Wiring driving offorad lights to Hi beam and seperater on/off switch?

[Rusty PW]

I did this mod on my Power Wagon. Using PIAA driving lights wired with my high beams. The PIAA lights came with a prewired wiring harness, relay, and 3 way switch. Off, On, and trigged with the high beams. Plug the lights into the harness, ground wire, power wire, and vampire tap into the high beam power wire behind the head light.

In the state of Pa. Fogs have to be wired to come on with the low beams (the 2 yellow lights in the bumper). Driving lights wired to come on with the high beams (the 2 outside lights on top of the bumper). Any lights above the hood must be covered. The center 2 lights on my front bumper are off road lights. They should be covered, but they're not.

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[IamPro2A]

New Gladiator, so time to revisit this topic.
Maybe I'm getting old and lazy, but I would prefer not to cut into the harness again. Looking to make/buy a small harness to just plug in, without having to sell a kidney. Looks like KC makes one... for about $100!
https://www.kchilites.com/wire-harness-adapter-jeep-jl-headlight-6325.html

When I added the lights on the '25 JLU, I just ASSumed that it was the plug style that plugged into the halogen bulb, and totally forgetting I considered that route back in 2022 and shoulda known better. I remembered it AFTER I bought and wired up that plug and again ended up soldering a trigger wire into the factory harness.

So, anyone know where I can get the proper male/female plugs to build a trigger adapter, or buy something like the KC one for a more realistic price? @ShadowsPapa this is kinda your wheelhouse, no?

 

[IamPro2A]

New Gladiator, so time to revisit this topic.
Maybe I'm getting old and lazy, but I would prefer not to cut into the harness again. Looking to make/buy a small harness to just plug in, without having to sell a kidney. Looks like KC makes one... for about $100!
https://www.kchilites.com/wire-harness-adapter-jeep-jl-headlight-6325.html

When I added the lights on the '25 JLU, I just ASSumed that it was the plug style that plugged into the halogen bulb, and totally forgetting I considered that route back in 2022 and shoulda known better. I remembered it AFTER I bought and wired up that plug and again ended up soldering a trigger wire into the factory harness.

So, anyone know where I can get the proper male/female plugs to build a trigger adapter, or buy something like the KC one for a more realistic price? @ShadowsPapa this is kinda your wheelhouse, no?

So with a ton of wrong info from stupid AI, and some good old fashioned googling, looks like I found the connectors. Even better, they apparently are fairly common on newer Harley Davidson motorcycles, which mean they are reasonably priced without having to pay $20 small order shipping prices from the electronics supply houses. Hopefully they are indeed a match, but for $8 for the pair with shipping, I'll take the chance vs $100 for the KC version.

 

[RedRaptorJT]

Any links or pics of the connectors and where to order? I'm also looking for a splice-less way to tap into the HighBeam and also don't want to fork out $100 for their wire harness.

 

[IamPro2A]

Any links or pics of the connectors and where to order? I'm also looking for a splice-less way to tap into the HighBeam and also don't want to fork out $100 for their wire harness.

I ordered these. They just arrived a little while ago. They look correct, but I tweaked my back this morning and I didn't feel like doing the contortions required to reach the plug without taking anything else apart. I'll give this it's own post once I'm sure.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FS7QZKD

 

[RedRaptorJT]

Found these on Ebay that come with the pigtail wires but is double the cost.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3969169587...BPE3BA&hash=item5c6a182631:g:MrAAAeSwbzZoi3M3

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3969181961...FRWVSJ&hash=item5c6a2b07bf:g:WTQAAeSwEIxojAub

 

[IamPro2A]

Found these on Ebay that come with the pigtail wires but is double the cost.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3969169587...BPE3BA&hash=item5c6a182631:g:MrAAAeSwbzZoi3M3

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3969181961...FRWVSJ&hash=item5c6a2b07bf:g:WTQAAeSwEIxojAub

Closer to 5x the cost with the shipping, plus the long shipping time from China. Still a lot cheaper than what KC sells, and if you can't solder or properly crimp molex pins it might be a good alternative.

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