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Driving lights

Tech Talk for Ford, Mazda, Daihatsu & Makes that currently dont have a home.

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Post by ferog »

DOH! oh well, I will get a pic tommorrow hopefully when dying in 38 degree heat at jenolyn in my car by myself.
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Post by ShinyDiscoBalls »

Heh.... I wired my spoties myself and had problems with blowing fuses... so I took off the inline fuse out of frustration and they worked... except I got an electrical fire.... so I ripped off all the wiring and am just going to take them in to someone to wire up.

I will also be alone in the truck for the trip... everyone seems to care more about this xmas thing than having fun in the sun... :roll: :roll: :roll:

Should be a blast.
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Post by robbie »

you were blowing fuese and got an electric fire cause you had a short somewhere.. figure that out, and problem solved
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Post by ShinyDiscoBalls »

The problem is solved now Robbie... in a fit of rage I ripped out all the wiring... :x :bad-words: :x if it ain't wired it aint broken... ;)
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Post by robbie »

:lol: ah well
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Post by murcod »

Driving lights should be easy to wire....... what went wrong??!!!!??

One side of the relay coil goes to the back of the highbeam globe (find wire with 12v when highbeam on), the other side goes inside the cabin and via a switch to the chassis. Run a fuse (~ 20-25Amp) and heavy duty wire from the battery to one side of the relay contacts, run two seperate wires from the other side of the contacts to the lights (one wire for each light). Then run another heavy wire from each light back to the battery grounding point on the chassis behind the battery. Job done!
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Post by ShinyDiscoBalls »

Dave....

What you wrote comes across like this to me...

"Blah blah blah blah highbeam blah blah blah blah relay blah blah...."

I'm like water.... don't mix well with electricals..... :idea:
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Post by robbie »

FerociousFeroza wrote:Dave....

What you wrote comes across like this to me...

"Blah blah blah blah highbeam blah blah blah blah relay blah blah...."

I'm like water.... don't mix well with electricals..... :idea:


leave it to the pros then :D
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Post by ShinyDiscoBalls »

Yup.... I can fit a carby kit to a holley 4 barrell in under 20 mins but i can barely change a light globe....
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Post by robbie »

FerociousFeroza wrote:Yup.... I can fit a carby kit to a holley 4 barrell in under 20 mins but i can barely change a light globe....


dude, thats 19 minutes too long :finger: :armsup:
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Post by ShinyDiscoBalls »

AHHHHHH EAT STUFF :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:
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Post by robbie »

only kidding champ :cool:
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Post by ShinyDiscoBalls »

:rofl:
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Post by murcod »

FerociousFeroza wrote:Dave....

What you wrote comes across like this to me...

"Blah blah blah blah highbeam blah blah blah blah relay blah blah...."

I'm like water.... don't mix well with electricals..... :idea:


Fair enough; best you don't touch anything electrical then apart from the ignition switch and radio! :D
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Post by ferog »

Not that i know anything about electrics :oops: , but my uncle tried to wire his lights in and put the wrong sized amp in and the wiring caught on fire?
Anyway I did'nt need to say that as you all know these things :D .........................................................I am bored .
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Post by ferog »

lightforce 140's
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Post by Ferwoaza »

I have a set of Nightstalkers. Cost me round $170 and I haven't come across anything much brighter...have only had to replace 1 bulb in 2 years, was a 10 minute job, and that was because I welded something on the car without disconnecting the batter :D :lol:
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Post by ferog »

While we are on the topic, I have this image of my feroza with 3x narva rectangular ultima's running along a bar on the top of the roof , I know it's unnecessary but for the aww factor and the light power- has anyone else done it? This is a minor priority. :roll:
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