Spotlights help! What am I doiing wrong?

[Adam101]

Hey peeps!
I've bin wiring some spotlights onto my 2002 cooper. I got some cheap black spotlights from ebay some brackets from newministuff and a bog standard wiring kit (relay,wires, fuse etc.). Tried wiring it up and the lights weren't working.

Connected the wire with fuse (red) to battery and relay, connected green wire to green/blue wire in OS headlamp, connected black to a headlamp fixing point as an earth and connected the blue wires to the lamps.

What am I doing wrong?

I'm thinking it may be because The lamps aren't earthed individually but I can't see how I would earth them because the bulb only has one wire coming off it. Its an h3 bulb. Am I missing something?
Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!
Adam

[sobaphobic]

hi im not sure about fittings etc, but i am thinking about getting some spots for my mini as well, how much hve you spent on them? do they look good?

[Adam101]

Hi mate! They look awesome! I wanted black ones to match my aero grille, found some on ebay for £6.99 + delivery, £30 for brackets, £8 for wiring. Will get some pics upwhen I'm finished!

[Richard Crofts]

Ummmm. ... speak to Mikey at newministuff or Dave from auto-tech-solutions ??

Its all techo gabble to me unless I can see what I am advising on when it comes to wiring

[minimattsback]

Use this link for details on wiring. The earth is achieved through the bracket so good contact is required.



http://www.mini2.com/forum/exterior/...ghlight=relays

[Adam101]

Quote: Originally Posted by minimattsback (original)

Use this link for details on wiring. The earth is achieved through the bracket so good contact is required.



http://www.mini2.com/forum/exterior/...ghlight=relays

Cheers mate. Seems i've tried everything I can but still have had no success. I'm just going to take it to an autoelectrician (there's a good one near me). Thanks for everyones help anyway!
Adam

[J8YMP]

I'm no expert on this, but I spoke to a lady y'day at Stanford Hall and she said something about having them programmed??? Hers was a brand new one though

[ohsoblue]

The wire for high beam is the Yellow one with a Blue Tracer that goes into the back of the O/S headlamp. On mine I also have seperate earths on both lamps that go to the mounting brackets and also another earth cable that goes to the N/S bonnet hinge earth stud. Sounds like you've picked out the wrong high beam feed.

[James]

make sure you haven't accidentally blown the fuse when installing them...I had that problem

[Adam101]

Just to keep people posted, The lamps were faulty and were not earthing properly inside! This has been corrected now but thanks for everyones help in the meantime.

[R99]

What do they look like then? You were after some black ones werent you?

[MiniMadMarshy]

Careful when wiring Wipacs up to the relays for your existing headlights guys I did this on my 03 cooper and it fried them because the ECU had not been reprogrammed to compensate for them, ended up having them wired up to a separate switch that I fitted under the headlight level dial