Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #50 – May 11, 2012, 09:23:24 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9108Greg, Get the weather back to warm and dry, we'll be out there next week. (Highlands Ranch) Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #51 – May 11, 2012, 09:30:23 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9109WOW! Great job with the documentation and pics. Electrical isn’t my strength, but this makes it easy. I’ll start collecting the parts I don’t have tomorrow. May have some of this from my racing days in a previous life.GregMN Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #52 – May 12, 2012, 07:01:36 am Yahoo Message Number: 9113Got outside while it was dark out. Tried the headlights. Hard to tell how much brighter lo-beams are. But they are brighter. You had better have your sunglasses on when hi-beams are turned on.The items in pictures cost less than $50. I did buy 2 100' rolls of 10 gauge wire and 100' of 1/2" loom. Wire was $20 each. Loom was $15. Used less than 20' off each roll. I have enough to keep my 2 sons stocked. They are always asking for little wiring projects on their vehicles.BestRon Hall Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #53 – May 12, 2012, 09:24:08 am Yahoo Message Number: 9114QuoteThe items in pictures cost less than $50. I did buy 2 100' rolls of 10 gauge wire and 100' of 1/2" loom. Wire was $20 each. Loom was $15. Used less than 20' off each roll. I have enough to keep my 2 sons stocked. They are always asking for little wiring projects on their vehicles.You better hold onto it, you'll need it when 50 Kodiaks show up in your yard next week!Take care,Greg Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #54 – May 12, 2012, 02:37:13 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9115David Sparke wrote:QuoteGet the weather back to warm and dry, we'll be out there nextweek. (Highlands Ranch)The weather is supposed to turn beautiful on Monday and be that way forthe next week. Of course we're leaving Tuesday morning so that would bethe case.We're at Cherry Creek State Park so Highlands Ranch isn't too far fromhere. There is talk by one wife that we should be looking for a condohere for some longer future visits.....anyone wanna house in NC? ;-)Take care, Greg Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #55 – May 12, 2012, 03:25:23 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9116Wow, that was close. For a split second I thought you were going to trade the Kodiak for a condo to solve the headlight problem. Don Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #56 – May 12, 2012, 08:29:03 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9117The problem is example of our shitty auto companies who needed to have their asses bailed out. Its incorrectly engineered plain and simple. The mediocrity of America hard at work. Sad but true that a high school physics student could do the calculation(s) and determine the correct wire size. Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #57 – May 12, 2012, 10:47:26 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9119Ron help me out. I found that the front turn signals will not work unless the headlight switch is in park or better. They will not work at all with the switch off.Its probably something stupid. Denny2006 Seneca 35GS Dmax. Ford Ranger toad. Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #58 – May 13, 2012, 05:18:49 am Yahoo Message Number: 9121Do they work with hazard flashers?Is ignition switch on?Are rear lights working?Here is a drawing of wiring for lights.http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/ronjhall/GS%202004%20Endura%206340/turnsiginalwring.gifBestRon Hall Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #59 – May 13, 2012, 10:01:08 am Yahoo Message Number: 9123I figured it out. I had crossed the clearance and turn wires on both fender lights when I installed them. LEDs are funny. Thanks. I figured it out at about 2 am and it woke me up.LOLDenny2006 Seneca 35GS Dmax. Ford Ranger toad. Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #60 – May 13, 2012, 11:24:44 am Yahoo Message Number: 9125I found some little 10Watt LED lights that cast more than a (legal) amount of light - and they are tiny - we use them on our off-road cars. A little spend at $90 each but voltage and current are not an issue with drawing about 1 Amp and they operate at 9-20 Volts.http://www.visionxstore.com/XIL-S1100NOTE: These are way brighter than any factory car headlight. Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #61 – September 04, 2012, 11:11:52 am Yahoo Message Number: 9776Had a little setback with my headlight project. Directional signals and headlights started to not work properly. Found that one of the relays had failed. This fed a small positive voltage into the ground system. Headlights, directional signals and front running lights would not operate properly.Disconnected everything, then started back tracking until I found what was causing problem. Since I was leaving on a trip. I put every thing back together as original. Except for the ground wires. When I get time I will look into wast is needed to make relays work. Then come up with something to keep a failed relay from feeding positive voltage into the front ground. Probably need a diode.Headlights are still much brighter with the added ground wire.BestRon Hall Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #62 – September 04, 2012, 12:10:34 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9778Ron:For those of us who have not done the work yet...Would it be worth it just to run the improved ground wire? Is that sufficient / good enough?Kevin (Lazy - or maybe BUSY) McCoyKevin (Real) McCoy [KF5FUZ]("Roscoe Ventura" Jayco Seneca HD SS 34 Diesel 2006; "Toad" Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 2007) Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #63 – September 04, 2012, 02:59:04 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9779The ground wire does make a difference. Checking voltage at chassis ground showed improved voltage by 1 volt.BestRon Hall Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #64 – September 12, 2012, 03:35:52 pm Yahoo Message Number: 9814While Russ was at my place we added the round wire. Did some checking of continuity. Found that location where I put grounds was not a good place. While it did improve ground it was not a good place because the mounts have rubber isolators. I have changed ground location to bolts on the firewall on both sides. This may have been why my relays failed.Using my MH as a pattern. Placed a 4X8 sheet of hard insulation 25' out from MH. Measured location of headlights. Then moved sheet of insulation in front of Russ's MH. His headlight beams were 12" below what mine measured after accounting for difference in height of our 2 MH's. We adjust the low beams so that they were at similar location as mine. Did not make much adjustment on high beams.BestRon Hall Quote Selected
Re: 2008 Kodiak Headlights Reply #65 – August 08, 2013, 08:37:31 pm Yahoo Message Number: 11691I see this was done on a 2008, wonder if it would be the same for a 2007? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Don Quote Selected