I just got some Hella 500's in the mail and I saw that the switch has to be wired into the high-beams...I was wondering if i can just split the positive wire running from the battery to the relay and use that instead so that I can turn them on/off independantly...if not can someone please explain to me how...and I am a complete newb at wiring lights so you can't get too descriptive on me...

 

Yes, just use a relay and make it an independent circuit.

 

take that wire and hook it up to the battery with a fuse inline

 

http://4runners.org/articles/hella500/

 

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ah yes...i read this review but I had forgotten all about it thanks for all the help guys....

 

I have an article up too in the Tech section on Hellas.
It makes more sense to wire them up to come on when you want them too.

 

I just wired mine up straight to the battery with an in-line fuse. I left them on a few times but as long as you have an Optima...no biggie.

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You should check your local laws.. Here in VA they have to go off when you flip to high beams for inspection.

 

I went one step further and wire my aux lights to a 3 way switch... on/off/highbeam. This way I can turn them on when I want, or have them slaved to the high beam circuit, usually what I do, so when I hit my highbeams my highbeams and 2 sets of aux lights come one... way easier than 3 switches

 

I wired Hella fog lights to the parking light circuit, that way they go off when I turn off the main lights, but I can turn them on any time I need them. I rarely use them with high beams but every once in a while it comes in handy (and that is only done on remote, backcountry roads with no oncoming traffic).

 

I'm a wiring newb as well. Is there a write-up for wiring it with a 3 way switch somewhere? I basically want the same setup you've got control wise.

 

The 3-way switch would be ideal. I just did mine as simple as possible, it worked out really well.

Thankfully, here in AR we don't have inspections so that wasn't a problem.

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does anyone know if that switch you get from the dealer fits in the 2nd gen?

 

I really don't know. If I had to guess I would say yes. You could always measure yours and see if the dimensions are the same as what's in the later models.

 

For the 3 way swich (also my prefered method) I only 1 relay, to start I choose the location that I want my swich and where the wire will go through the firewall, and where the relay will be mounted under the hood, ground one side of the relay coil, plug the wire into the other side of the coil that will run to the center pin on a 3 way swich, from that point I decide what my triggers will be IE if I want my driving lights to come on with high beams and/or constant on, I than locate and tap into my first trigger (high beams) and plug the other end of that new wire into one of the outside pin on the 3 way, after that I chose the other trigger (key on hot, so i dont forget to turn them off) and tap into that and run that new wire to the remaning pin on the 3 way, after that I run a fused wire from my distrubtion block to a swiched pin on the relay, and a wire (or both depending on the harness) from the lights to the other swiched pin on the relay. After that it is time to test.

 

Looks like this works here by firemechanic... I probally did it the same way, but have never heard the term relay coil... i'll describe mine too... the more the better right

I bought some Bosch 12v 30amp relays. I decided to put all 3 ( I wired both aux driving lights, and a saftey for my PIAA 940's since they are dual beam and cant run fog and driving at the same time) behind the battery. Then I took a common power source from the battery and wired the + side of the relays switch with that. Then I found the switched lead for the high beams, at the high beam plug, and tapped into it. This makes the ground side for the relay switch(IIRC toyota uses a switched ground for the headlights, so you hook one half of the relay switch to 12v + and the side from the headlights is the - side). So now you take constant 12v power from the battery( i just tied into the 12v+ wire I already had for the switched side of the relay). Run this wire to one side of the normally open circuit of the relay, the other side to the 3-way switch. Either top or bottom, doesnt matter. On the opposite prong on the switch run a wire from the parking light circuit, you can usually use something in the dash that has backlighting with the parking lights on, but not on a dimmer.. so the hazards or lead into the dimmer switch. Now the center wire goes to the relay that came with your lights, and if your lights dont have a relay then I would add another so the power for the lights isnt going thru your switch.. but thats just me. Hope that makes sence, at least with both you can hopefully figure it out. The hardest part is finding the correct wire at the headlights.

 

Yes it will fit, it pops in the panel to the left of the steering wheel column. That's the switch I would use if you do not want to go with a 3-way.

Good luck.

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I took the part number for that switch from a thread somewhere to the dealer. They said the part number doesnt exist, and we couldnt find any other switches like it on the computer. Maybe its a canadian thing, but what year and model do those switches come from?

 

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f131/lighting-faq-fogs-driving-reverse-lights-bulbs-70061/

Lots of posts on how to wire lights on Yotatech.