How-To Wire Offroad Lights

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11 жыл бұрын

In this video I'll show you how to run and install the wiring for offroad lights such as these KC brand lights. Of course it would be the same for any kind of lights including LED, Hella, Aux lights, or just regular fog lights.
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Disclaimer - This product is meant for entertainment purposes only. Your mileage may vary. Do not try this at home. Void where prohibited. Some assembly required. For off-road use only. Slippery when wet. Batteries not included. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle, heavy equipment, cherokee, wrangler, or any jeep vehicle. May be too intense for some viewers and children under 30 years of age. Please remain seated until the ride has come to a complete stop. Studies have shown viewing these videos causes increased cancer risks in laboratory test people. I am not a professional, I have no training, I'm not even particularly good at horse whispering. Don't believe everything that you know. Please keep your hands in the vehicle at all times. Do not tap on glass. Do not eat anything that has been on the floor for more than 3 days. Keep your hands to yourself. Not to be taken internally. Reproduction strictly prohibited. Driver does not carry cash. Objects in jeep mirrors may be farther than they appear.

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@timelapse2122 5 жыл бұрын

simplified, straight to the point, no additional time waisting talk..good video.

@superjoint57 8 жыл бұрын

FINALLY!!! A video that is SIMPLE, TO THE POINT & EASY to follow for a novice like me! After watching this, I now know for sure I can do this on my vehicle!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

@wkenn14 10 жыл бұрын

Very well done! Organized, easy to understand, good demo including camera angles, no BS fillers which waste time... I'm both pleased and impressed, thanks for a great "How-To"!

@williamsamuels20 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Definitely easier to understand than reading how to wire.

@DonHayward 9 жыл бұрын

Hello: You look, talk, and act like Mr. Rogers. No Offense. He was a great guy.

@bleepinjeep 9 жыл бұрын

It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood

@cloudishere4098 4 жыл бұрын

@Busted Cat it's not even a comeback

@ThePitt 5 жыл бұрын

Is there anything this channel hasn't covered? I was about to take my Jeep and have someone else install those lamps until I saw this video and thought, why don't I just do this myself? So that's what I'm going to do this weekend. Best Jeep Channel anywhere!

@amc033067 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The only video on KZfaq that shows someone how to wire up an aftermarket light. Very helpful. Thanks again.

@msbolan 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent, straight-forward "how-to" vid. I just got a set of KC Apollo spots, and I'm getting ready to install them on my JK and I am very confident doing so after watching your video. Thank you for taking the time!

@jimbonanno5460 7 жыл бұрын

This video was done very well. You made the esoteric easy. Definitely a fan here.

@MrDjonsey70 6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the family friendly videos. I am part of a Christian Off Road Club and I love to share your videos and the fact that you keep them "clean" means a lot to me. Thank you for all the good info and keep up the great work.

@bleepinjeep 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing!

@johntrinanes5923 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this vid. You made it look so easy. I followed your install instructions step by step. Took me an hour!

@ashmanart4844 8 жыл бұрын

This was an extremely helpful video. I was able to install my lights without any help other than going back to the youtube video from BleepinJeep. In fact, I bought the lights after seeing the video because I was convinced I could do it myself. Keep'em comin' for Wrangler YJ. and THANK YOU!!!

@rodrigodealmeida4138 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid, straight to the point tutorial! No wasted time, and thanks for actually showing how to do everything on camera. Thanks for the help!

@kylet432 11 жыл бұрын

Dude you are awesome. I just bought a 91 XJ and all of your videos are helping me with everything that I have wanted to do it. Thanks for all the videos. keep up the good work.

@davidlivingston6030 8 жыл бұрын

Best KC Light installation I've yet to view. Thank you.

@BanCorporateOwnedHouses 5 жыл бұрын

Straight forward, with good camera angles. No extra shilling bs. A little bit of humor thrown in. Thumbs up.

@CopeJunkies 10 жыл бұрын

Matt you are such a nut in a nonchalant way, i love your videos keep it up!!!

@CopeJunkies 10 жыл бұрын

bleepinjeep Haha, exactly what i was getting at there haha but that works too! and in all honesty i hooked up my led light bar on my Cherokee today and i just bypassed the relay and used a wire with a fuse on it and it works amazingly

@ericcoates2593 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks enjoyed watching you put your lights together. I am getting a Wurton bar fitted next week and looking forward to the difference it will make. Glad to hear that you can set them up to hi and low beam setting..makes sense. Didn't take you long if you know what your doing. From Oz.

@jimjoyce7764 7 жыл бұрын

I bought a wiring harness from KC because of this fine video. Thanks, Matt. Jim

@bleepinjeep 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching bro!

@volvosweden 7 жыл бұрын

Thx man. This will help me wire Hellas 700ff onto my Volvo semi truck.

@JohnKaufmann 8 жыл бұрын

Best videos on diy truck stuff on KZfaq

@behshadruby4483 3 жыл бұрын

I am really happy there is someone who made a video of thos matter! Thank u so much you made my nervousness go away

@SantiagoRodriguez-go6ss 9 жыл бұрын

I loved the way he explained it his a good teacher thank you!

@ar15freak 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, all the other videos were explained poorly, confusing, or made it look complicated. But yours made it seem like the average person can do it easily in an hour or two. Thank you so much!!!!! 8D

@frozentwiddlelump 9 жыл бұрын

Perfect, thanks for the always quirky but always super-useful videos! I'll be wiring those same ones into my YJ this weekend.

@skkfor 5 жыл бұрын

Mucho thanks for the vid. Santa brought new fog lights/light bar for my TJ and your explanation/direction is perfect!

@drewk4553 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I just got my first pair of spot lights for my KL Cherokee Trailhawk and I'm really excited to get them wired in.

@vTAlastor 9 жыл бұрын

Damn this was the frsit video i ever watched over a year ago when i got my frist jeep. Still watching and still loving the videos man…

@erasmoamaya1760 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome presentation. Simple and easy to understand. Thanks Mr. Moe

@elsalindfield5691 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a comprehensive video! I'm new to adding mods(just finished CAI) to my 'Mall-Rated' JKU; this will def help me change that status!!

@RevHaywoodJablomie 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! One of the best I've seen on KZfaq. Just bought some killer LED off-road lights (Dash Flash NIGHTBLASTER) and this will be a big help.

@burtcollier402 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thorough, complete and useful. Thanks a million.

@robz4825 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very helpful. You de stressed me about these lights. Gonna give it a go. Thanks again, nice job!

@VitoCaniglia 5 жыл бұрын

You explained this install and made it so easy that it took me less time to install than it took you to show how o the video. Kazoo”s to you .

@bleepinjeep 11 жыл бұрын

sweet, thanks for watching!

@matts4498 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative and well done. Short and to the point. Thank you

@sk360flip 8 жыл бұрын

Great video man. I watched so many times while waiting for my kc lights from Amazon that when they arrived I installed them without looking at your vid or instructions. The white wire now has a doo dad on it out of the box lol.

@luiso6827 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I purchased some kc lights and they did not come with instructions this video is going to save me a ton of time! 🙏 🙏 🙏

@parkercovieo9103 8 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you for your "to the point " instructions.

@Swing4gr8nessN8 10 жыл бұрын

Love your vids and none of that boring stuff!!!

@amoderndaydrifter 11 жыл бұрын

Just in time... Hooking up my KC's tomorrow! Thanks for the video!

@hunghoang9068 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great helped, you the best Matt

@natekarr 9 жыл бұрын

I had to come back to this for a second viewing bc I didn't understand the relay.... And why you need it. I argued about it with my self if I needed it or not... Lol then I learned about them and well now I'm back. Great videos. I have a '70 scout in which I'm doing my own mods to. In fact I spotted your chain step on one of your rigs... I'll be doing that this weekend. Once again great vids....

@bleepinjeep 9 жыл бұрын

Nate Karr you dont have to have the relay but most switches arent designed to carry much of a load and they will go out, not to mention having 12volts coming into the cab all over the place is not a good idea and may lead to shorts/fires.

@GMond 10 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Simple and informative. Thanks. You answered the questions I had with the grounding.

@danielcosme8958 5 жыл бұрын

Simple and to the point!! Awesome! Thanks!!

@ky1122 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video! Going to tackle some KC Hilites for my JK!

@mtdracer69 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta love old KC's there like angle halos on the font of what ever you put them on!! 😇

@donniehensley2545 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video getting my fog lights Friday

@dudebro199 10 жыл бұрын

Great video man, very helpful thanks

@crazykincardineite 10 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Really good if someone has never done this before. But just a little wisdom, always disconnect your negative terminal when doing electrical work! I once shorted a ratchet across terminals while removing a negative to do some work, it welded the socket onto the ratchet, and welded the mechanism in the ratchet solid. Just a little advice.

@nicolasmoreno435 11 ай бұрын

Great video just ordered mine today thanks

@fuzzybutz 10 жыл бұрын

thanks Bought a front bar and 3 KC 151 6 inch lights looking forward to mounting every thing up when the Bar arrives in two days

@bradroll26 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed on 1 watch - great stuff!

@richtyler1353 2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍🏽 job Mr Matt.

@DROPUQIK 8 жыл бұрын

awesome video brother very helpful thanks alot

@wolfgang4136 5 жыл бұрын

Good vid, very helpful. Thank you Sir

@valeryrigot9740 9 жыл бұрын

I must say your videos are really great. You can put things simply and you go straight to the point, I really dig it. That's what the "jeep spirit" is all about. I just wanted to ask you one question though : why do you connect the wire that powers the switch to the battery and not to the fuse box (like you did in the video about the dual batteries wiring)? Couldn't you have done that? And if not, why?

@bleepinjeep 9 жыл бұрын

***** I'm not sure what I did in this video but this one explains everything in more detail: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ap95bLxy05fTgZs.html

@4gunner 9 жыл бұрын

Taking the anxiety out of my life! You are awesome.

@rafeer4850 9 жыл бұрын

This is a good vid. I've been meaning to add some cheapo lights to my TJ and too many vids just say "Then run wires through firewall and hook to switch", I hate that. Thanks for an informative and CLOSE UP look at the steps instead of a shaky lens from 6 feet away.

@blakeh.318 6 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! Great teaching.

@claudes1973 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Seems I could be able to do this. (Fingers crossed lol) what KC lites are these? Model# please. Thanks!

@Mustafadroid 10 жыл бұрын

great work bro. Better then the ones I see n utube

@mrmiracle33 8 жыл бұрын

awesome video man thanks for the info.

@willmcghie9543 6 жыл бұрын

great job, very helpful thanks

@Trd2020 5 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍🏼

@billkane398 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man very helpful

@bigstew9724 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! Made it so easy!

@DFehrenbacherMusic 8 жыл бұрын

This was really helpful! thanks!

@davidcaine696 7 жыл бұрын

Best instruction I've found so far. I am having a problem with CREE LED lights and need to better understand the need for a "relay" since the lights came with no instructions other than RED is positive and Black is negative. My rocker switch is the same as yours and the LED light is on when the outside LED lights are off... Can't figure out the wiring issue.

@agentorange1485 7 жыл бұрын

Think of the relay as the actual on/off switch, while the switch inside the car is like a remote control for the relay. You could theoretically wire it exactly the same way you wire a light switch in your home, but then the switch and the cables to it probably would need to be thicker, and since the car only has 12 V (compared to 110-230 V at home, depending on what country you live in), you would also lose a lot of power because of the longer cables. With a relay, the power can go a shorter way from the battery to the lights, and the switch just controls the relay's on/off.

@filmic1 5 жыл бұрын

Nice and clear. I'd like to put fog lights in the empty fog light bays on my '08 Patriot North (5spd manual) can you post or direct me to one? Nice channel.

@maxzahrobsky7726 10 жыл бұрын

You know what your talking about and make a good video thanks for the hlep

@bleepinjeep 10 жыл бұрын

ya, thanks for the comment and the sub!

@krattsandcats125 4 жыл бұрын

made wiring so simple! thanks

@dreamerlighting9940 10 жыл бұрын

Great Job,matt

@YoungAmericanOutback 11 жыл бұрын

Good job on the video. You make it look easy. I'll let you know how it goes for me.

@autostunningmexico 2 жыл бұрын

That helped a ton bro thanks

@tomhammerhead5593 8 жыл бұрын

Cool video thanks!

@esasaki323 9 жыл бұрын

Hey awesome video it really helped a lot. I have a light bar and need to extend the black and red wires that go to the lights. What is the best way to do that? Thanks

@louisianaguy2661 4 жыл бұрын

Good video, thanks.

@SUUUUURGE 11 жыл бұрын

I used a self-tapping screw to mount the relays for my XJ's headlight harness to the passenger side fender near the battery (where the cruise control setup is on vehicles that have it), and one of the radiator support bolts for the ground.

@FlamEffect 11 жыл бұрын

ahhhh, dang, that reminds me. I have to wire up my lights. I got one of those cool glow switch boards that fits in the ash tray in the XJ. it has 4 switches.. hmmm I better get on that. Recommendation on the XJ for a place to put relays?

@trifectaoutdoors6301 8 жыл бұрын

hey nice work! can u make a video on how to install the rocker switches for the jeeps??

@buddyhaywood8469 5 жыл бұрын

This must be busted knuckle garage very believable video true knuckle busting is great LOL keep up the good work

@mokady1 9 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thanks a lot for the video, quite informative indeed. I have a basic question bit this is my first time to try and install lights myself. Just wanted to know if there will be any problems if I extend the length of any of the wires as I will be installing them on the car roof while my battery is under the passenger seat. Also what type of wires to be used for extension and where to ground the brown wire? Sorry for long question.

@TheOutdoorCanadian 10 жыл бұрын

That description tho! HAHAHA loved it

@lorddacb 11 жыл бұрын

thank god you posted a video. :)

@StephenWood 8 жыл бұрын

Helpful. Thank you.

@WickedWizard69 10 жыл бұрын

Great vid thanks, I'm trying to mount an LED bar on the roof rack of my 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, I have what looks to me like the same wire harness you have in the vid, how do I get the wires from the lights to under the hood? Can't seem to figure that part out????

@trentsablatura4082 9 жыл бұрын

Will you make a video (or if you already have one) were you change the rough country harness to a custom switch?

@DJKEYS-br1xh 4 жыл бұрын

YOU SAID YOU MADE YOUR OWN DO DAD.. I CRACKED THE HELL UP LAUGHING. AND I HAD TO SUBSCRIBE.. OH.. AND I PUT SOME FOG LIGHTS ON A BIG RIG BOX TRUCK WOTHOUT THE FACTORY WIRING ARE THE SWICH.. I MAD MY OWN AND THEY NOT WORKING SO IM GONA TELL THE OWNER TO PURCHAS A NEW PAIR THAT COMS COMPLEAT!!

@Bru946 6 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty good video for people with just a little of electrical knowledge.

@josephtella6157 7 жыл бұрын

hey matt, thanks so much for your work and teaching. Im a beginner and am attempting to connect 2 small blue light emregency LEDs to a switch and my battery with no relay. Do you think I require one? I believe they are low amps and small. If I do not require one, can you model out the wiring diagram? I would assume with no relay it'd be even more simple. Thank you so much for all you do.

@Crusty_Camper 9 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thanks. I would like to fit some extra driving lights like the ones you fitted but as I will use them on-road, I need to have them turn off when the high beam is flicked off. I would like to see how that bit of the wiring should be done.

@bleepinjeep 9 жыл бұрын

Sheldon Cooper take the wire from the relay that goes to ignition hot and splice it into a hot wire for your high beams. This might help a bit: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ap95bLxy05fTgZs.html

@isaacschannel 5 жыл бұрын

Great video how much were the kc lites?

@YakJones 10 жыл бұрын

thanks man that was great!!!

@mrjacobbalthazor1 10 жыл бұрын

i believe you just solved my problem on why my lights would not turn on, i had wires sticking out of the ground and battery part, so i just have to clamp them instead and hope they turn on.

@AscendingBliss 8 жыл бұрын

So I am going to be putting quite a few lights on my TJ in the near future; nine lights to be exact. My big question is: in order to get the best results from the lights, am I going to need to swap in a high output alternator? I feel like my stock 117A alternator just isn't going to cut it.

@Mike-cu6gk 8 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for sharing. How long did it actually take for you to do the job?. This way I can multiply it by 2. Lol

@anicetopontillas8121 6 жыл бұрын

I have off road lights (27w) on my Jeep JK installed. I am looking to replace them with lights that has more watts (50+). Do I need to rewire them or can I use the existing wires on them already installed. The current off road lights I have on are 4 on the bumper, 4 on the front of the roof rack base and 2 on the rear roof rack base. Three areas connected to there own relay to a switch pod.

@alexmitchell9845 10 жыл бұрын

hi matt great video,matt i bought some used kc lights for my jeep wrangler and was wondering do i have to use a kc lights wire harness? or can i just use a off the shelf light kit.

@alexmitchell9845 10 жыл бұрын

thank you matt for answering my question so fast,love your page,keep up the good work.