due to additional connector contacts. I mean, you already have one set of connectors to worry about with the stock harness, with those pigtail harness add ons, you add ANOTHER SET!

 

i think imma put my stock low beam lights back on and remove my hyper white luminics, i have a feeling that my harness will burn out later on.

 

I also checked Luminicsdirect website and the price did triple, though it looks like a piece of junk - as I suspected - too good to be true.
Anybody have problems with PIAA bulbs? I have the PIAA Plasma Spark Blues but getting worried that Scion wiring harness may not be up to par with other manufacturers.

 

RAMROD7 can i see some pics of your PIAA bulbs? I was thinking of getting them since alot of people are having issues with the Luminics.

 

I noticed today even the Silverstars in 9006 and 9003 for the xB are 55w. I haven't found anything that was 51watts other than a just plain cheapest bulb there was at the auto parts store.

 

Thinking about it some more, I really dont think its the wattage thats doing it(3-4 watts doesnt seem like it would be much more then possible normal varience in the tollerance of stock bulbs). Seems to be a fitment issue in the connector itself, causing the arcing and thus damage to the connector. Anyone try to take a pic of the connector in the bulbs with problems and compare them to the stock bulbs? Pics prior to damage of course lol.

 

Ok my driver side harness is fried.
Going back to stock lamps after the repair till I get my HID kit!

Also noticed some deformation on the bulbs when I removed them... Kind of surprised this company is not standing behind their product. It must cost them close to nothing to manufacture these bulbs and the harness they now sell. I figure the least they could do is offer the harness they now make at no charge to the sets purchased directly from them. On well... Pass on the word I suppose

 

how long did you have your bulbs in before the harness fried?

 

about 2 months

 

well one of my buddys has a 06 xa, and we put a set of PIAA Plasma Spark Blue's in em...they blew up jus the same so its gotta be the car itself

 

It's been a week so far with the PIAAs and no problems, I will check back if any probs. If same thing happens, then I will go with HID.

 

Passenger one just fried last week even thought I took them out some time ago...
Don't run these without the upgraded harness guys...
Its a pain in the ___ to take it into the dealer just for this!

 

yeah when this thread started I took my luminics out and replaced them with HIR bulbs

 

I'm betting that the blades on the stock bulbs are thicker than the replacements and it stretches out the connectors. When you put in the thinner blades, they don't make a tight connection, causing the heat and meltdowns.
ALL the replacement connectors/harnesses have tighter connectors to make up the difference.

I'll be replacing my stockers shortly. I'll be measuring them to verify.

 

now everyone do what this guy did........

 

It's been 2 months with the PIAA and still OK, but thinking of switching to purple HID just for shows.