DIY AAC Dual Color Halo/Flush LED Switch Wiring - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Saint Alban · 11-02-2011, 09:14 AM

I had this in the cosmetics and lighting section, but thought it would be more helpful in the DIY section. So here it is copied and pasted again.

A few weeks (months now) ago I installed AAC's dual color halos. Long story short, they are great in my opinion. They come with an installation CD which has videos on how to remove your front fascia, remove your headlights, get the housings open, and install the halos. As for the wiring instructions.....there are none. At least, in my packaging there wasnt any. Each halo has three wires, one red and two black. They also throw in a free on/off rocker switch. For one, i didnt want to control my halos with a rocker switch. Two, i cant really use one to switch from one color to another. I think maybe it is meant for the single color halos. Dont get me wrong, im not complaining or hating AAC for any of this, i just think some people who arent that great at wiring could use more help in that area. So tonight i thought i'd draw out the wiring diagram for anyone who may find it useful. I did however do away with the rocker switch and went with AAC's flush LED switch (on\off, not momentary). I'd recommend using theirs because it goes with everything very nicely, but if you'd rather a more inexpensive switch, im sure you can find a "single pole double throw" switch or button in autozone or pep boys or even radio shack or something along those lines. When you open your headlight housing, you'll notice your factory halos are plugged in by a little white connector. After unplugging it, I cut off the wires on the halo side and spliced it to the new ones. If you want to do it that way or not is up to you.
Also, AAC's flush LED swith isnt just a simple on/off, its a single pole double throw switch. What that means is, when it is wired into a circuit controlling two devices, one of the devices will be normally on and the other will be normally off. When you press the button, the devices thats normally on, turns off while the one thats normally off, turns on. So by pressing the button, you can switch from one color to another.

Here's my diagram. I wired it in such a way that, when you turn your car on, your halos will operate like they would normally with your factory switch. Then, by pressing the button, the color will switch. That means, whatever color you change your halos to, you can turn off your car and it will remain the same color when you turn it back on. No need for two separate switches to control each individual color.

All the little blue dots are where you make your splices.

Also, you can wire the LED inside the switch to operate how you want it to (oddly enough, there's no wiring diagram for this switch on AAC's site either, only a diagram showing its dimensions):

A perfect place to mount your switch and to get a power from a circuit thats only on when the car is on can be found here (i think the fuse was called "convenience outlet").

I hope someone finds this useful.

heRS · 11-30-2011, 12:10 PM

Thank you - this is a mod I'm looking at, and you just helped a lot! Do you really love them? I'm thinking blue/white to go with my IBM.

Saint Alban · 11-30-2011, 12:18 PM

I really do love them. The white has a bluish hue to them like an HID. I'm not sure how blue you want but a friend of mine settled for white because he thought he wanted blue but liked the blueish-ness in the white. But I imagine the actual blue is....very blue so if you want blue, go for it. Haven't seen blue in person though. This is how my white looks on camera:

In person, it's more white, go figure. Definitely a great mod. Even if you only got white, its so much brighter than the stock, single LED, halos. Good luck!

The Stig · 11-30-2011, 12:21 PM

I edited your OP, hope you don't mind.

Saint Alban · 11-30-2011, 12:34 PM

I doubt I would mind.....if i knew what you edited lol.

The Stig · 11-30-2011, 12:44 PM

When you copied the post it didn't copy the attachments. Because attachments are attached to a post. So instead I just found the image urls and inserted those.

Saint Alban · 11-30-2011, 01:07 PM

Oh, I didn't even notice, thanks.

galapagos · 01-10-2012, 05:08 PM

they look amazing, will they fit LS models as well? Is blue legal in every state?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saint Alban

I really do love them. The white has a bluish hue to them like an HID. I'm not sure how blue you want but a friend of mine settled for white because he thought he wanted blue but liked the blueish-ness in the white. But I imagine the actual blue is....very blue so if you want blue, go for it. Haven't seen blue in person though. This is how my white looks on camera:

In person, it's more white, go figure. Definitely a great mod. Even if you only got white, its so much brighter than the stock, single LED, halos. Good luck!

Saint Alban · 01-10-2012, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by galapagos

they look amazing, will they fit LS models as well? Is blue legal in every state?

Thanks. They're actually more white in person. Comes out pretty blue on camera though. They will fit the LS. There's just a certain way to mount them in there since there's no existing halo. Go to aacstyle.com or send a PM to jonathan@aacstyle.com about it. They have single color, dual color, and colorshift which is every color.

This should help too:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35663

11-02-2011, 09:14 AM	#1
Saint Alban Drives: '14 Black 2SS RS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Queens, New York (NY5thGen.com) Posts: 978 View My Garage	DIY AAC Dual Color Halo/Flush LED Switch Wiring I had this in the cosmetics and lighting section, but thought it would be more helpful in the DIY section. So here it is copied and pasted again. A few weeks (months now) ago I installed AAC's dual color halos. Long story short, they are great in my opinion. They come with an installation CD which has videos on how to remove your front fascia, remove your headlights, get the housings open, and install the halos. As for the wiring instructions.....there are none. At least, in my packaging there wasnt any. Each halo has three wires, one red and two black. They also throw in a free on/off rocker switch. For one, i didnt want to control my halos with a rocker switch. Two, i cant really use one to switch from one color to another. I think maybe it is meant for the single color halos. Dont get me wrong, im not complaining or hating AAC for any of this, i just think some people who arent that great at wiring could use more help in that area. So tonight i thought i'd draw out the wiring diagram for anyone who may find it useful. I did however do away with the rocker switch and went with AAC's flush LED switch (on\off, not momentary). I'd recommend using theirs because it goes with everything very nicely, but if you'd rather a more inexpensive switch, im sure you can find a "single pole double throw" switch or button in autozone or pep boys or even radio shack or something along those lines. When you open your headlight housing, you'll notice your factory halos are plugged in by a little white connector. After unplugging it, I cut off the wires on the halo side and spliced it to the new ones. If you want to do it that way or not is up to you. Also, AAC's flush LED swith isnt just a simple on/off, its a single pole double throw switch. What that means is, when it is wired into a circuit controlling two devices, one of the devices will be normally on and the other will be normally off. When you press the button, the devices thats normally on, turns off while the one thats normally off, turns on. So by pressing the button, you can switch from one color to another. Here's my diagram. I wired it in such a way that, when you turn your car on, your halos will operate like they would normally with your factory switch. Then, by pressing the button, the color will switch. That means, whatever color you change your halos to, you can turn off your car and it will remain the same color when you turn it back on. No need for two separate switches to control each individual color. All the little blue dots are where you make your splices. Also, you can wire the LED inside the switch to operate how you want it to (oddly enough, there's no wiring diagram for this switch on AAC's site either, only a diagram showing its dimensions): A perfect place to mount your switch and to get a power from a circuit thats only on when the car is on can be found here (i think the fuse was called "convenience outlet"). I hope someone finds this useful.

11-30-2011, 12:10 PM	#2
heRS Raised by Wolves Drives: IBM 2010 2LT RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 5,981 View My Garage	Thank you - this is a mod I'm looking at, and you just helped a lot! Do you really love them? I'm thinking blue/white to go with my IBM. __________________ Tori click the sig pic to view my build thread

11-30-2011, 12:21 PM	#4
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11-30-2011, 12:44 PM	#6
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11-30-2011, 12:18 PM	#3
Saint Alban Drives: '14 Black 2SS RS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Queens, New York (NY5thGen.com) Posts: 978 View My Garage	I really do love them. The white has a bluish hue to them like an HID. I'm not sure how blue you want but a friend of mine settled for white because he thought he wanted blue but liked the blueish-ness in the white. But I imagine the actual blue is....very blue so if you want blue, go for it. Haven't seen blue in person though. This is how my white looks on camera: In person, it's more white, go figure. Definitely a great mod. Even if you only got white, its so much brighter than the stock, single LED, halos. Good luck!

11-30-2011, 12:34 PM	#5
Saint Alban Drives: '14 Black 2SS RS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Queens, New York (NY5thGen.com) Posts: 978 View My Garage	I doubt I would mind.....if i knew what you edited lol.

11-30-2011, 01:07 PM	#7
Saint Alban Drives: '14 Black 2SS RS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Queens, New York (NY5thGen.com) Posts: 978 View My Garage	Oh, I didn't even notice, thanks.