R55 Help installing rally lights.
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Help installing rally lights.
Hey everyone I was just given the factory Mini Rally light set up and the problem is that the kit is for the first gen and I have the R55. Will the light kit still hook up the same way and if not what changes will i have to make to the wiring?
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If the kit is for the 2002-206 R52, the wiring harness is different. I'm not sure if the lights use the same connectors so getting a proper harness to go with your lights may or may not solve the problem.
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the wiring is different and the brackets are different. In the end what you have is a $30 set of Hella clone lights with none of the parts needed to hook them up . . nothing special in the light's wiring themselves ... a + and a - . . .
If you can buy the factory harness from the dealer, I wouldn't. The factory setup is overly complicated IMO. You CAN hook up the wires for $30 in parts .. probably less. {some wire, a relay, a toggle switch ... some crimp connectors and shrink tube if you want to be fancy}
Bigger issue is/are the mounting brackets. You can buy a set for around $100 (check OUTMOTORING) or build a set if you can or know someone who can work with and weld steel . . .
Where are you? I've installed a bunch of sets on GEN1 and others and there are a million ways to go, but if anyone has tried to use the GEN1 harness on a GEN2 I'd ask WHY and would you you do it again!
If you don't believe me I can send you to online copies of instructions for installing both packages including wiring schematics . . . or find them at MINIMANIA.COM
If you can buy the factory harness from the dealer, I wouldn't. The factory setup is overly complicated IMO. You CAN hook up the wires for $30 in parts .. probably less. {some wire, a relay, a toggle switch ... some crimp connectors and shrink tube if you want to be fancy}
Bigger issue is/are the mounting brackets. You can buy a set for around $100 (check OUTMOTORING) or build a set if you can or know someone who can work with and weld steel . . .
Where are you? I've installed a bunch of sets on GEN1 and others and there are a million ways to go, but if anyone has tried to use the GEN1 harness on a GEN2 I'd ask WHY and would you you do it again!
If you don't believe me I can send you to online copies of instructions for installing both packages including wiring schematics . . . or find them at MINIMANIA.COM
Last edited by Capt_bj; Dec 21, 2014 at 02:52 PM.
the wiring is different and the brackets are different. In the end what you have is a $30 set of Hella clone lights with none of the parts needed to hook them up . . nothing special in the light's wiring themselves ... a + and a - . . .
If you can buy the factory harness from the dealer, I wouldn't. The factory setup is overly complicated IMO. You CAN hook up the wires for $30 in parts .. probably less. {some wire, a relay, a toggle switch ... some crimp connectors and shrink tube if you want to be fancy}
Bigger issue is/are the mounting brackets. You can buy a set for around $100 (check OUTMOTORING) or build a set if you can or know someone who can work with and weld steel . . .
Where are you? I've installed a bunch of sets on GEN1 and others and there are a million ways to go, but if anyone has tried to use the GEN1 harness on a GEN2 I'd ask WHY and would you you do it again!
If you don't believe me I can send you to online copies of instructions for installing both packages including wiring schematics . . . or find them at MINIMANIA.COM
If you can buy the factory harness from the dealer, I wouldn't. The factory setup is overly complicated IMO. You CAN hook up the wires for $30 in parts .. probably less. {some wire, a relay, a toggle switch ... some crimp connectors and shrink tube if you want to be fancy}
Bigger issue is/are the mounting brackets. You can buy a set for around $100 (check OUTMOTORING) or build a set if you can or know someone who can work with and weld steel . . .
Where are you? I've installed a bunch of sets on GEN1 and others and there are a million ways to go, but if anyone has tried to use the GEN1 harness on a GEN2 I'd ask WHY and would you you do it again!
If you don't believe me I can send you to online copies of instructions for installing both packages including wiring schematics . . . or find them at MINIMANIA.COM
Last edited by Joeygonz; Dec 21, 2014 at 06:27 PM. Reason: typo
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