AlexD333
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So luckily I had the offer of getting my light bar fitted at work today by the electrical technician, he's a very clever chap :clap and it saves me a 200 mile journey to see Mr lazy ferret or Mr Solarman :thumb2
So I arrived bright and early at work, we took to removing the bar first,
After 2 minutes the bar was off and the wiring disconnected
Now before we removed the original fittings from Clive's old light bar we realised we would have to drill the roof for the fittings, so instead we married up the light bar against the fixings from the old bar. Another important factor to take into consideration is the age of your Terrano!!
the newer models have the aerial at the front and so would obstruct the light bar!!
We then widened the original halfords brackets just slightly so the new fittings would go inside it and bolt from the underside of it Also keeping it low
Here's another test picture of us lining it up
Out came the probe before we wired up :naughty ooh err :naughty
Quick test with probe, yup, all good
Now came the part when we had to marry up the wiring, we joined up the wiring
We followed the driver door seal as originally used by lazy ferret
A quick shot of his probe, about 160 quid :doh
All wired up, still running of the headlamps which I did not want, I wanted it to be independent. The problem we ran into once we disconnected was the switch lazy ferret kindly gave me as it had an "off light" which was now permanently illuminated :doh
It was then we used my new flick switch which has an led for "on" only :thumbs
Switch up
Switch on
And the grand finale
Loving it
And daytime light is to bright
I will be posting night time pics after a UFO hunt this evening :sly
So I arrived bright and early at work, we took to removing the bar first,
After 2 minutes the bar was off and the wiring disconnected
Now before we removed the original fittings from Clive's old light bar we realised we would have to drill the roof for the fittings, so instead we married up the light bar against the fixings from the old bar. Another important factor to take into consideration is the age of your Terrano!!
the newer models have the aerial at the front and so would obstruct the light bar!!
We then widened the original halfords brackets just slightly so the new fittings would go inside it and bolt from the underside of it Also keeping it low
Here's another test picture of us lining it up
Out came the probe before we wired up :naughty ooh err :naughty
Quick test with probe, yup, all good
Now came the part when we had to marry up the wiring, we joined up the wiring
We followed the driver door seal as originally used by lazy ferret
A quick shot of his probe, about 160 quid :doh
All wired up, still running of the headlamps which I did not want, I wanted it to be independent. The problem we ran into once we disconnected was the switch lazy ferret kindly gave me as it had an "off light" which was now permanently illuminated :doh
It was then we used my new flick switch which has an led for "on" only :thumbs
Switch up
Switch on
And the grand finale
Loving it
And daytime light is to bright
I will be posting night time pics after a UFO hunt this evening :sly
