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Old Feb 19th, 2006, 11:09 AM
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Wiring for spot lamps

After fitting my driving lights yesterday, I have come round to wiring them. As I don't have instructions specifically for the mini I have no idea which wire is which. I was wondering if anyone who had fitted them could tell me which wire is for the main beam on an '02 MCS with halogen lights.

I found a post on here that specifys green/yellow on xenon lights, but want to make sure before I go splicing the wire.

Any help much appreciated
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Old Feb 19th, 2006, 11:22 AM
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before you go splicing wires have you put a relay in

Mikey is the man that knows best how to do these kinds of jobs
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Old Feb 19th, 2006, 12:58 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rakey
before you go splicing wires have you put a relay in

There wire I was splicing was going to the relay... I found my voltmeter in the end and its the Yellow/blue wire for any1 that searches for this in future
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Old Feb 19th, 2006, 02:21 PM
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I hope you are not going to visit your local MINI dealer for the body computer ''download'' after fitting these!!

No need at all!
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Old Feb 19th, 2006, 04:24 PM
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Everything done and dusted

Any tips on lining them up well?
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Any tips on lining them up well?

park 2 foot away from a wall at night.
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good job!

I'm hoping to wire my own after-market driving lights on my 06 once I get it this Spring...did you wire them to come on and off with your normal beams or with high-beams only? Or did you do a separate switch? I know the laws are different in different states/countries so I'm assuming that in the States I won't be able to have them on all the time with my normal running lights...

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Old Feb 19th, 2006, 08:08 PM
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They are wired up to the high beam, as far as I know they must be over here.
Alot of people in the states tend to wire them to a seperate switch
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