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Yellow Skull
The Helios Headlight Conversion 
This is our first product, that utilizes the LP6 and S2 Sport from Baja Designs giving these old trucks a modern look and feel.
We do realize that this conversion is stupid expensive for such an old truck when eBay sells replacements for cheap. Let's go over our kit, as it has everything needed to adapt onto a 2nd Gen Ram and WHAT makes this product so different.
Headlight Bracket Assembly:
We built this conversion around the Baja Designs LP6 light. The DOT variant is what motivated us and the OHV model is also available for the off-road only rigs. The brackets themselves are 1/8" steel plate that use (5) factory bolt locations to mount this headlight to the radiator support. The adapter brackets for the LP6 allow complete adjustment of the headlight beam just like factory headlight alignments do. Our goal with the bracket was a mount for the Baja Designs light that was both slim in profile to accommodate crazy builds and to also be rigid in taking abuse in whoops or mounting glass fenders to - all of our goals were met. This is a compact, stout designs that integrates the lights and has a sleek look even without the headlight cover.
Headlight Cover:
For the headlight cover, our focus was something that blended a factory look into a more modern, race look. We didn't want bolt heads showing for both appeal and to not encourage theft. These covers install and remove quickly, using (2) bolts on the radiator support side and a magnet on the blinker side. The hood must be open to reach the bolts, and once the bolts are removed, the cover simply pops off.
Wiring:
LP6 Wiring: The wiring harness for the LP6 comes with a waterproof relay/fuse box that mounts with a stainless bracket to the front fender landing in-between the washer fluid reservoir and the battery. There is a positive and negative lead that will connect to the battery, as well as another wire than gets ran inside the cab and taps into the dash fuse block to power the DRL within the LP6. All using GXL & TXL Cross-link wiring and a fuse/relay box that uses standard mini relays. Nothing proprietary or hard to find.
S2 Sport Wiring: The Ram blinkers use a 3-wire plug, powering both blinker and running lights. Our adapter harnesses convert the 3-wire to a 2-wire providing ALL functions of the OEM blinker within the S2 light. We also dim down the S2 Sport for two reasons. One is to balance the illumination intensity to match the DRL within the LP6, and the second is to not blind other drivers on road ways. Our harnesses do just that. Making this the full fledged, zero issue conversion.
Custom Connectors:
We went to the drawing board and designed our own connectors to make the harness worry free and SERVICEABLE. The typical male conversion plug that connects to a 9004/9007 type connector is your normal, run of the mill Chinese connector. There is nothing inherently wrong with this connector, but it does have weak points. The connection into a 9004/9007 plug relies on the wire terminals to keep the body close to the seal, if it even seals. The other weakness is that the back side has open wire connections letting water in. The connector that we designed plugs into the 9004/9007 socket in a snug fashion, but also utilizes weatherpack seals on the backside keeping things water tight and serviceable.
The second connector that we designed integrates onto the 3157 male adapter plug for the blinker. Normally, the 3157 bulb socket locks onto a factory housing and seals itself off. Using any sort of wiring adapter plug, there are open voids into the electrical side of that socket since there is no housing to lock onto. So we designed a cap that wraps around the male adapter, locks onto the 3157 socket, and seals with an o-ring around the body of the adapter. This keeps everything completely waterproof and there is no worry of pulling the adapter out, as it's locked in place.
What is needed to make this conversion work?
We do call this a conversion because there are modifications needed. We go into EVERYTHING I explained in this post on our YouTube channel, so if you are a visual person, please visit our channel and watch "behind the design" to see what all goes into our conversion. For seeing what work needs to be done, please watch the video ***led "what to expect".
In short, the headlight pocket within the fender must be removed to fit this new assembly. This consists of removing spot welds in three areas, two cuts to the inside of the fender, and a slight sand where the LP6 sits. Nothing is external and won't be seen outside of the vehicle.
These are the advantages to this headlight conversion over ANY other option:
If you'd like to visit our website, this is our product page: HERE!
If you have any questions or critiques, please let me know! I'm open to hear it all
This is our first product, that utilizes the LP6 and S2 Sport from Baja Designs giving these old trucks a modern look and feel.
We do realize that this conversion is stupid expensive for such an old truck when eBay sells replacements for cheap. Let's go over our kit, as it has everything needed to adapt onto a 2nd Gen Ram and WHAT makes this product so different.
Headlight Bracket Assembly:
We built this conversion around the Baja Designs LP6 light. The DOT variant is what motivated us and the OHV model is also available for the off-road only rigs. The brackets themselves are 1/8" steel plate that use (5) factory bolt locations to mount this headlight to the radiator support. The adapter brackets for the LP6 allow complete adjustment of the headlight beam just like factory headlight alignments do. Our goal with the bracket was a mount for the Baja Designs light that was both slim in profile to accommodate crazy builds and to also be rigid in taking abuse in whoops or mounting glass fenders to - all of our goals were met. This is a compact, stout designs that integrates the lights and has a sleek look even without the headlight cover.
Headlight Cover:
For the headlight cover, our focus was something that blended a factory look into a more modern, race look. We didn't want bolt heads showing for both appeal and to not encourage theft. These covers install and remove quickly, using (2) bolts on the radiator support side and a magnet on the blinker side. The hood must be open to reach the bolts, and once the bolts are removed, the cover simply pops off.
Wiring:
LP6 Wiring: The wiring harness for the LP6 comes with a waterproof relay/fuse box that mounts with a stainless bracket to the front fender landing in-between the washer fluid reservoir and the battery. There is a positive and negative lead that will connect to the battery, as well as another wire than gets ran inside the cab and taps into the dash fuse block to power the DRL within the LP6. All using GXL & TXL Cross-link wiring and a fuse/relay box that uses standard mini relays. Nothing proprietary or hard to find.
S2 Sport Wiring: The Ram blinkers use a 3-wire plug, powering both blinker and running lights. Our adapter harnesses convert the 3-wire to a 2-wire providing ALL functions of the OEM blinker within the S2 light. We also dim down the S2 Sport for two reasons. One is to balance the illumination intensity to match the DRL within the LP6, and the second is to not blind other drivers on road ways. Our harnesses do just that. Making this the full fledged, zero issue conversion.
Custom Connectors:
We went to the drawing board and designed our own connectors to make the harness worry free and SERVICEABLE. The typical male conversion plug that connects to a 9004/9007 type connector is your normal, run of the mill Chinese connector. There is nothing inherently wrong with this connector, but it does have weak points. The connection into a 9004/9007 plug relies on the wire terminals to keep the body close to the seal, if it even seals. The other weakness is that the back side has open wire connections letting water in. The connector that we designed plugs into the 9004/9007 socket in a snug fashion, but also utilizes weatherpack seals on the backside keeping things water tight and serviceable.
The second connector that we designed integrates onto the 3157 male adapter plug for the blinker. Normally, the 3157 bulb socket locks onto a factory housing and seals itself off. Using any sort of wiring adapter plug, there are open voids into the electrical side of that socket since there is no housing to lock onto. So we designed a cap that wraps around the male adapter, locks onto the 3157 socket, and seals with an o-ring around the body of the adapter. This keeps everything completely waterproof and there is no worry of pulling the adapter out, as it's locked in place.
What is needed to make this conversion work?
We do call this a conversion because there are modifications needed. We go into EVERYTHING I explained in this post on our YouTube channel, so if you are a visual person, please visit our channel and watch "behind the design" to see what all goes into our conversion. For seeing what work needs to be done, please watch the video ***led "what to expect".
In short, the headlight pocket within the fender must be removed to fit this new assembly. This consists of removing spot welds in three areas, two cuts to the inside of the fender, and a slight sand where the LP6 sits. Nothing is external and won't be seen outside of the vehicle.
These are the advantages to this headlight conversion over ANY other option:
- The ONLY headlight with a Lifetime Warranty through Baja Designs
- IP69K Waterproof Relay/Fuse Box uses common 5-pin mini relays found at any auto parts store for easy serviceability
- Heavy gauge wire harness to remove all load from the factory wiring which will prevent the headlight switch in the cab from ever melting down
- Headlight is completely isolated from the fender providing more stability to the extreme off-roaders who send it through whoops or trees while giving the on-roader ability to adjust fender gaps better with a tighter fitment
- Cover itself has a better and tighter fit than 99% of the chinese HID conversions or eBay specials
- Ultra bright DRLs provide extreme visibility
- Universal lights so if projects ever change, you can always re-purpose the lights within our kit on another rig!
If you'd like to visit our website, this is our product page: HERE!
If you have any questions or critiques, please let me know! I'm open to hear it all
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Especially in California at night in bad weather.
