Kleynie
A2OC Donor
After gathering the fog lights and trim pieces from A2Steve, we set about making a loom for my sons A2. Steve supplied the lights with 6 inches of wire, so the first job was to solder 3m of cable to these and heat shrink in black sleeving to look like OEM, this was done on the bench beforehand.
Fitting the lights was easy enough, we routed the cables through the front grill in front of the radiator and up to the underneath of the passenger side headlight, this is where we then shortened the negative cables, heat shrunk and attached to the earth strap under the headlight:
The next job was to route the two live cables through the bulkhead with the glovebox removed. This was no mean feat as the grommet that goes through is already full of cables and there is barely room for a little finger to fit, but with the help of a 2.5mmsq semi rigid copper draw cable we managed to get the wires through and into the passenger footwell. Armed with a meter we found the terminal that becomes live when the fog light switch is turned on (obviously new switch with front fogs previously fitted), this was not the blue connector as stated in other threads but the grey one in the picture. This is the rear of the connector block, my screwdriver pointing at the red and purple wire which comes from the fog light switch:
And this is the front of the connector showing the empty slot ready for the fog light wires:
Then with the help of receptacle, RS part number 718-1080, we crimped the two live cables and pushed them into the empty hole opposite the red and purple wire. The two red cables are the new ones for the fogs:
Hey presto, everything worked first time! If anyone needs the receptacle to do the same job I have 18 spare, I will gladly send them FOC to those who need them (two each, one for practice!) Just PM me if you need these and I will get them to you as I know many do not have access to an RS account.
Fitting the lights was easy enough, we routed the cables through the front grill in front of the radiator and up to the underneath of the passenger side headlight, this is where we then shortened the negative cables, heat shrunk and attached to the earth strap under the headlight:
The next job was to route the two live cables through the bulkhead with the glovebox removed. This was no mean feat as the grommet that goes through is already full of cables and there is barely room for a little finger to fit, but with the help of a 2.5mmsq semi rigid copper draw cable we managed to get the wires through and into the passenger footwell. Armed with a meter we found the terminal that becomes live when the fog light switch is turned on (obviously new switch with front fogs previously fitted), this was not the blue connector as stated in other threads but the grey one in the picture. This is the rear of the connector block, my screwdriver pointing at the red and purple wire which comes from the fog light switch:
And this is the front of the connector showing the empty slot ready for the fog light wires:
Then with the help of receptacle, RS part number 718-1080, we crimped the two live cables and pushed them into the empty hole opposite the red and purple wire. The two red cables are the new ones for the fogs:
Hey presto, everything worked first time! If anyone needs the receptacle to do the same job I have 18 spare, I will gladly send them FOC to those who need them (two each, one for practice!) Just PM me if you need these and I will get them to you as I know many do not have access to an RS account.
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