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WIPAC Driving Lights
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Our primary reason for fitting driving lights
was to improve our night time visibility. Living in the countryside
leads to plenty of night time driving down country lanes with pot
holes the size of small cars and tractors doing 10 mph around blind
bends. We found the standard headlights created a very yellow beam
and the low down light could definitely be improved.
We opted for the WIPAC 100 Watt driving lights. They are reasonably
inexpensive, powerful and they look the part. The lights were bought
at the Land Rover show in Billing. With so many people selling them
we managed to get a set from [Rebel 4x4] for £35.00 STG.
The lights are wired up to come on only on flash / full beam. There
is also a dash mounted override switch.
The performance of the driving lights is
great. They improve the beam intensity by almost double and create
a very clean light which doesn't look too yellow and, as a result,
doesn’t tire your eyes. For the money you really can't beat
them. They also look badass and they really finish off the A-bar
and front end. We are so impressed
with them in fact that we want to fit a roof-bar to hold 4 more.
Installation - Always
isolate your battery before dealing with car electrics - and for
the 2004 defender observe the ignition sequence for this.
2 x 100 WATT LIGHTS
Use the heaviest gauge cable possible to ensure maximum brightness. |
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The live and earth are channeled along the side of the engine
bay with cable ties |
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The earth for the lights is connected to a bolt at the top of
the wheel arch |
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The live feed should be attached to the alternator positive
post. It is preferable to running a cable right back to the
battery |
The live feed runs from the alternator to the relay along the
side of the engine |
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The live feed is routed along the alternator cable bundle |
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Snip off the top of the spare grommet holes through the bulkhead
to feed the lights and live feeds to the relay |
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The flash/high-beam wire is the blue/white wire running to the
lefthand stalk. We used an adapted bullet connector inline to
attach to the -86 connector on the relay. |
The switch acts as an override for the lights. It was mounted
under the blanker plate for the aircon control. |
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There is a small hole on the side of the fuse panel which is
ideal for the relay-ground (-85) - just use a self-tapper |
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The relay and inline fuse holder are mounted with self tappers
to the under-side of the fuse-panel. |
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