Anyone using engine guard mounted driving lights?

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Feb 3, 2010 | 01:59 PM

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Mike Horrell

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From: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Thanks, FXD2003Rider!!

That old thread really helped a lot. I'm 99% sure I'm going to buy them but I'd
want to put them on a manual switch so I could use them or not as I choose.
I don't want them linked to the High/Low light switch as out here in the west I'd
probably want to run them with the high beams under a lot of conditions.

The High Desert gets DARK......

Feb 3, 2010 | 02:27 PM

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FXD2003Rider

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From: Harmelen (The Netherlands, Europe)

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Originally Posted by Mike Horrell

Mike,

Here are some wiring diagrams showing how the foglamp kit should be connected, according to H-D's mounting instructions (=DOT regulations).

In this way the fog lights as well as the aux lights stay on only with lowbeam(spliced to the yellow wire).

If you want them to work with high beam, splice (6) to the highbeam wire (on my 2003FXD it's the white wire).

If I understand well, you want them to work independently from high/low beam.
To achieve this result, splice (6) to the runing lights wire (see your manual for the color, on my 2003FXD it's the blue wire) or run the "unterminated wire" (6) (= wire to low beam in Fog Lamp Schematic) in the wiring harness back to the + on the battery or the aux fuse in the fuse box.

You can operate the switch (which comes with the kit) to activate the coil in the relay which will turn on or off the fog lights/aux lights.

I have connected the passing lights on my FXD2003 in the same way and replaced the stock switch from the kit for the handlebar mounted aux switch kit and the chrome switch cap kit.

FXD2003Rider

Here's a wiring diagram on how to wire aux lights using a relay:

Signal current from switch (86 ==> 85) activates coil; coil activates internal relay switch (30 ==> 87)

30 = + from battery (requires mim 2.5 mm2 wire)

87 = + to lamps (requires mim 2,5 mm2 wire)

86 = + from switch or headlight wire (to activate relay)

85 = ground

Here's an image of the l/h side switch kit on my FXD2003:

Last edited by FXD2003Rider; Nov 9, 2011 at 07:12 AM. Reason: fixed link to aux switch kit instructions sheet and added image of l/h side aux switch kit