Fog/Aux. lights

[0Bw4n]

ohgood - I may just tap into the high beam, but I've already added two add-ons to the battery (battery tender and an alarm... that doesn't work yet), so I think I'll need the fuse block soon any way.


Janx101 - the +80 came in yesterday, it made a LOT of difference over stock. Makes me wonder what the +100 is like! 

After reading JAS6377's question on HID setup and some replies from weedahoe, I'm tempted to do a HID retrofit. Of course, I'll have to make it a game of making it as cheap as possible while still being of good quality.

[0Bw4n]

Finally got all the bugs worked out yesterday.

Here's the run down:

• wiring harness from Amazon ~$8.00 - total piece of crap. 18 gauge wires, cheap 30amp fuse that blew @ under 30 amps, cheap relay that didn't work.
• 1x 60 degree flood 10w light from Amazon ~$18 - nice
• 1x 30 degree spot 10w light from Amazon ~$18 - nice
• 1x 6 terminal aux. fuse panel w/ ground block by BlueSea, used of ebay ~$22
• 10 ft red 14 gauge primary wire ~$4
• 10 ft black 14 gauge primary wire ~$4
• 3 ft red 10 gauge primary wire ~$1
• 3 ft black 10 gauge primary wire ~$1
• 1x spst 30/40A relay from radioshack ~$5
• 1x spst illuminated under dash rocker switch from radioshack ~$5

• Aux. fuse panel is towards the back, under the seat (near where the rubber band that secures the tool bag clips).
• I tapped into the running light of the brake lights to trigger the relay
• The relay sends power to the fuse panel.
• Fuse panel distributes power and ground connection to the switch.
• Switch powers the fog lights, which are mounted on the front fork where the side reflectors used to be.

Things left to do:

• clean the wiring - i left a LOT of slack so that I could play around with wire routing.
• find plastic tubes to fish wiring through so that it looks stock
• find a more water resistant swich - the current one looks good (and has less than 1mm clearance of the tank when bars are turned all the way to the left), but I want a water resistant one.
• Waterproof relay? Still debating on this
• Relay pigtail? maybe not needed.
• find a toggle switch panel? Thinking about running some other aux. electrical gizmos such as heated grips

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[Gs500fmrex]

  nice one

[yamahonkawazuki]

I like em alot. as long as aimed properly

[0Bw4n]

I may have aimed them a bit high - but I think they're within reason. They are aimed just a wee bit higher than the low beams on my jetta, but still under its high beams. Not that means anything to any of you since it's a purely subjective measurement 

I've been blinded by crazy lights before, and wouldn't want to do that to someone else. (Same reason I'm holding off on a HID mod until I can do it right).

[cheddle]

Mind the battery drain with extra lights... I had twin headlights both running H4 (car headlights) bulbs, then I added some headed grips and after a good couple of hours of riding my battery was cactus... Unforuntley I dont have a figure in amps for how much is too much for the stock charging system.

[0Bw4n]

Yeah - I am somewhat concerned about drain, which is one reason I'm thinking about converting all my lights (save the headlight) to LED. That should give me some extra wattage/amperage to play with.

[yamahonkawazuki]

I may have aimed them a bit high - but I think they're within reason. They are aimed just a wee bit higher than the low beams on my jetta, but still under its high beams. Not that means anything to any of you since it's a purely subjective measurement 

I've been blinded by crazy lights before, and wouldn't want to do that to someone else. (Same reason I'm holding off on a HID mod until I can do it right).

thats the main thing. aim em high to get what you need from em. but NOT blind oncoming drivers or riders, and potentially get you flashed. which can totally ruin your night vision.