98layinframe Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Just like the title sayes, has anyone done the quad beam modification? If your not sure what i mean, im looking to have the low beams stay on when the high beams are turned on. The lights on this car just seem to plain out suck at night... cant see shit! I think my trucks parking lights put out more light! haha. Also when i install the set of HID's in the low beams i dont want them switching off if for some reason if need to click the high beams on... off and on is hard on the ballasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'm sure that it has been done. I think it is a popular mod with the GM truck crowd. On cars with miniquads, they have a jumper between the low beam hot wire and the hot wire that feeds the dimmer switch. this in effect can be duplicated on your car by making a jumper between the constant power wire and the low beam wire at the dimmer switch by the base of the column... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98layinframe Posted January 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 yeah i know, the trucks are common with the litle harness you can buy which basicly just controls the ground side of the circuit for the lights. Didnt know if was that simple for the 98 monte or not? Gm seemed to change the stupid harness setup between every different make of there cars and also between years for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 my answer is HOW gm did it on the miniquad cars. I am not sure of what you speak of on the truck component. I would imagine that you could simply jumper those two wires and the wiring would do the job, though I am not certain if there is a difference related to the current amperage that might require a difference between the cars, such as a large fuse, or if the wiring capacity is up to snuff. that said... let me find a service manual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 here we go: there are three wires going to the dimmer switch: Yellow = switched power (on with headlight switch) = C202 E7 Tan = low beam = C202 E6 Light Green = high beam= C202 E5 add a jumper between the yellow and tan wires, install a switch if you want manual control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carkhz316 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I did it on the Monte. Lots more light. HID's next. I made mine autonomous for now, til I feel like adding a switch to make it manual. In my setup I used a diode and a relay so that my DRL's and auto headlights function as they should stock, and the lowbeams now stay on when I switch to HB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I did it on the Monte. Lots more light. HID's next. I made mine autonomous for now, til I feel like adding a switch to make it manual. In my setup I used a diode and a relay so that my DRL's and auto headlights function as they should stock, and the lowbeams now stay on when I switch to HB. uh oh! I did not think about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carkhz316 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I did it on the Monte. Lots more light. HID's next. I made mine autonomous for now, til I feel like adding a switch to make it manual. In my setup I used a diode and a relay so that my DRL's and auto headlights function as they should stock, and the lowbeams now stay on when I switch to HB. uh oh! I did not think about that! And it all consists of about a foot of wire (cumulitively with all the circuits) total running on the pass. side headlight splices to the junction block on that side. When I want to switch it, (I already have the wire run) I will have one wire running to the interior to ground the relay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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