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  • Start date Start date Jan 21, 2007
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slimster

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can someone please tell me what color wires are what for the headlights. there are three going to my headlights, not the side markers/turn signals, just the headlights. I have a 01 v6. thanks
 

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one for ur regular lights one for ur brights and one is common between the two. black is usually common and white is hot
 
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sorry, i'm an electrical idiot; by "common" do you mean ground? and what's the third wire? there's a black wire, a white wire (with a diffrent color stripe for both sides), and one other wire I don't remember what color it is. ??? sorry for my ignorance, but I need a little help here. thanks fellas
 
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please fellas, I need some info pretty soon. if I could just find out what color wire goes to what.......thanks
 

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yes common would be referring to ground. i don't know which is for the brights or the regular lights though
 

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the common wire is shared between ur low beams and high beams as a return path for the current. black is common. white should be ur low beams (mine doesnt have a different color stripe on each side) and i think the high beams are green (i cud be wrong). whats the specific problem ur having?
 
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thanks for the replies fellas, I'm trying to install some headlights. they have leds and I'm not exactly sure what to hook them up to. the lights have a plug that just plugs right in to the factory harness (no problem there), but then it also has a bunch of white (power) and black (ground) wires that I need to hook up. I've got them installed, but I just wanted to double check to make sure I wasn't f***king anything up. thanks again
 
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Headlight ISSUES

I have a 98 V6 Mustang. Been having a problem that is progressively getting worse. After the car has been running for at about 15-20 minutes or more, the headlights (low beams) will just turn off. If I pull in on the dimmer lever for a few seconds (4-5) the low beams will come back on. Then a few minutes later, same thing happens again. Any suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated!
 
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