I installed some aftermarket driving lights in my 4runner. Wiring diagram for spot lights on a hilux.
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Negative switched spotlight wiring diagram hilux. It a basic headlight wiring up grade and you dont need to know whether the vehicle is positive or negative switched the wiring sorts it out automatically. One of the wires is the negative or ground wire. This isnt unheard of but it does present the problem of where to get a signal from the headlight in order to trigger the relay for the. I had a bit of a play with the wiring and have found the pictured plug which fits into the back of the lhs headlight assembly. When i was running the wires i encountered the oddball circuit toyota decided to use for their headlights. Negative switched cars april 22nd 2013 0523 am i seem to be doing more and more negitive switched retrofits lately and the one drama that keeps poping up with these cars is the highbeam light on the dash not working and sometimes the spotlights to.
One thing i would change is the cable between the battery and the fuse block this should be at least 6mm to give the best results. Connect the negative wire to the negative terminal of the battery. I have everything mounted lights relay dash switch and all the wiring is ready to connectbut i cant seem to determine which of the two wires that go down to the headlight is the actual high beam that i need to join in to because when i run a test light to find the correct wire. A quick guide to installing your illuminator wiring harness for illuminator 9 round driving lights or led lightbars. Lay out the wiring in the engine bay making sure the deutsch plug can reach the location of your light bar the terminals can reach the battery and the switch can penetrate through the firewall. Take the in line fuse out of the wiring harness.
Instead of switching the positive leg of the headlight toyota switches the negative side. Installation diy video toyota hilux with lightforce htx driving lights installation instructions. It has 3 white wires going to it and i suspect that one of them is where you would tap into the high beam wiring to trigger a relay when high beam is switched on i get 12vdc to ground at 2 out of 3 of the wires and 0 vdc to ground on all 3 when high beam is switched off. Plus a quick tutorial on how to make it work on your negatively switched 4wds. This is a follow up from my previous question regarding the fitting of spotlights to my 2011 hilux sr. The other two are the positive wires one for the low beam and one for the high beam.
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