So I found a thread on how to do a quadbeam mod to my headlights but it was very confusing, could somebody help me out using English and not binary. Once I started reading about the relays I just got lost... I have a 2000 4door blazer and maybe if you have done it and have some better quality pictures that'd be great! Thanks!

 

From the thread linked to below... What, specifically, do you find confusing?
How to: Quad Beam Mod 2nd Gen - DISCUSSION THREAD

Cliff's Notes Steps:

1. Find yellow wire (not the yellow wire with black tracer) in driver side low beam headlight harness.
2. Tap into said wire with a new wire.
3. Ground new wire by screwing it to the radiator core support.

This process should work for all 98+ non-ZR2 s-series trucks. The pictures in that thread were taken on my old '00 Bravada.

 

first it's the wire, in the description it says find the yellow wire but in the picture it is a black wire? Also is the wire soldered onto the sheetmetal screw itself or just wrapped around? And the screw is soldered to the radiator support? this is probably a super easy concept for others but I'm not getting it

 

#3 would be either finding a suitable screw/bolt to use, or drilling a hole and using a new screw to secure the ground wire to the radiator support.

 

The color looks washed out, but it looks like they have stripped some of the yellow wire (left side of the picture) and are going to solder a new piece of black wire onto it. Look dead center in the picture, see how the black wiere is wrapped around the other wire? This new black wire will be grounded to the radiator support.

It would be best for you to go to a parts store and get a wire tap device. One part of this will slip over the existing wire. The new wire will push into the other part. There will then be a metal 'tap' that is pressed over the two wires, connecting them. Better devices can be found on Amazon or similar. I'll see if I can find a link for you.

 

This is what you can find at any auto parts store or Ace Hardware:



Search for this, which is a much better connector:

Lockitt POSI-TAP 6 pack wire connectors 20-22 awg

Make sure you get the proper size, though.

 

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Originally Posted by Doctor_Doss

first it's the wire, in the description it says find the yellow wire but in the picture it is a black wire? Also is the wire soldered onto the sheetmetal screw itself or just wrapped around? And the screw is soldered to the radiator support? this is probably a super easy concept for others but I'm not getting it

In the picture, the black wire is the new wire that has been added in. It is soldered to the yellow wire that is part of the vehicle wiring. Put a ring terminal on the other end of the wire that the sheet metal screw will go through and attach to the radiator support.



Never use these, they are junk for doing wiring. They offer no protection against corrosion. Do it the proper way. Solder and heat shrink or tape.

 

Right, hence my recommendation for searching for the better type. Not everyone is going to be able to cut/strip/solder so it stays solid, myself included. If worst comes to worst, the wire could cut and stripped, and the two ends plus the new wire could be wire-nutted with a properly sealed connector.

 

Could I solder the wire straight onto the radiator support?

 

Nope, solder will not adhere to the support.