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[bigboyscottyb]

Hi all

so basically after a bit of uming and ahing i finally decided to bite the bullet and get myself some JDM HID's for the Outback. Below is a relatively simple and fool proof DIY on how to rewire the headlights to work in ALL AUS delivered Liberty/Outback BE and BH models!!!

Tools Required:
Flat blade screw driver
Wire cutters
Soldering Iron
Solder
Electrical Tape or Heat shrink (i found electrical tape is easier as the heat shrink tends to close up due to the wires being short)

The average household car mechanic will have all these bits lying around, so cost is very minimul. Depending where you get the headlights from as on price i picked up my set for $100, price wise they range from $100-$250

Step 1:
With the headlight removed from the car you will then need to remove the plug from the back of the JDM headlight, if you place a screw driver underneath the plug and give it a little wiggle it will then slide down and be released. Below is a picture to explain


As you will see the plugs are very different, the JDM one is a 4 pin plug and the AUS delivered one is a 3 pin plug
JDM

AUS Delivered


From my findings the only difference is that the JDM lights have seperate earth's for the HID section and High Beam where the AUS delivered ones are joined inside the headlight.

Step 2:
Cut off the JDM plug (cut as close to the plug as possible as this will give you the max amount of wire if you do so happen to stuff up), then cut off the plug for the AUS delivered headlight (tring to keep as much wire as you feel necessary i left about 4cm's as i didnt want too much excessive wiring hanging around).

Step 3:
This is where we get to solder the wires together, the fun bit. I will assume that most people who are attempting to do this DIY have enough basic fine motor skills to solder 2 wires together correctly. Below is a diagram of what wires from the headlight are attached to the plug. Please note: the GREEN and RED wires are both EARTHS!!! I know this goes againest everything both you and I have ever been taught about colours and wiring but Subaru headlight run a NEGATIVELY charged signal.


After install this is what you should be left with


Step 4:
Repeat Steps 1-3 on second headlight.

Step 5:
Reinstall the headlights in the car, all wires will direct plug and play now.

I hope this is helpful to everyone who was in the same boat i was and was unsure as to how difficult the wiring side of things is. I will also be putting up a DIY on how to modify the parking lights in the JDM headlights (as the AUS delivered Rev a/b/c parkers are too small to fit in the JDM headlights, can not speak for the Rev d/e model) the plugs are NOT plug and play, they are a 2 stage parking bulb, i can only assume this is a high and low beam parker.

ENJOY

[Adam]

I had to earth one of my JDM wires in my car (gen 2 so may be irrelevant) This made the low beam stay on when the high was swithed on.

Is this similar at all to gen 3?

[bigboyscottyb]

no, if you earth both the red and the green wire to the black wire on the plug, when the high beam is turned on the HID still stays on

it seems that the black earth on the plug controls both high and low beam earths

[Adam]

Awesome! Bit different then!

[Matt]

So you didnt install the level control gear

Hopefully the lights were set to the normal position before the car was cut up

[Matt]

And the 2nd filament in the parker flashes with the indicator on the jdm model

If you look at the 3rd wire its the same colour as the indicator control wire

Mine were plug n play though? My plug on the car is a 3 pin but with only 2 wires connected

[bigboyscottyb]

Problem is to fit all of the self leveling gear you need to remake a wiring harness and put in leveling sensors on the rear arms... Ilwyen I install I can check work on that, from what I can see on the headlights you can also manually adjust

From what I have seen the rev a/b/c model parkers and indicators are 2 wire each and only are both 2pin plugs

[Matt]

The halfcut i got mine off had just manual control, no sensors in the cct at all... even the circuits on the net i found never talked about sensors? Its just shown as manual control

was piss easy to make up a loom and i have full control over the lamp position

[Beckers]

Thank you for a great DIY.

[simon]

Nice DIY. Well done.

[Tim.]

And the 2nd filament in the parker flashes with the indicator on the jdm model

I have both loom and hids from a jdm rev D and the second filament is a corner lamp which lights up solid when the indicators are on. It lights up the kerb and corner of the road in the direction you are turning.

[Matt]

Flashes, lights up...same diff lol

I only assumed it flashed due to the colourong on the wire being identical

So its like the jdm gen2 foggie lamps

[Tim.]

Flashes or lights up solid? Flashes like an indicator or lights up solid like a headlight?

Mine lights up solid like a headlight.

[owen1r]

How do I adjust the level of the headlights manually as I don't have the switch? Also, how do I wire up the parkers, they don't seem to fit.

[jack_keaka]

you just turn the motor with a screw driver. the white circle on the back. parkers are exactly the same. no wiring needed. high beam, parkers & indicators are the same.

[owen1r]

Parkers are not the same for me The plastic housing is a different size and has 3 pins instead of two. I can put the AUDM parkers in the JDM housing with something sticky to keep it there. I'm just wondering why no body else has encountered this.

[jack_keaka]

Strange... The only difference should be the driving light. Have you possibly bought the wrong rev headlight?

[owen1r]

Don't think so.. they are the same design as my old ones.

[jack_keaka]

ok just checking. 

[owen1r]

Cheers anyway hoping someone else can shed some light on this.. ha!