This is how I wired the Caravelle lights in my Transporter van, Please do NOT use it as a how to guide as I don’t want to be responsible for someone damaging their van
Until there is more simple or better way of getting the headlights run properly this is what I decided to do as it make no permanent changes to the wiring loom and makes no extra holes in the van
The problem in wiring the lights in is get the low beam to stay on while the high beam is on, so I brought a fast fit wiring kit for 55/60w driving lights
1.On the connecting block that goes into the back of the headlights use a very small screw driver to pop out the female spade connector from the connector block it’s numbered 7 on both sides, the wire is yellow on the drivers side and yellow/black on the passenger side,
Heat shrink over the spade connectors and then cover in loom tape so they cannot short out on anything
2.Insert a new female spade connector into each block with a wire attached running into the feed out side of the new relay, I followed the original loom along the inside front of the bumper for the drivers side headlight as my relay is positioned close to the battery
3.Scotch block the relay activating wire to the thick white wire on the main E1 light switch in the dash, removing the switch is incredibly easy, turn the switch to the 0 position (off) then press the knob in and hold in, turn the switch just over halfway between 0 and the side lights position then pull the switch and you will find the whole switch will just slide out easily
4.Run the activating wire to the relay, the route I used was along the bottom of the dash, inside the panels to a rubber bung in the far left hand side of the bulk head just behind the glove box. To ensure the wire going through the bung did not let water in I drilled a 2mm hole in the middle of the bung, passed the wire through then sealed with PU sealer
5.Wire up the relay the main power in feed I connect straight to the + positive battery terminal (red wire ) with a in line fuse fitted, the earth for the relay I connected to the – battery terminal, then using the hole that is already in the inner wing secure the relay and tidy up the wiring making sure that the wire cannot chaff on anything
Working lights that behave how they should with no disturbance to the original wiring loom apart from the one scotch block connector
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Since doing this conversion I have driven over 30,000 miles with no problems at all from the lights or anything else
I am very happy that I decided to go down the Caravelle head light route as the much talked about HID conversion kits that you can buy are illegal to use in the UK – to use a HID setup in a car/van the headlights must be automatically self levelling and have a washer mechanism or when you get stopped at one of the increasing common mobile VOSA vehicle stop check points you can have your van seized for not conforming to the road traffic act
I would be very interested in hearing how other people wired up their lights as I have heard there is another way but I decided to play it safe
Edited by Mr Hedgehog