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Old 09-27-2009, 11:17 PM
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bought some hella 500 driving lights today (1 pair of lights) want to mount them on my front bumper of my stock 98 xj some questions i have are:
1. how do i wire the lights in?
2 how far apart should i put the lights

asking help from someone who has worked with these same lights before tell me what to do this mod woould look pretty sweet on my xj and i cant wait to have these lights on so please help me!!!
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I just fitted some 500 fogs at the weekend and it does look much better for it. I had factory ones on before hand so just used the factory fog wiring and mounting holes so can't help you much there. But here's a couple of pic to inspire you.



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Bump. Anybody have like a step by step process how to wire these suckers? Electrical things make my head spin
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Here is a diagram sorry not in english but I am sure you can figure it out
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Understand that Spanish? The diagram is good, just needs some English for those of us who are not bilingual.

I would make one suggestion though. I would put a circuit breaker, it is just a little rectangular box with two terminals on it in front of the relay instead of a fuse. That way i you end up with a short it is easier to find. Also a good place to get power on an XJ is off the large terminal on the starter relay on the right fender next to the battery.

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I dont no any other language but I can understand it.
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It is a good diagram. I personally don't have any trouble with it even though I don't speak Spanish. But some might. No offense meant.
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Here's my guess

Luces = Wires
Tierra = Ground
Bateria = Battery
Switch = Switch (deerrrrr)
Rele' = Relay

That diagram helps alot actually

Here is another good diagram I found. Just a universal one

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Originally Posted by TYphoon
Here's my guess

Luces = Wires
Tierra = Ground
Bateria = Battery
Switch = Switch (deerrrrr)
Rele' = Relay
all right but luces.... think thats signal from the switch.
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Originally Posted by Matt Ellerbee
all right but luces.... think thats signal from the switch.
Luces is lights in spanish, and I'm hopefully gonna be mounting these lights tomorrow I'll post pics if I can
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