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    Looking to wire my ccfl halos up. I wired them to the secondary turn signal lights but they didnt supply enough power to fully light the halos up. Is there a place in the underhood fuse box to tap into?
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    When I put halos in my other set of headlights I ran power from the inside fuse block using a fuse tap to a switch so I could turn the halos off when I didnt want them on. I would suggest doing the same thing if you are willing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by burgundybullet View Post
    When I put halos in my other set of headlights I ran power from the inside fuse block using a fuse tap to a switch so I could turn the halos off when I didnt want them on. I would suggest doing the same thing if you are willing.
    Im not really looking into switching them on and off I just want them to come on when I turn the car on.
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    Alright. Just thought I would throw that option if you were willing to go that route. Since offhand I couldnt tell you which are switched I would suggest either using a multimeter or just getting a fuse tap and trying different spots with the halos hooked up to see where the power is. The only place I can tell you for sure that would have switched power is the fuse block in the car just because Ive used it before.


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