How to install a lightbar/spotlights (Beginners guide)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Hi guy's no matter your experience with 12v I've tried to make it as simple as possible to install your own lightbar or spotlights with confidence.
There's so many different wiring loom's on the market I couldn't cover them all but if you look at the under side of the relay you will see numbers beside each pin location. Simply follow this diagram to know where each wire is heading from the relay.
- Pin 30 (Connects directly to your battery)
- Pin 87 (Leeds to your lights)
- Pin 86 (Connects to your high beam)
- Pin 85 (Connects to a body earth point)
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Man I have found a lot of videos on TH-cam regarding this particular subject, and i ain’t going to lie and your video is very well explained and you get right to the point.
Thanks mate I'm glad you found it helpful 👍
Straight to the point with clear instructions. Awesome!
Best video I’ve found yet. Very well explained. Thanks bro
Perfect timing! We’ve mounted a light bar and are yet to wire up as we’re beginners. Explained well 👍🏼
thanks for explaining well good video for electrical novices like me.
Thank you for the video mate !! Help me a lot !! 👊👊👊👊👊
Awesome vid. Thanks for making it easy to understand and the whys and hows fr doing it.
Glad to hear you found it helpful 👍
Great tutorial Mate best ive found on here
Great vid mate, very informative
Thanks mate 👍 shame it cost me $400 🤣
12:37 I love the way the cat walked through like...not interested on this shit! 🤣🤭
That cat always walks in while I'm filming. He doesn't give a shit lol. Usually while I'm filming a livestream he just jumps on my lap or even steals my seat 🤣
Really well explained. Only question is what lumens was the light, and what would be a recommendation lumens? Iess more, or is it better to get the highest you can afford and your car's general wiring can hand? I want to put a LED light bar on, seeing that I drive a lot at night and even with the Osron night breakers, its not really the best for the darkness, so any recommendations? And is it better of a high beam LED or just a normal one? If the question make sense?
Kept it simple, perfect
100% very useful video for a beginners, step by step easy to understand.. great job mate.. thumbs up yewwww!
Thanks mate 👍 sorry it was late but I was waiting on the slide mounts to arrive lol
This will help heaps, thanks mate, just gotta learn how to splice and solder properly 😂
There's a splicing tool you can buy from any auto shop that will do it with just 1 squeeze 👍 that's what I use
Thanks for that
Thanks mate
Awesome! Is it okay if the wires are directly connected to the battery with the switchlight up 24/7? Any negative effect on battery or is it okay?
Thank you
its easier to use a piggy back mini fuse and trigger the light bar relay straight off the high beam fuse in the fuse box .
Thanks for the video. I bought a light some time ago but was going to wire it without a relay directly to a heavy-duty switch or fuse with a switch. I want to be able to switch it on without any other lights.
Always run through a relay. If you are in Australia you need to run it through your highbeam anyway so may as well use a proper loom & then you know you won't have any issues
@@Campingdownunder
Thanks for the reply. I will do that. Have a lovely Easter.
Hi mate thanks for the video, I'm wiring a light bar to the golf cart, however, its headlight highbeamless (if that's a word), how can I get around this?
Just hook the trigger wire to any lights it has then. That way you can't accidentally leave them on when you turn off the buggy 👍
Hey thanks for the video mate.
Very helpful.
I just have a question...
With pin 86 (vonnecting to the high beam, does it go to the sqith in the car first before coming to the relay? And where do i join the negative coming from the actual light bar?
Your answer would be much appreciated..
I made a second video on my channel explaining in more detail how a relay works if you'd like to check it out
Freckling legend
Question in this set up does the switch you installed allow you to turn off the use of the LED bar and sill use your high beams with out the led bar coming on? Sorry if the question seems basic i am just learning and getting my head around the possible setups. Thanks
Legally you have to have a spotlight / light bar running through both your high beam aswell as a separate switch. If you turn off the switch your high beam lights will function normally it's just the spot lights /light bar lights that won't turn on. You don't interfere with the high beam lights at all. All you do is pick up a signal from the high beam lights which triggers the relay turning on the light bar 👍
@@Campingdownunder perfect thanks for the confirmation
Excellent video and great channel. I note some people use an additional 4 point relay wired around the h4 adaptor. You just do it at switch wires or batter power ?
Yeah any wiring loom you buy will only come with 1 relay. It's designed to switch the power coming from the battery to the lights. The wire that only triggers the relay doesn't need another relay as the highbeam wire only becomes live when you activate highbeam 👍
@@Campingdownunder Thanks for that. It would be good if they made them pre wired for either or provided the instructions. All kits these days are for positive.
There are quite a few well known brands that make it pretty easy to swap just 1 wire on the loom to switch from positive to negative. The new lightforce loom even switches itself. It already knows if it's positive or negative. They are getting smarter with the looms 👍
I'm looking at getting one of those universal mounting bars for my XV. How did you find it held up over time? I'm concerned it will rattle and vibrate and start to crack the plastic?
They aren't that great. I wouldn't recommend it. They move while you drive along and the light moves up and down on the road
By any chance do I need to have a bigger better battery to power them? Because I already have a subwoofer and I don’t know if the battery can withstand all the power being used
As long as the car is running you should be fine 👍
Do you know if and 100 series Land Cruiser is negatively switched? Btw awesome video you explained it very well 👍
I'm not sure sorry. Easy to test though
I've got my cat sleeping next to me and was trying to work out where the cat was! I assume this would work for the 2008-2013 Klugers too?
Yes 👍
Hey mate I got an n80 hilux 2018 how do i know if it’s negative switching?
Nah your all good mate. It's only 2014 and earlier that we're negative switching 👍
Hi man, the missus has the same car I’m looking to install some spot lights on, I’m wondering if the wiring harness as the kings one? The negative switching has me scratching my head ;)
Adventure king's actually have a video on TH-cam explaining how to change the pins in their wiring harness for cars with negative switching. If you search it you should find it. They've made it pretty simple 👍
So the relay I can just bolt into the metal of the car and it would do its job and won’t damage nothing correct?
Yes that's fine. Just make sure it's mounted upright so water can't get into it
Hi, Spent all day figuring this out on same model Kluger, with the essential help from your video..
Now where is a good point to piggy back the ignition power to the relay?
Either use an add-a-circuit in the fuse box which is the easiest way or find the wires on the right hand side leading to the windscreen wiper motors. One of those wires will have a 12v signal and shut off when you turn the key off
Brilliant, thanks so much.
I used a female spade plug inside the bottom section of fuse box next to the battery.. weird things started happening like the power was still on after ignition was off. Even though my multimeter indicated no power on that terminal.
@@Campingdownunder tricky business, this reverse polarity.. 😆
If you got a switch already installed can you use that switch instead of the one that’s with the harness?
Yes that's fine
I have a light bar connected to my Kia 4x4. It has all of sudden stopped working. Disconnected and reconnected nothing happened.. car battery is fine all other electrics work well. Could it be the relay?
I just replied to your previous comment. Also if you have a test light test the plug that plugs into the lightbar to see if the lightbar is getting power. There should also be a fuse near the battery that could be blown. Follow the wiring from the relay to the battery and you'll find the fuse
G'day mate, any tips on how to connect the wiring on a 2017 Ford Focus. I'm going with the kings number plate mount.
I've never fitted one to a focus sorry. I'd start with the headlights and see if you have a positive signal from one of the wires only when the high beam is on. Then you have your signal wire from the headlights. The video should guide you through everything 👍
I've also done a video showing how a relay works if that helps you understand how the wiring loom works a bit more 👍
@@Campingdownunder thanks mate, appreciate your help
Quick question, can you tell me where you got your light up circuit tester from please. Cheers
It's a kingchrome available from any kingchrome dealer 👍
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Hello brother. How did u do the kings tent ⛺️ with ur car ? Could you please let me know because I want to buy and put it in my car. Thanks 🙏
God bless ❤️
Mine was bolted directly through my canopy and around the internal support frame of my canopy. They provide everything you need to mount it except for roof racks
My battery is located in the boot under my spare tyre, that's gonna be a problem right?
No just make sure you fuse as close to the battery as possible then run the wiring through the car and out of the firewall
Is south Australia we can't mount a lightbar on the top of the bullbar, is mounting it on the top bar permitted if it's just a little lower than the top of the top bar?
I don't understand why this law is in place, yet many cars are still having them on top. I was warned by the police and I took it off.
Thanks for your content.
It's all about pedestrian safety if you hit someone. Bullbars have been designed to "slightly" reduce harm to someone if you hit them. There for you can't place anything in the path of someone who would be pushed up into the bonnet. You can use the same mounting holes & mount it upside down under the bar but not on top
Do you install driving light?
That's a part of my job but I also do all my own fitting on my car
Raise up lights
Hey mate, where is the number plate mount from? Cheers
EBay but you can get them from supercheap or any auto shop. Be aware that's the last option you'd go with for mounting though as you'll get vibration. Best way is to mount the light to a bullbar or nudge bar
@@Campingdownunder yeh cool, don’t have a bull bar or nudge bar unfortunately
I don't seem to have that red wire you connect to the white wire on my harness kit. What is that red wire connected to?
The colours are different on each loom. Have you checked out my video explaining how a relay works? That shows in more detail where each wire goes 👍
@@Campingdownunder thanks I will do
Worked it out and all works awesome, thanks. Your videos are top quality 👌
Glad it worked. Thanks mate 👍
Which pin numbers are on the relay to connect those black and white wires? Cheers
Is this the same with a 2005 rav4 ?
Test the wires behind the headlight. If none of the wires light up with 12v when high beam is on then you have negative switching. If you aren't sure how to test I suggest contacting your nearest Toyota dealer who should be able to give you that information 👍
Can I pay you to do it for me? 😅😂
Can I connect it with low beam
That would be illegal. They are not allowed to come on with low beam
the high pitch noise the whole video was killing me
Just for the sake of clarity, cars don't have "earth". The negative goes through the chassis of the car.
Sound stupid but what happens if you just go positive and negative to your high beam wires of the head lamp
Good question mate 👍 unfortunately it can't be done that easily as the wiring for the highbeam is only designed to be thick enough for the load coming from the headlight. If you connect more lights directly to those thin wires you'll most likely melt them & possibly cause a fire. Hence why a wiring loom has nice thick wires on it to allow for the load of the lights. So we only pick up the trigger wire from the highbeam to the relay. A trigger only requires minimal load so doesn't affect the headlight at all
@@Campingdownunder ok bugger because i usea test light sounds silly but found Positive and negative of the wiring loom of the back of the head light and wacked a 30 amp fuse On positive and this is on a i30 2019 had many cars with the same set up but do you think the Dangerous Aka firetrap
@@user-teabager definitely not safe. The wiring you've added may be able to handle the load of a lightbar but the headlight wiring will still heat up before your fuse even blows. You may be lucky & get away with it but for peace of mind I'd much rather wire it up the correct way
@@Campingdownunder ok you’re a legend thank you I’m gonna scrub too buddy and share cheers
I'm more confused now than I was before watching this video
I've done another video explaining how a relay works. If your still confused then this is too advanced for you and I suggest getting a professional to install it. Wiring is something you don't want to get wrong as you can risk burning down your whole car
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Why is electrical so hard for me to understand 😢
It's really not easy mate and takes a long time to learn. If you don't feel confident I wouldn't suggest trying it yourself. For your safety I'd suggest paying an expert so you don't risk burning your car down or causing further damage to anything else electrical in your car
@@Campingdownunder thanks. Yeah I thought it was as easy as just connecting it to the battery but that doesn’t seem to work.
There's a lot more to it than that to remain legal unfortunately
@@Campingdownunder thank you. I didn’t realize it was even illegal to use these. I see cars everywhere with them. I want to make sure I do it right
Confusing
Check out my other video on how a relay works if you don't quite understand. If it still confuses you I'd recommend getting it professionally installed. It's not worth causing a fire or damage if unsure
Pretty confusing TBH
Sorry mate. If you don't understand I'd suggest paying someone to install it for you. I tried to make it as simple as possible and also made a separate video explaining how a relay works. But if you don't feel confident it's not worth the risk doing it yourself
Ok I must be one boneheaded dumbass because I didn't understand that :(
I made another video showing how a relay works you could check out. If you still don't understand it I'd suggest paying a professional. 12v wiring is something you can't afford to get wrong
@@Campingdownunder cool. I'll check it out.
Why didn’t you drill new holes in the mounting bracket to match the existing number plate holes instead of drilling 4 holes in the plastic bumper 😂
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