Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey Folks,
Last weekend fixing a fault with the spotties on my 4Runner, I discovered just how pathetic the headlight wiring on this thing is. So as a result I'm looking at building a replacement High-Current harness for the headlights.

The Question - Does anyone make a male version of the three wire U-shaped headlight plug - or do I have to do it with three male spade lugs. I'd prefer to use a male of the headlight plug so that once its complete I can just push it on rather than having to mess around in a confined space to fit the individual spade lugs in the correct sockets.

Mick_n_Sal

narva and hella make em...... visit your local Bursons or Repco, or whateva they are called up there.

These are neg switching headlights and can do weird stuff when fitting headlight relays ect....

pihrana also make a kit with everythin u need...sell heaps at work..coems with DIY instructions etc

but i guess it would b cheaper to maek yaself one??

Macca177 wrote:pihrana also make a kit with everythin u need...sell heaps at work..coems with DIY instructions etc

but i guess it would b cheaper to maek yaself one??

Aren't you a butcher

Shorty40 wrote:

Macca177 wrote:pihrana also make a kit with everythin u need...sell heaps at work..coems with DIY instructions etc

but i guess it would b cheaper to maek yaself one??

Aren't you a butcher

no he's working at Town & Country 4WD, on King Georges Rd at Roselands.




(The quality part of Sydney)
































NOT

yes i butcher my pos car and others

can solder male lugs onto the female connectors of standard h4 connector. just remove from plastic housing, cut with sidecutters male lug to suit, push into fitting and then solder. do all three then reassemble and now you have male h4 connector.

as you need lots of heat and lots of solder, this does work better before you have wire on end of female lug. otherwise insulation gets bit melted if not careful

Go to the wreckers and cut two out of a car. Then remove the female spades and either solder onto these connectors or replace them.

Thanks guys, I Was hoping for a commercially produced one, not to worry, I'll use plan B - purchase 3*headlight plugs, use one as a pickup for voltages by inserting some solid between the factory one and my pickup socket. Using these voltages I'll fire some relays and feed this back to the headlights via some decent sized cable. VOILA!! headlights as they were intended.

Mick_n_Sal

Utemad wrote:Go to the wreckers and cut two out of a car. Then remove the female spades and either solder onto these connectors or replace them.

this is probably best option. just make sure you grab ones with decent wire on the ends, then simply solder and heatshrink your loom onto this

btw, if you make your loom so it has h4 connector to plug into one side existing headlight connector for all your sense wires, you effectively have new loom for lights, but backup loom that can very easily and quickly put back into service if required