Hella Fogs and Driving Lamps Mounted

[Hellrot.]

got the Hella 500 Driving lamps and Hella 500 Fog lamps mounted. I went with the 2002faq suggestion of fogs on the outside and driving lamps on the inside. Looks good, and cant wait to see the lights at night.

The light installer found a wire that was grounding itself while installing which has solved all the electrical gremlins too! Bonus! No more blown fuses.

We have white Hella covers to go on as well.

[Dave_PA]

that looks GOOD!!!!

send pics at night w/them on.

Dave

[eastsidebimmer]

Yeah, but the family truckster still has you beat by 2.

[thinksound_mike]

How did you mount the fogs? Did you drill holes in the bumper or use mounting brackets? Also, did you have to go to a high-output alternator? I have a pair of Hella 500s that I'm going to mount on my car and I'm trying to decide between brackets and drilling. my car is a big bumper 74.

[Pierre]

Here is an option.  (shameless plug)

 

http://www.probimmer.com/Pierre/2002_auxilliary_lamp_brackets.htm

[thinksound_mike]

Hi Pierre,

 

thanks for the shameless plug. the brackets look good! do you happen to know if i need to run a high output alternator for a set of hella 500 lights or would the stock one do just fine?

[jgerock]

Stock alternator on my tii with Hella auxiliary lamps (mounted with Pierre's brackets). Make sure to add a relay for the lamps.

 

 

[thinksound_mike]

Stock alternator on my tii with Hella auxiliary lamps (mounted with Pierre's brackets). Make sure to add a relay for the lamps.

 

Those lights look great. I'm very new to all of this, but trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks for the replies!

[M3M3]

stock alt fine....assume you used separate wiring harness and relays for each set of lights.  did you trigger the driving lights off the high beam tap on left side of stock headlight harness and fog lights off the tap on the right side of the headlight harness? that is right way to do it so the driving lights only go on with the high beams and fogs only go on with the low beams.  

[PaulTWinterton]

I want! 

 

I think I'd be happy with the 2 helas like jgerock.

 

I have the stock connector above the battery waiting for lights.

 

Jgerock: would you mind explaining the procedure for wiring.  I thought it was plug&play!

[M3M3]

the stock connector should only be used to trigger a relay, NOT to power any lights.  the wiring for aux lights has been covered many times and diagrams have been posted.  there are companies that sell pre-made harnesses.  that is what Jim used, I made my own.

[thinksound_mike]

stock alt fine....assume you used separate wiring harness and relays for each set of lights.  did you trigger the driving lights off the high beam tap on left side of stock headlight harness and fog lights off the tap on the right side of the headlight harness? that is right way to do it so the driving lights only go on with the high beams and fogs only go on with the low beams.  

I plan to use the stock the switch on the dash (faux pull). I saw in another thread that you replied to that you can swap that fake knob for one from a parted out car since they all look the same. My lights came with relays and I did find some wiring schematics in old threads. I'll dig around some more before I get started with the install. I just wanted to find out if my stock alt was powerful enough to run the second set of lights and if there was an alternate to drilling the bumper. Pierre's brackets look like the way to go. Anyone have a spare knob they want to sell? 

[jgerock]

To be brutally honest, I rarely have to use the driving lamps after I installed H4 headlights and a complete harness with relays (high/low beams) from Susquehanna Motorsports.  The aux. lamps are there mainly for looks. The 69 project is only getting H4 lamps.

[Pierre]

As mentioned above, the Hella 500 do not need an upgraded alternator but there are a couple of assumptions.

The Hella lights use a 55 or 60W bulb.  The low beams should be running 55W.  Those two together are fine.  (total: 220-230W)

But if you replace the bulbs with 100W, (total is now 400W) and you have a 500W amp blasting, and you are going down the road in rain at night, with wipers on, lights blazing and the fan on full speed, your poor alternator will complain.

And of course, use relays.

And I have a pull switch off an E21.  It will fit but the knob will not match.  The 2002 has a silver center and the E21 is all black.  You will need the matching knob which you most likely have on your car anyway.  They just screw right off and on.  $10 for the switch if you get the brackets.

 

Cheers.

[Conserv]

stock alt fine....assume you used separate wiring harness and relays for each set of lights.  did you trigger the driving lights off the high beam tap on left side of stock headlight harness and fog lights off the tap on the right side of the headlight harness? that is right way to do it so the driving lights only go on with the high beams and fogs only go on with the low beams.

+1

Steve