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Post by kitcarguy on Oct 16, 2011 19:51:17 GMT -5
Hey Everyone, I am trying to wire a Kit Car using a Rebel wire kit. I have the ignition done, motor, headlights and tail lights are wired ect. I am having some issues with wiring the headlight switch, wiper switch, and I am sure I am going to have issue with the turn signals. For my headlights my instructions have the following for wires... Dimmer Power - Blue High Beam - Lt green Low Beam - Tan HL Power - Yellow Dimmer Power- Blue Tail lights - Brown Park Lights - Brown Dash Lights - Brown I have this switch...  Can anyone shed any light on what goes where on this? I can see the obvious..haha for the Wipers I have a 2 speed switch and a single wire from the harness for the wiper. |
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Post by jspbtown on Oct 16, 2011 21:28:01 GMT -5
Lets see.... On the switch: Terminal 30 will be your power supply. Usually its an non-keyed (meaning power is on all the time regardless of key position). From what you describe that would be your yellow wire. Terminal 58 would go to your tail lights, thus the brown wire. Don't forget to run a wire from the high beam wire back to the dash to light up your high beam indicator. Terminal 57 for your front directionals therefore your other brown wire. Terminal 56 would go to your hi/lo beam selector (are you using a stock ve foot switch?) Terminal 58b would go to your brown dash light wire. The light green and tan wires would run from your headlights to your hi/lo beam selector. Not sure what the blue dimmer power wire would be but it could be used to power a relay if you were using one. For the wipers it depends on the motor you are using. Generally its power into the switch and then two wires out for the speed control. Depending on your motor type this little schematic may help:  |
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Post by kitcarguy on Oct 17, 2011 9:35:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. Yes I am using the stock foot switch . I was not really sure what the dimmer power was either, and their are 2 of them.
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Post by jspbtown on Oct 17, 2011 9:46:22 GMT -5
Some VWs use a relay for the dimmer. I assume it would need power to operate. Maybe that is what it is for.
You can always trace the wire and see what it does to (like the fuse block?) and have it available for another circuit if you like.
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Post by gitrdun on Oct 17, 2011 16:29:06 GMT -5
I didnt use a dimmer switch on mine, i couldnt figure it out either. Instead i used a switch like shown in the above pic. On-down is low beam and on-up is high beams. Works great.
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Post by jspbtown on Oct 17, 2011 18:18:05 GMT -5
Foot mounted dimmer switch is the easiest solution of any. Power in, power out to hi & lo beams.
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Post by smyrnaguy on Oct 17, 2011 19:39:24 GMT -5
Could be that those blue dimmer wires are destined to go to a column dimmer switch. There's something to be said for using a late model headlight relay if you have the column switch or a convenient button. You can touch the switch and flash your lights without turning them on. Handy when passing.
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