Hooking up Drl lights

[That_4.0_ranger]

I just got a set of the c bar led Drl lights for a 91-94 explorer to put in my ranger and i wanted to hook up the Drl lights in a better way I had a set on my old ranger that I just ran the wires to a switch and it worked but they are just dim enough that I never noticed if they were left on by accident so I had a lot of dead battery issues. Anyway Id like to tap them in somewhere that gets power only when the key is on and figured id ask if anyone knows of a place that would be okay to tap into. I saw there was another thread of someone trying to do something similar with an 89 and it was a debate if it had factory Drl plug or not but there wasn’t a solution. any ideas?

 

[Bgunner]

OK let me start with I have a '94 but the idea is the same but wire colors are different but a multimeter will tell you what wire does what.

Tap your switched power, for the toggle switch, into the parking lights wire behind the headlight switch. This will allow for the lights to be turned on anytime the parking lights are on and will shut them off with the head light switch. I tapped into the the yellow wire coming out of the '94 headlight switch and ran it to my driving light toggle switch so if I don't want them on with the parking/headlights I can turn them off.

Using a relay is necessary, allowing low amp switched power to toggle high amp power for the lights. I personally used the under hood existing wiring for the relay and wiring to the bumper. I taped into the wire in the bulkhead connector to energize the circuit as I didn't have the cab wiring for the driving lights. I do not know if this wiring is existent on your '91 or not to use it. If not there you will need to run more wires and install a relay and fuse into the circuit.

Having it this way allows for all exterior lights to be turned off with the headlight switch preventing driving lights being left on. Hope this helps. There is also a writeup the tech section on this but meant for my gen of ranger but the steps are the same for the most part.

EDIT: https://www.therangerstation.com/tech/rewire-fog-lights-to-work-with-all-light-settings/#gsc.tab=0

Since I didn't have the cab wiring this writeup didn't help much but gives an idea of what to do if you do have it.

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This link will help finding wiring diagrams for your ranger to help plan out what wire does what and where it goes to.

 

[That_4.0_ranger]

found out my truck was wired for Drl lights from the factory so I put a lest light in each hole to see witch one stays one when the truck in on and then tapped into it and so far everything is working great

 

[Bgunner]

Please take pics when the lights are on and working and add pics to this thread as a nice finished update.

If you still have the wiring apart take some pics of that and add them too for those in the future to have a visual reference to look at. At one point I had pics of mine but they were in the original "What Did You Do To Your Ranger Today" thread that took a hiatus for some reason and they are lost other wise I would have linked them for you.

I'm glad things worked out for you and you didn't really need to wire things like I had to.