Thread: 2001 TD5 discovery after market driving lights

Hi barryj, I had both a series I and II and fitted driving lights to both but I never came across any wiring looms for driving lights.
Someone else might be more informed on the subject, but in both cases I had to fit my own wiring and relays.
Cheers.

Thanks for the reply. This will save me a lot of time looking for something that may not be there. Probably easier running new cable, that way at least I know where it goes.

Hi again barryj, I don’t know if you have installed driving lights before but if you are going to do it yourself, try running 5mm or 6mm automotive wire and don’t both using the thin wire that usually comes with the driving lights. The thicker wire will give you brighter lights and the globes will last longer, paying for the additional cost of the heavier wire.
Cheers.

Thanks again for the info. Yes we will run the cable as suggested. We fitted lights to my defender a few years ago. The discovery looks a bit more complicated, but we won't rush the job.

Have a look on the Range Rover Discovery US forum. there is the same question there today. Maybe its you !!!
You can use the wiring which IS there but if you use the switch and wiring, you apparently have to tell the ECU before it will work.
If you connect it independently, I see no reason to tell the computer. what it doesn't know won't hurt it.
Regards Philip A

Thanks Philip, This is on the same thought as the land rover parts guy I mentioned (Tony at AJG Spares at Albion, Brisbane) . He said that if I tried to add to the system I would set off the vehicle's computer and could expect some alarms and odd warning lights. Maybe I should see Tony again and see if he can show me where the loom is. He is a very busy guy, as he would be supplying parts for Jags and Rovers and talking to novices like me!

Do you have the web address of the Range Rover Discovery US forum? I don't know that one.

http://catalog.roversnorth.com/wwwboard/w3bbrr.html

Regards Philip A

Hi barryj, in my series II, from inside the engine bay, just bellow each headlight was a two wire loom and plug. I could not get the wire powered as there was no fog light switch in the dash. I decided against using this loom as the wire was to light and still had to be connected at some point to the headlight high beam wire and it was easier to just run a wire from the back of the headlights to the relays, I didn’t both putting a switch in to isolate the driving lights from the high beam.
Cheers.