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Safari H4 headlight upgrade wiring loom

Tech Talk for Nissan owners.

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Post by ozy1 »

i made my own loom as well, i did this mod a bit over 12 m onths ago, i used 4 realays, each relay is fused, and for the relay switching, i used each original plug, and not just one like the diagram on the other forum shows,

and it is brilliant, i love it
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Post by mabsydney »

I'm pretty sure my Safari is positive switched, not negative.

I haven't got a multimeter on there to confirm that yet, but I will do.

Any Safari owners confirm that for me?
1989 Nissan Safari TD42 with stuff
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Post by mabsydney »

Also I'm gonna use fused relays, like this one:

http://db.hella.com.au/cgi-bin/catalogu ... lmaint=191

Saves the extra hassle of wiring up fuses :)

I'm tempted to use just two 5 pin relays cos I'm lazy, but the point the dude on the LR site makes is if you do that then you could lose both headlights if a fuse or relay blows...........which would be pretty scarey.........so I guess I shouldn't be lazy!
1989 Nissan Safari TD42 with stuff
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Post by TwistedMQ »

6 mm cable, does any one know what gauge that is?
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Post by festy »

pretty close to 10 AWG i think
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Post by BrettInUte »

I made a loom up from scratch last weekend for my gq ute.

new reflectors, wire, globes, relays etc cost < $100

took 2 of us all afternoon.
took our time cause we were only doing it once !!
left all the original loom in place.

all worked first time.

Bloody made a HUGE difference.
Absolute chalk and cheese difference.

low beams are must whiter.
high beams light up ground so much better. I now have to adjust my driving lights UP a bit to compensate.

One of the best mods Ive done to my ute !!!
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Location: Melbourne

Post by BrettInUte »

I made a loom up from scratch last weekend for my gq ute.

new reflectors, wire, globes, relays etc cost < $100

took 2 of us all afternoon.
took our time cause we were only doing it once !!
left all the original loom in place.

all worked first time.

Bloody made a HUGE difference.
Absolute chalk and cheese difference.

low beams are must whiter.
high beams light up ground so much better. I now have to adjust my driving lights UP a bit to compensate.

One of the best mods Ive done to my ute !!!
Posts: 153
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:51 pm
Location: Melbourne

Post by BrettInUte »

I made a loom up from scratch last weekend for my gq ute.

new reflectors, wire, globes, relays etc cost < $100

took 2 of us all afternoon.
took our time cause we were only doing it once !!
left all the original loom in place.

all worked first time.

Bloody made a HUGE difference.
Absolute chalk and cheese difference.

low beams are must whiter.
high beams light up ground so much better. I now have to adjust my driving lights UP a bit to compensate.

One of the best mods Ive done to my ute !!!
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