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paullo



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If you can run xenons without consequence; I'd have the Crystal / Quad-Optics as some have suggested as well as proper ballasted xenons. They throw a ton more light than halogen bulbs, last 2-3x longer and are 5x cheaper then LED's. I've seen a setup exactly the same as I've mentioned and it puts the factory lights to shame.
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tuesdayfox



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diesel_jim wrote:
On my old 90 I used to have an ARB headlight loom (although they're dead easy to make)

in short, it's 3 relays (one for both headlights dipped bean and the other two for each headlight on main beam)

There was a socket that the headlight plug plugged into, which triggered the relays (dipped/main), and the whole loom took its own power feed directly from the battery.

So when you flicked the headlight dip/main switch on the steering column, the relays engaged, and they controlled the headlights. even with standard bulbs it made them "whiter" instead of the yellowy dull that they are.

Funnily enough the headlight (off/side/main) switch melted on my 110 last week. I've knocked up a quick relay loom so that the main switch just operates the relay which in turn powers the headlights, but the dip/main bean still goes through the poxy column switch... I'll get around to making a full loom sometime.

As luck would have it, I had an old Td5 bulkhead loom so I chopped off the healdight switch plug, along with the old plug from my melted switch, and made the relay loom literally plug & play (apart from a separate earth for the relays)


should save on melted switches in future!


Hi blackwolf,
How is your fender lately??

just to check that all puma defender are fitted with headlight relays now? - they are the r123 and r126 on the wiring diagram????
http://www.legionlandrover.com/manuales/el...%20tdi.pdf

Thanks
Martin
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LandRoverAnorak



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Martin, those relays are not the switch activated ones that people are talking about adding in this or the other two threads you've commented on. Also, the manual you've linked to is for a 300tdi, not a Puma. Darren

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tuesdayfox



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Hi Darren,
Thanks!

then linked diagram is not correct.

so the headlight relay in current defenders are dim/dip relay, not the on/off relay that we need?

M
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blackwolf



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The relay fitted as standard in the headlight circuit of Defenders is activated by the ignition feed and energises the main headlamp on/off switch. Its purpose is to turn off the headlights if you stop the engine.

The main headlight on/off switch and the dip/main beam switch both carry full headlight current, hence the failures, hence the many threads on the subject.
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jimbob7



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Is this the modified headlamp loom people are talking about?
https://shop.landreiziger.nl/modificatie/m...elaar.html Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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VeeTee



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Yes, it is. Plug & play solution. Thumbs Up Cheers, Vincent
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