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So, I finally installed my Baja triple fog lights. I bought the set directly from Baja. When the kit came in, there were a bunch of wiring looms along with the switches even though I ordered it for the upfitter switches. They had two looms, and two Y connectors that would allow you to combine the two white lights and then the amber on the other wiring loom and then switch the white pair and the amber. I then saw that 4X4TruckLED was selling the kit but with their own wiring loom that allowed you to control each light seperately. Before I wiring them up, I ordered that wiring loom from 4X4TruckLED. Let me tell you, just order the kit from 4X4TruckLED. Their wiring loom is sooooo much better than what you get from Baja. Their loom is covered in a much tougher looking material and is super streamlined. It is a single wiring loom with weather packs for each light and then at the connection end, it came with three wires labeled A, B, C along with the ground connector. The A, B, C wires had a crimp on connector terminated at each end. I cut those off and added male weather packs. I then terminated all six if the pre-wired connection under the hood with individual female weather packs. I went ahead and labeled each wire with its corresponding upfitter switch and amperage. I connected my fogs to switches 3, 4, 5 which are all 10A. I am saving switch 1 (30A) and switch 2 (15A) for future loads requiring higher amperage. Anyway, below are photos of how I wired this up.
Photo 1 : This shows the start of connecting the weather pack pins to each pre-wire. I would recommend the red connectors as the wiring if actually really small. I really doubt the wiring for the 30A and 15A are actually sized properly. They were both a bit thicker than the other 10A wiring but not by much.
Photo 2 : This shows a typical weather pack male pin that will be inserted into the female weather pack. You will want to buy the proper terminating tool to make the crimps. I used the 3 slot for the wiring crimp and 5 for the grommet crimp.
Photo 3 : This shows the mail pin completed where I went ahead and added a bit of solder to the wiring to create a stronger bond.
Photo 4 : The completed female weather pack.
Photo 5 : This shows all six of the pre-wires terminated with female weather packs and labeled with switch number and amperage. For some reason I felt light color coding each wire based on amperage. Just having fun with the P-Touch! HA!
Photo 6 : This shows the final connections of each of the three fog light pairs. The wiring loom from 4X4TruckLED comes pre-labeled with the A, B, C. You can see that I connected A to SW3, B to SW4 and C to SW5. You can also see the ground connection with the black wire and pre-installed ground loop connector.
Photo 7 : This is the final under hood installation and the routing I used for the wiring loom.
Photo 8 : Fogs installed and ready to light up the night!
My take away from the install. 1. Purchase your light kit from 4X4TruckLED. They offer better pricing, are super responsive to emails and provide a much better, more vetted wiring system. 2. Buy yourself a set of Weather Packs along with the proper crimping tool. Do it right the first time, it will be worth it in the long run. 3. Buy single weather pack shrouds(both male and female), buy the 18-20 gauge terminal pins(both male and female), buy the red cable seal, buy the pin removal tool just encase you mess up and need to remove a terminal pin. 4. Practice your crimping on a test wire before jumping into your Bronco wiring. 5. Solder if you want to but it is not really required if you crimp properly. 6. Take your time and enjoy the experience of doing a great job yourself.
I have have the reverse lighting kit from 4X4TruckLED and will be installing that shortly. I have also ordered the pillar lights from 4X4TruckLED but am still waiting for them to arrive. I have not decided on a light bar yet. Not sure if I want to go bumper or above the windshield. Thanks for checking out my install.
Photo 1 : This shows the start of connecting the weather pack pins to each pre-wire. I would recommend the red connectors as the wiring if actually really small. I really doubt the wiring for the 30A and 15A are actually sized properly. They were both a bit thicker than the other 10A wiring but not by much.
Photo 2 : This shows a typical weather pack male pin that will be inserted into the female weather pack. You will want to buy the proper terminating tool to make the crimps. I used the 3 slot for the wiring crimp and 5 for the grommet crimp.
Photo 3 : This shows the mail pin completed where I went ahead and added a bit of solder to the wiring to create a stronger bond.
Photo 4 : The completed female weather pack.
Photo 5 : This shows all six of the pre-wires terminated with female weather packs and labeled with switch number and amperage. For some reason I felt light color coding each wire based on amperage. Just having fun with the P-Touch! HA!
Photo 6 : This shows the final connections of each of the three fog light pairs. The wiring loom from 4X4TruckLED comes pre-labeled with the A, B, C. You can see that I connected A to SW3, B to SW4 and C to SW5. You can also see the ground connection with the black wire and pre-installed ground loop connector.
Photo 7 : This is the final under hood installation and the routing I used for the wiring loom.
Photo 8 : Fogs installed and ready to light up the night!
My take away from the install. 1. Purchase your light kit from 4X4TruckLED. They offer better pricing, are super responsive to emails and provide a much better, more vetted wiring system. 2. Buy yourself a set of Weather Packs along with the proper crimping tool. Do it right the first time, it will be worth it in the long run. 3. Buy single weather pack shrouds(both male and female), buy the 18-20 gauge terminal pins(both male and female), buy the red cable seal, buy the pin removal tool just encase you mess up and need to remove a terminal pin. 4. Practice your crimping on a test wire before jumping into your Bronco wiring. 5. Solder if you want to but it is not really required if you crimp properly. 6. Take your time and enjoy the experience of doing a great job yourself.
I have have the reverse lighting kit from 4X4TruckLED and will be installing that shortly. I have also ordered the pillar lights from 4X4TruckLED but am still waiting for them to arrive. I have not decided on a light bar yet. Not sure if I want to go bumper or above the windshield. Thanks for checking out my install.
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