[ScottyBoy]

Hi all,

im soon going to be fitting a pair of wipac 5" spots and wondering if theres any instructions on hear of DIY fitting that i can read...? if someone can post me a link that would be great!

also does anyone no when these lights are legally aloud to be used so i dont get pulled over

Cheers!

[Richard82]

They are allowed to be used legally but only as part of the full beams. i.e you can't wire them in to come on with your dipped headlights as this would be an illegal use.

Have you got all the wires etc with your Wipacs? where did you get them as im after a set to put on my car

[ScottyBoy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Richard82 (original)

They are allowed to be used legally but only as part of the full beams. i.e you can't wire them in to come on with your dipped headlights as this would be an illegal use.

Have you got all the wires etc with your Wipacs? where did you get them as im after a set to put on my car

Ye ive got the wires i bought them with a set 5 1/2" lights of ebay then relised i wanted the 5" spots so i sold the bigger 1's and bought another set of 5" spots with brackets of ebay and kept the wiring!

the wiring has its own switch but i dnt think im gunna be cutting a hole anywere for it!!

[rustysuss]

anyone no where i can purchase the spot light wiring loom?

thanks

[ScottyBoy]

The wiring loom i got is just plain black wire thats all you need really one long lenght so you can cut it upor maybe go to a place likemotorworld or halfrauds etc! then with that you will need an inline fuse and relay! i can make a set of instructions for you if needed!

scott

[Eddie501]

Don't worry about the wiring loom....its just a few bits of wire. The inline fuse is one bit you need....the relay is the other bit, you can buy all the parts you need individually from Halfords. Its nothing extravigant at all just normal wire.

Theres no mystery in doing the lights at all, as Scott above will tell you.....I was a bit aprehensive and needant have been .

[rustysuss]

i have actually got a wiring loom its off a mini with relay but someone said it goes to ecu then has to be prog by bmw to work? is there anyway of modding this wireing loom to just connect to the high beam wire?

[rustysuss]

i no the wires that go to the spots there the brown and red, i got a red and white wire with ring connector on then a bunch of brown wires with ring connector on, and a short brown and white wire coming out the relay?

[tinyooaks]

Hi there do spots need to be coded an if so how or who can do it ?

I am new to all this hope someone can help.
Thanks

[straff2002]

I just installed a set today. bottom connection on relay is live to battery. right hand tab is ground. Left hand tab is main beam on/off which is the blue/yellow wire. Top tab is connection to spotlight. Don;t worry about earth as the bracket earths the light. hope it helps!!

[rustysuss]

ok run that by me again here are the wires i got left when i take the ones that go to spots away.

[straff2002]

if you have the original bmw spot wiring loom thenbmw have to activate it what we are talking about is using a relay thereby avoiding the horrendous bmw costs!!

[rustysuss]

yes its original wiring loom i was just trying to see if i could mod this one to just connect to high beam wire, instead of going to the ecu.

russ

[straff2002]

you are much better off getting a cheap relay so you can run the spots from the battery with just the power drain from the main lights being to switch the relay. I don't know what problems could be caused by using the main beam power to also do the spots ?!

[rustysuss]

just looking at loom i take it the left wire is a live feed to relay? the one on the right are earths? and the short brown and white is to ecu? would this be correct?

[Phoenix]

Think that this may help you.

[Eddie501]

My lights come on with my full beam....they are as somone put ''better than daylight !!''

You don't have to cut any wires. You just ''tap'' into the live wire on the right hand head lamp with a supplied Scotch Lock....its a sort of clip you slid over one existing wire and then you insert a new wire in the other side of it. You then get a pair of pliers and squeeze a sort of tiny guillotine ( bad spelling ) blade that cuts the insulation of the wires and makes a contact. Its even easier than I make it sound , honestly. Im not kidding, you need a small drill (5mm) a pare of snips and a few tiny ti-wraps to tidy up the wires. A piece-o-cake mate. You get an idiots guide to the instalation...the only thing that confused me was that the written instructions say conect the wires to one terminal and the diagram you also get says the opposite !! It don't make any odds which way you put the wires in question as its just a switch (a relay with four terminals with numbers on ) .....you'll see what I mean when you read them through.

It took longer to drill and fix the brackets to the grill.....here's a tip, lay a sheet over the engine , or a coat or somthing as you will without doubt drop the tiny nuts they supply to fix the brackets with and they just drop into the engine bay and are lost forever in the nooks and crannys. I also dropped the cover off the battery terminal in the engine and it took ages to poke it out with a cane.
You also have to run the wire across the bonnet....it says to remove the sound insulation but you need a tiny phillips to get the screws out ans mine were chuffed up already so I managed to fanny the wire through without much bother.

Im no mechanic mate but I did a good job acording to the wife!! ha ha

You' ll do it easy, just set aside a couple of hours and get some spare M4 nuts and bolts from Do-it-all for when you drop the fiddley little buggers as you only get just enough in the kit (thats if you get it from Bolt on Bits on ebay)

Any bother mate don't hesitate to ask. anything to be of assistance.....

[Richard82]

Yeah, the dust sheet across the engine is a must to reduce the loss of screws! Time and patience is key but you will get there!

rustysuss, this may also help but not sure if yours has numbering on it as the diagram below was based on a Wipac setup as I notice 85 & 86 are different on Phoenix's diagram:

[feybrand]

er i jus scotched conected mine into the hi beam wire i have no relay fuse or anythin am i in the mess now

[straff2002]

I got one of those hand riveters from halfrauds they are much easier then using the nuts and are only about 15 quid!!