Lighting Connector Part Numbers

[ejohnson03]

Hello all, how's she going eh?

Many of the 2G owners have noticed that the Connectors for Headlamps and Fog lamps seem to have a dark and deformed appearance, from the heat of the wiring connections.



I am at the point of replacing the Halogen bulbs with LED's.



Since I will have everything apart, thought I would take the time to replace these old and decrepit connectors.

First I will need the part numbers for the Low Beam and High Beam headlamp connectors, and also the Fog lamp connectors.

Anyone out there know where I can locate these numbers?

It just so happens that I work for a small Automotive Electronics company (Delphi) and can get what I need.

[sall]

PnP LEDs are useless. The only PnP I can recommend is a V3 Triton. No legitimate options in the low and high beam category except an HID or LED retrofit with projectors.

They are just a standard 9005/9006 connector. As for an exact part number... I don't know.

[Dan Wogan]

Fog connectors are 880 on 2Gs. But I second the ineffectiveness of the plug and play LED replacements. I had some LED fogs and high beams and they were god awful. Currently have "3000K" halogens in the fogs and just some silverstar ultras in the highs and and way happier. I'm planning on properly retrofitting both my low beams and fogs for HIDs which you should maybe consider instead of LEDs (if you have the time and money that is haha)

[wfooshee]

I "third" the ineffectiveness of LED drop-in replacements. The light source is from a different part of the structure than where the filament is on a bulb, so the reflector in the lamp is basically useless and randomized. Also, LEDs are extremely directional, meaning that those panels shoot light out one way, and even 10 degrees off-axis there is little or no output. Again, that makes the reflectors useless.

I see this a lot in my motorcycle groups, where LEDs are supposed to be the be-all and end-all of Kewl lights, but when you drop replacement bulbs into a reflector not made for them, they simply don't work. Wow, bright tail lights! But the guy one lane over can't see them. OK, try the brake lights now! You did? Huh.... no difference from back here!

All of that "they don't work in reflectors made for incandescent bulbs" just gets a thousand times worse with headlights!

The next argument is always, "But look at the cars that come with LEDs as original equipment!!! How can you say LEDs won't work?" See, all those cars that come with them OEM use them in systems designed for them, with different structure reflectors, and clusters of LEDs aimed in many different directions to cover "blind" spots. You can't put LEDs into a reflector made for a filament bulb any more than you can put a filament bulb into a system made for LEDs, assuming you actually want performance out of your lamps.