Okay, so I have Sonars, but I don't wanna wire up the highs through the light stalk since I don't wanna switch off the HID lows when I flash the highs.

So... I was thinking of getting a 3-way switch. On/Off/Momentary

That way, I can have full, independent control of them. Just wondering what my best bet for this would be.
Thoughts?

 

You can do what I did and put in a diode across the low and high leads under the hood. I'm hoping you ran a relay to power your HIDs. If so, run a diode between the high beam lead and the low beam lead into your relay. It will let you use the stalk as an on/off/momentary for your high beams without turning off your lowbeams. The only drawback to this is if you flash your highbeams when the lights are off, the low beams will come on too.

 

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Really? Yea, I have my lows wired up through a relay harness. I've left the highs disconnected at this point.

 

You are almost there then.

I did all my splicing in the adapter harness that came with the Sonars. I cut the low beam lead and ran it to the relay and tapped the high beam and connected them together with a shunt that had a diode in it. Since the power running through the diode will only be turning on the relay, and not carrying the load of the lights a cheap little diode will do the trick. And you still get to use the factory stalk.

 

This is fantastic...
Do you have any pictures of what you did?

 

Pictures, unfortunately no. It is a bit ugly in there. I plan to make it look better at some point(in the future).

If you need clarification, I could probably whip up a schematic. Let me know.

 

That would be fantastic if you make up a wiring diagram.

 

Drawing it up as we speak. I will get it scanned and posted as soon as I get home from work today.

 

You're the best, dude!

 

The diagram below is what I used. I did all my hacking and splicing in the adapter harness that came with my Sonar projectors. The addition of the diode allows voltage from whichever circuit is on (high or low) to still go to the HIDs. A bonus to this is your factory wired fogs will stay on as well. The only drawback I have found no workaround for as of yet is if you flash your high beams while your lights are off, everything goes on. Thankfully I don't do that too often.

If your high beam comes on with your low, turn them off immediately and turn the diode around.

 

Dude, I can't thank you enough. That's awesome. As soon as it gets above freezing, I'm gonna play around with it.

Oh, and I already re-grounded my fogs, so I have independent operation of them.

 

Good luck. Let me know if you need anything else.

 

can i ask why you guys used a relay for the HID's? i was told to just wire mine up directly?? did i mess up?

 

HIDs require a massive voltage spike in order to ignite. This spike can melt the stock wiring harness over time. A relay harness takes the strain off of the stock wiring.

 

ahh ha i see said the blind man. guess i have been lucky with my suburban, i have then in for 6 years and no issue.