Hella 500's

riptricket · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:44 pm

how do i do the wiring for the relay? i can not figure it out.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:37 am

If you are want to wire the Hellas to come on with your hi-beams, then use the provided wire tap to attach the green wire to the hi-beam wire on the drivers side (makes running the wires easier to do it on the drivers side) then run the green wire either to the switch or directly to terminal 86 on the relay. If you want the Hellas available whenever you have power to the lights, connect the green wire to the parking lamp and run it thru the switch. If you want to have the ability to turn on the Hellas whenever you think you need them, connect the green wire directly to a power terminal and run it thru the switch*. For an '03 Liberty, the proper wires to connect to are:

hi-beam = light green with brown stripe (lg/br)
parking light = black with yellow stripe (bk/yl)

Not sure if the '05s are the same way but I can't see why they would have changed it. If you need any more detailed instructions PM me and I'll help you out.

* = LEGAL DISCLAIMER: connecting driving lights so that they can come on when the hi-beams are not on could be a violation of local and/or state ordinances/laws. I'm not saying that you shouldn't do it, but if you do and a cop wants to write you a ticket for it, remember that you have been warned :wink:

riptricket · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:18 pm

just ordered my lights off of amazon! I only paid 3.50 for them!!! they should be here in 5-9 days because I opted for the free super saver shipping. then the mounting bracket process will really begin!

Neatus · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:35 am

got em in my Del Sol and they light things up way better then my KJs lights.

riptricket · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:09 pm

if i don't want to connect the wires to the driving lights, how can i still use the relay? do i connect both blue wires form the 500's and attach them to the relay?

riptricket · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2007 5:25 pm

anyone know the answer to my question?

N / A · **Posted:** Sun May 06, 2007 5:04 pm

riptricket wrote:

anyone know the answer to my question?

as opposed to wiring them to your driving lights just connect the wires that would have gone to the driving lights and ground to some other source of switched power and ground

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2007 3:32 am

Rip,
Here's what I did.

On 500 lamp itself- blue wire is ground to the bracket bolt, black wires run to the relay.

On the relay mounted under hood- blue wire is ground to a fender bolt,
red is run to a bolt on the fuse box by the battery, yellow is ran into the cab via a firewall grommet to the switch, and black runs to the 500s.

On the switch-yellow to the relay, blue is ground on a bolt (on steering column, if i remember) and green, which is "supposed" to run to the headlights, i tapped into the cigerette lighter.

Hope that helps, I know the 500 wiring directions leave a bit to be desired. I searched a bunch for the way to do it. rather how I wanted it. good luck.

mike

riptricket · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 3:35 pm

I finally got the 500's mounted, now i just need some more wire!

and if anyone can help me figure out how to not let those bugs that i hit to not chip my paint... just let me know!

riptricket · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2007 1:34 am

i took the lamp itself apart and made the blue wire connections, and then connected those the the blue wire that goes into the relay. i have the yellow going to the cab for the switch, the red to the battery, and the black is to the relay too. is this wrong?

corwyyn · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2007 2:16 am

riptricket wrote:

i took the lamp itself apart and made the blue wire connections, and then connected those the the blue wire that goes into the relay. i have the yellow going to the cab for the switch, the red to the battery, and the black is to the relay too. is this wrong?

The blue wires should all go to ground - the two from the lights to a bolt or bolts somewhere near the front (I used one of the bolts for the front radiator cross-member), the one from the relay to any convenient bolt near the relay, and the one for the switch to a bolt under the instrument panel (I used one near the steering column). How did you connect the green wire to power, did you go to the hi-beams, the marker lamps or another switched source?

pokefan · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2007 5:36 pm

riptricket wrote:

Geez, Scared the whole City is going to lose power :lol:

I've gotta get me some hella's

riptricket · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2007 9:48 pm

i haven't finished the wiring yet... i was just making sure what i was doing before i melted my lights or even worse, my KJ!

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

corwyyn wrote:

If you're using a switch to control the lights then a relay isn't necessary, you would only need to use one if you wanted to have them come on with the high-beams.

So you are saying that if I just want to be able to switch the 500s on at any time, I should just wire the lights to the battery and then to the switch, no relay? Is that safe?

riptricket · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:00 pm

no, i have a relay installed.

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

riptricket wrote:

no, i have a relay installed.

I was quoting Corwynn..............

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