GEN3 spotlight wiring

Post by **Alex** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:24 pm

hi all,

just chucked my lightforces on the liberty for abit of touring ill be doing soon.

got them all working fine, but i cant seem to get them to work with my highbeam/find the highbeam wire in the stalk.

anyone know what colour wire the high beam is?

also is my car negatively switched?

cheers

alex

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:44 pm

this may help and yes 99% sure yours is earth switched, took me ages to get my head around it ..... not sure i totally understand it still!

showthread.php?t=12663&highlight=earth+switching

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:06 pm

Looks like its the red wire that you are after

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:27 pm

I've since updated my five year old drawing that is found in the above link from FROG:

Just make sure the source of the power for the on dash switch is something that turns on and off with the *IGNITION* - otherwise you'll have to turn the dash switch off when ever you turn the lights off or you'll be driving around with your driving lights on without the standard lights being on...

Hope that makes some sense.

Cheers

Bennie

GOD · Post by **GOD** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:52 pm

Pretty sure I used the red wire, but found it at the back of the headlight, rather than in the stalk.

Are these Lightforce 240s you've put on? Where are the pics?

Dane.

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:24 am

my gen 1's wiring didn't match the workshop manual... so I pulled the headlight switch out and probed for the highbeam from there, then followed it into the harness connector, and then the colour was consistent from there... I think L one was green and R one was red... either way, I spliced the switch in from before the harness and it works fine.

A tip bennie gave me, make sure your fuse is as close to the battery as possible. The harness that came with my Roo Lites had the fuse right next to the relay. I'm adding an additional fuse in when I transfer the wiring accross to Libby.

How are you mounting them without a bullbar?

Cheers,
Owen.

Post by **Alex** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:21 am

thanks guys ill post up some pics tonight.

ive mounted them using a uni-bar and theyre my stalker 170s which are just as good as the XGTs IMHO. They throw ALOT of light

alex

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:12 pm

I realised yesterday that I was wrong, you need to source the dash switch power from the ignition as per the diagram...

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **Alex** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:43 am

thanks Bennie...i will try it tonight, just been soo busy at work to even look at any of the cars this week!

alex

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:07 am

Keffa wrote:thanks Bennie...i will try it tonight, just been soo busy at work to even look at any of the cars this week!

I know that feeling! Got a long list of things to do before we leave for SA tonight... Bloody work - can't live with it (all the time), can't live without it (for a great period of time).

Fun fun.

Cheers

Bennie