headlight mainbeam circuit wire for 97 Explorer

[smackemback]

just adding some driving lights to my 97 Explorer need to splice into headlight main beam circuit wire anyone know the correct colour code for this wire & the best & easiest place to pass the wires from the relay through the bulkhead ......

 

[Alec]

Welcome!

There is a factory grommet above and behind the brake pedal.

Your headlight bulbs will have 3 wires going to them: hi, lo, and ground. The middle one will be the ground. Use a circuit tester to see which of the other 2 is hi, and which is lo with the harness unplugged from the bulb.

 

[smackemback]

Thanx

Thanx for the info i´ll give it a go
cheers JJ

 

[edlmann]

Originally posted by Alec
Your headlight bulbs will have 3 wires going to them: hi, lo, and ground. The middle one will be the ground. Use a circuit tester to see which of the other 2 is hi, and which is lo with the harness unplugged from the bulb.

His headlamps take H-4 bulbs, which have a different wiring pattern - not the 9004 or 9007 [pattern we're used to in the U.S.

The correct pinout for H-4 bulbs can be found at:

http://www.susquehanna.com/susq/other/genlamp.htm

 

[Alec]

Oops, sorry. Didn't know the Euro took H4s.