Spotlights and Wiring Looms - Nissan GU

Ooops. It was late, I was tired and slow, apparently my fingers are wide awake and fast.

Please post the replys to the other "same" question.

I have spanked myself severely.

Dave

Not really necessary but pre-made looms are handy I suppose.

Get some heavy wire (6mm i.e. 6 sq.mm.) hook it to a suitable power supply on your vehicle, main under bonnet fuse for example or starter motor. Run it through a 20-30 amp circuit breaker and then on to a relay switch.

Break into your high beam wire behind a headlight, one of those clamp-on clips that cut through the insulation but not the wire will do the trick. Run this to the other pair on the relay (this can be lighter wire, say 10 amp, but should also be fused). A relay is merely a heavy duty switch activated by an electromagnet. The other side of this pair to earth and the other side of the heavy wire to the lights. You can get double relays for 2 lights but I prefer to duplicate with 2 relays.

Make sure your lights have a good earth.

Now when you put your lights on high beam the current will activate the relay and close the circuit for your spotties ..... voila!!

To be 100% legal the circuit from the high beam (the activating circuit) should also have a switch so you can run on high beam without the spotties. This means mounting a switch on/near the dash which can be a pain as we all know. I haven't bothered with this in the past.

P.S. When you look at the relay it will have a little wiring diagram with the points numbered telling you what goes where.
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Rosco

Moneypit ... Repco now sell a wiring kit for driving lights in their "Ziel" range for $49. I have no idea if it's any good, but I will be taking a look at it tomorrow. I'll let you know what I think once I see it.

Moneypit,
The IPF & Hella's are much of a muchness i think , but if you want to swap them the existing loom is fine just unhook the IPF & hook up the Hella'sRegards Bob
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Moneypit
I bought my relay seperate and used 4mm wire on my ralle 4000's
Done the same as Ross it works fine
Tim

There aree several types of IPF lights with varying strength and quality and many look the same. Most other light brands have different types.
Are the recatngular or round and does the lens have a flat or concave lens or is the backing black or grey. This will help work out whether you have the standard IPF's or HIR type lights.We have so little time to enjoy our land

the hella 4000 great light , but do not overtighten the light adjusting bolts (big plastic heads) they will earth out your individual light when u dont want them to (shorten bolts ,2mm ) prob solved now u can tighten them so no hands can undo seen this several times , also they do not seal 2 well ,but that can B fixed also with a bit of silicon if your takin it swimin , u can get brighter bulbs 4 them as well great lights if u wanna see where u goin put them on as well, muddy christmas jtb

The IPF's that Nissan give away are great lights, 4mm should be enough for 100w lights and go with the relay, you can pick up the feed from the plug at the back of the lights, I went to the wreckers and cut off some headlight plugs and wired the hi and lo beam into relays tooLaterally Literal
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Thanks to everyone who gave their 2 bobs worth. Ended up with the Hellas on the front and used the existing cabling.

Dave