OK.....I just figured out & have my new P5 headlights correctly wired in my MSP. Thanks to Tony, Mike & all the other guys (I'm sorry if I forget names) that helped out at the MTMA meet this past weekend. This was an unexpected mod that I've been looking to do for some time. Paul...when you get a donor, I can get you wired in no time flat now!
This was actually pretty straight forward once I figured out which wires did which. As it turns out, there is one wire that is essentially useless when you do the conversion. This is for the MSP/MP3/3rd Gen Protege's wiring:
You'll have 3 cut wires from your original wiring harness (from stock setup) and 2 new wiring harnesses for the P5 headlight housing (4 wires....2 for low beam, 2 for high beam). You do NOT need to remove the inside turn signal harness, as this will fit the P5 Headlight housing.
Starting w/ passenger side, there is one wire that is Red w/ a black stripe...this wire is useless now & you just need to cap the end. (Also, cap the ends of the green & black wires that went to the amber corner marker.) With the remaining two wires, wire them to the High-beam harness for the P5 housing, which is the inside headlight bulb (polarity shouldn't matter....you're closing a circuit). For your Low-beams, you need to go into the Passenger wheel well & open the shroud enough to gain access to the fog-light wiring. Strip back roughly 10 inches of the protective cover on these wires (black & blue wires). Cut these wires and splice in two additional wires (you'll need lots of length, so use the spool of wire & trim after you've run it). But-splice them all back together so that your fogs are hooked back up & you have an extra wire for your low beams. Run these wires through the hole behind the washer fluid bottle & into the engine bay. Now you can connect these wires to your low beam harness.
Now, for the driver's side you need to connect additional wire to your passenger low-beam harness to run to the other side. I ran mine in front of the radiator hidden up under the cross-brace. Simply run this across, then splice it to your driver's side low-beam wiring harness. You should now have both low-beams wired up. For the driver's side high beam, the useless wire this time is the Red w/ White stripe.....cap that wire & the remaining 2 wires (mine were All red, and Red w/ a green stripe) get spliced to your high-beam harness.
You can cap those pesky green & black corner marker wires on this side too now. Now, get out your trusty electrical tape & make sure all your connections are spliced good & taped up to keep them good & dry. Also I recommend getting some wiring loom to protect the wires as they run down to the harnesses (exposed wires look bad in the engine bay IMO)
Now, you're low-beams & fogs should come on together, and when switching to high beam your highs only will be on .....just like stock.
Oh yeah.....I also learned how to get all 3 on at once, how to keep your fog's on constantly by simply grounding that pesky useless Red w/ black stripe wire, how to have dual beams for high, and only fogs for low, and how to blow a s***-load of fuses!!!! LOL!!
Good luck!!!
This was actually pretty straight forward once I figured out which wires did which. As it turns out, there is one wire that is essentially useless when you do the conversion. This is for the MSP/MP3/3rd Gen Protege's wiring:
You'll have 3 cut wires from your original wiring harness (from stock setup) and 2 new wiring harnesses for the P5 headlight housing (4 wires....2 for low beam, 2 for high beam). You do NOT need to remove the inside turn signal harness, as this will fit the P5 Headlight housing.
Starting w/ passenger side, there is one wire that is Red w/ a black stripe...this wire is useless now & you just need to cap the end. (Also, cap the ends of the green & black wires that went to the amber corner marker.) With the remaining two wires, wire them to the High-beam harness for the P5 housing, which is the inside headlight bulb (polarity shouldn't matter....you're closing a circuit). For your Low-beams, you need to go into the Passenger wheel well & open the shroud enough to gain access to the fog-light wiring. Strip back roughly 10 inches of the protective cover on these wires (black & blue wires). Cut these wires and splice in two additional wires (you'll need lots of length, so use the spool of wire & trim after you've run it). But-splice them all back together so that your fogs are hooked back up & you have an extra wire for your low beams. Run these wires through the hole behind the washer fluid bottle & into the engine bay. Now you can connect these wires to your low beam harness.
Now, for the driver's side you need to connect additional wire to your passenger low-beam harness to run to the other side. I ran mine in front of the radiator hidden up under the cross-brace. Simply run this across, then splice it to your driver's side low-beam wiring harness. You should now have both low-beams wired up. For the driver's side high beam, the useless wire this time is the Red w/ White stripe.....cap that wire & the remaining 2 wires (mine were All red, and Red w/ a green stripe) get spliced to your high-beam harness.
You can cap those pesky green & black corner marker wires on this side too now. Now, get out your trusty electrical tape & make sure all your connections are spliced good & taped up to keep them good & dry. Also I recommend getting some wiring loom to protect the wires as they run down to the harnesses (exposed wires look bad in the engine bay IMO)
Now, you're low-beams & fogs should come on together, and when switching to high beam your highs only will be on .....just like stock.
Oh yeah.....I also learned how to get all 3 on at once, how to keep your fog's on constantly by simply grounding that pesky useless Red w/ black stripe wire, how to have dual beams for high, and only fogs for low, and how to blow a s***-load of fuses!!!! LOL!!
Good luck!!!