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4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: JENSSEN on February 11, 2014, 07:48:58 PM

Title: May be a silly question,... Aftermarket hella driving lights.
Post by: JENSSEN on February 11, 2014, 07:48:58 PM

I got a set of hella 500 black magic driving lights .

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The OEM driving lights are shot, can I wire these to the factory harness or just use the factory harness as a signal for the included relay and harness that came with the Hella system? Don't want a meltdown or factory harness fire.

Title: Re: May be a silly question,... Aftermarket hella driving lights.
Post by: Vinman on February 11, 2014, 07:54:53 PM

I would go with option two.

Title: Re: May be a silly question,... Aftermarket hella driving lights.
Post by: w squared on February 11, 2014, 07:56:11 PM

Option drastically reduces the chances of a fire...and if you use an appropriate gauge of wire, the lights will be far brighter as well. Factory harnesses for lights tend to suck in a pretty epic way.

Title: Re: May be a silly question,... Aftermarket hella driving lights.
Post by: mike s on February 12, 2014, 08:23:43 AM

use supplied relay, if you want them even brighter wire the power feed to relay (with a fuse) to your alternator main lug. extra half volt or so. use the factory wiring to trigger the relay.