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Hey guys I was giving a set of the "sport edition lights" and I have the regular SLT package. Witch set of lights are better? If the sport lights are better where can I get a conversion kit to use all four lights in the sport edition housing compared to the regular light housing? And what would be the best lights to use?
 

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The Sport heads are better by far. You can get relay kits from a bunch of places that sell the headlights. Just need to make sure they use relays rather than just plugging into the stock plugs.
 

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I just swapped to sport package lights from the standard lower end lights and holy huge difference. I also ran everything through relays and its a night and day difference.
 

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Yep sport headlights are the way to go. You can get 40 amp relays at most auto parts stores.
 
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The head lights I was given are just the housing I originally only have one plug per side and I need to install 2 plugs per side to fully use the sport lights....do I need a relay and something that plugs into the original plugs?
 

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^^ $79 not bad at all, thanks for that link. Op if you are not into doing wiring then buy the kit. If you are into wiring then do your own as then you can wire it so you can control the new inner bulbs separate from the other two bulbs. If you do your own wiring you will need to also open the stock headlight plug and swap the wires in there so as it matches the new 9007 bulbs needs (9004 and 9007 are not wired the same).
 
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I believe the RIK-RAM harness kit just uses the stock 9004 plug as a switch and powers the lights directly from the battery and through relays.
 

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Looks like it does, my point was he had to switch the wire's if he did his own wiring.

Fixed it DD94 hope its better lol.
 

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yeah sport model lights are for sure better, they are adjusted easier too
 
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