Anyone know how to wire these headlights?

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I bought these secondhand brand new
. I thought they were plug and play. The turn signal is plug andnplay but the rest I believe is led. The main light has a plug. The other which is probably the surround light bar only has red and black. Any help is appreciated. Top is the stock light. Bottom two are the new one:IMG_3904.jpegIMG_3903.jpegIMG_3902.jpeg
 

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Do the new headlights have a square jack to plug in the wiring?
If so I'm guessing that plug is for the factory projector style headlights. If so you'll need an adapter harness.
Your best bet is to contact the manufacturer for any adapters you'll need.
 
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I cannot find the manufactuer. Its Haotang. They came up on amazon but a different name came up when I clicked. I have asked that company but nothing yet. So the red and the black are the daytime running lights and I know how to find out where they go. Both harnesses have three wires. I assume if I direct wire the middle to the middle that will be ok. The new light has a red on one side of the middle and a green black on the other. The stock has a brown white one ones side and I can tell the other color white/? on the other. If I could figure which way to direct wire the red on the new light to the old light I think it would work without any harness. Thoughts?
 

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Which bulbs are in the old lights? Which bulbs are in the new lights? Do they both have just a single bulb for high end low beams, thank you so?
 
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The old lights have the green plug. So the green plug is the bulb. The new lights have no bulb I so they must be led. The parking light though transfers directly into the new housing. But the main light is led. The new light has the near center harness with a blac, and red and a green wire. The green is in the middle so I think that hooks to the middle wire on the old lights main bulb. I do not know which wire the red wire hooks to from new to old. If I knew that I'd try to wire them. Obvioulsy if I get it wrong then I have cut my plugs off on the old lights and have to reattach.
 

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Send a picture of the front of your old headlight, end a picture of all the connectors on the new light.
 
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Yeah, they changed the site - try this one


Send a picture of the front of your old headlight, end a picture of all the connectors on the new light.


So the parking light direct plugs into a socket for it. The other plug looks like it can be direct wired to the new light. The turn signal, parking light is on the other side. There are two wires, a red and black and they are for rhe DRLs. If I get that far I'll run those to the ACC. There are only two sets of wires on the new lights. The third will be the original parking light socket which twists into the housing. The plug on the new light is for led and has three wires. The original plug for the main bulb also has three wires. I think they can be direct wired but I'm not sure which goes to which except the middle to the middle I think should be correct. 2010 Ram 2500 SLTIMG_3864.jpegIMG_3902.jpeg
 
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Yes, the three wires going into the new light are high beam +, low beam +, and a ground -. The wires going to your bulbs are the same, high beam +, low beam +, and a ground. I'm pretty sure that the plug on the new light is a 9005/9006, and your truck is a H13, so they're not going to plug right in. You can cut the wires and wire it direct or buy a coversion harness off of eBay. Personally, I wouldn't cut the truck harness.
 

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Actually, I found those exact lights on eBay and they're supposed to plug right in to your truck, they fit 09-12. Have you unplugged the plug from your bulb and checked to to see if it matches up?
 

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Also those DRL wires, you can just tap the red into a fuse that gets hot with the ignition on, and attach the black to any ground.
 

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