Hella driving lights installation

Hella Driving Lights. Add to Cart. Our Guarantee. Best Price Guaranteed. Truck Experts a Call Away. Fastest Shipping. Lifetime Install Support. The relay is wired next.

The power source for the relay is drawn from the low beam wire of the left headlight, as noted above. The fog lights each have two wires, one for ground and one for the 12V power. One of these wires from each fog light has already been connected to ground. Finally, attach the switch to the dash and the relay to its location. A test is in order before you use the lock ties and button everything up. Turn on the ignition and hit your switch. Nothing should happen. Toggle the switch and see that the lights work properly.

Use lock ties to secure all wires. You are now ready to move about the country! Tagged: driving lights , fog lights , how to , Ric Glomstad , tech tips , wiring. September 21, May 19, August 9, pm Ed Hargrove. Ric, Compliments on a well-written and informative article, but I have to offer one criticism. Fog is a problem for drivers because it reflects most of the light from standard low beam lamps, and much of that occurs because of the beam pattern, the way headlight lenses aim and disperse the light.

Nothing can do that in fog except maybe infrared or radar. For that reason, in heavy fog meaning the kind where your low beams are not very helpful , to see an improvement you must turn off the headlights and turn on the fog lights. August 14, am Han van Pelt. You must not use regular lights in combination with fog lights. True fog lights, correctly used, are a fantastic asset during heavy snow falls. September 13, am Rusty Tools.

If I understand correctly, you have the power for the new lights tapped off the low-beam source, and the power for the relay coming from the fuse-block. Would it be better to reverse them and have the new lights coming from the fuse-block and the switch wiring off the low-beam wire?

Functionality remains the same. December 14, am FinnishSmart. I agree — assuming the switch activates the connection between 30 and 87on the relay, I would have thought 30 on the relay should be connected to the fuse-block and the low current supply to the switch from the low-beam wire.

September 21, am Ron Dubiel. Many years ago, I was driving late at night on a rural country road in very thick fog. I had maybe foot visibility. As I was coming around the mountain, all I saw was a single light. February 26, pm Ric Glomstad. My goof! I wanted the driving lights connected with the low beams to be legal in Washington State…hence I tied the wiring as written.

Thanks for the comments, guys. There are sharp folk out there! Now, I better rewire my system. July 13, pm Nicholas.

Your article was the only one that i found on the web with clear and simple instructions Cheers Nicholas Sydney Australia. February 6, pm Robert. For all purposes being we will be using color coding. You will notice on your lights themselves they have two wires coming out of the back, one blue, and one black. This is where you will connect your yellow remote wire to.

Step 5- Enjoy your new lights If for some reason your lights do not function properly after install the first thing you will want to check are your grounds, are the contacts clean, tight etc. Always remember to make your connections clean and as water tight heat shrinking a sleeve around your connections, or electrical tape for ease of use as possible.

I would be more than happy to provide detailed pictures for you if need be. Happy installing, The Dodson. Thanks a lot the Dodson, that's definitely what I was looking for. If it's not too much trouble, could you include some pictures? I would be happy to post pictures I apologize as I did a clean install I hid all of my wiring I did however pull back the edges of the conduit to try to show you some of the connections. In the above picture you can see where I chose to mount my relay.

I went ahead and utilized the top torx head screw one the fuse block located just above the battery in this above picture you can see where I tied into the High beam circuit It is okay to wire more than one circuit to the same ground. Thank you all for your help, especially the dodson, I finally got them all hooked up correctly and they work great.

The Most Versatile Bag in the World. Check us out over on The Marketplace! I just mounted these lights on the bumper. BB code is On. Hello, from Central Illinois. Stearing troubles, am stumped. Not always needed and I have heard of no problems on a BMW but is some situations it is nice to use a relay with a built in diode protection system. Tor , Jan 2, Joined: Nov 27, Oddometer: 2, Location: Asgard.

Hey Tor, could you post a photo with the lights on and a turn signal on? I have the same Dynamic Motorad turn signal bulbs. Great minds think alike JimVonBaden , Jan 2, Find the nearest trash cans and install them there. Then put on a set of decent LED lights. The FF50s were OK in their day, but there are so many better lights at a reasonable price.