jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Am not sure about the legality of fitting rear facing spotties and in fact am not sure the ADR allows fitting spot lights that high anyway.
As to the roof rail end cap, it is being held by one bolt but to get to it, you will need to remove the entire plastic lining from the boot area and then drop the roof lining to see the bolt itself, so it's not an easy task at all.
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17/Nov/2013, 5:15 pm
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cooch t31
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 06-2008
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
TOTAL POSTS: 5966
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Jalal is right, it is illegal to use as a reverse light that high. If it were a flood light for camping off it's own switch, that's alright.
Mount them down under the bumper and it would be OK to run off the current wiring providing that they don't draw too much power.
--- Tony X-891c
HERE is my D22 Navara
HERE is my old 2008 T31, ST Series1
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17/Nov/2013, 7:59 pm
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Ian Ewin
X-TRAIL FANATIC
Date Registered: 03-2012
Location: Newcastle, NSW
TOTAL POSTS: 471
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Not to deter you, but I've removed and modified both those rear plastic rail ends and it is a pain in the a$$ and a mildly monumental task.. if you go ahead, I'd suggest photo-documenting it for others on the forum (I forgot).
--- Ian X-2305(c)
New: 2010 NT Pajero
Old: 2008 T31 Xtrail "The Monster"
The only one of her kind.. may she rest in peace :(
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21/Nov/2013, 10:46 am
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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I know exactly what you are saying because I have done it with my T30 as well and after being through such pain, I decided NOT to share it with anyone else and not to document it....instead I always warn people about it
It's a job for the smash repairers! Degree of difficulty 11 out 10
Last edited by jalalski, 21/Nov/2013, 11:18 am
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21/Nov/2013, 11:17 am
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
TOTAL POSTS: 6355
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Re: Spot lights connected to reverse lights
The reverse lamp circuit in the T31 is supplied by a 10A fuse located in the Intelligent Power Distribution Module of the engine bay, switched by the park/neutral switch of your automatic transmission selector.
Check the power consumption of the LED lights, add those to the 4A required for the dual reversing lamps already installed and make sure you are not exceding the fuse rating. DO NOT increase the size of the fuse to allow larger lamps to be connected.
--- Kev X450(c) T30 Guru
03 Titanium Ti T30 Series 1 **MODIFIED**
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21/Nov/2013, 12:32 pm
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MrMez
X-TRAIL ENTHUSIAST
Date Registered: 03-2011
TOTAL POSTS: 124
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4W driving at night and reversing can be a real PIA with the std lights. What I was thinking today, since I don't need a permanent solution, is to have a temporary yet secure LED light fitted near/on the tow bar, then run a short cable to the trailer plug.
If you have the newer flat style plug, there is a reverse wire (black), and obviously neutral (white). You'd have to check the rating, but since you wouldn't be running brake lights or indicators, you could use almost all available amperage.
Still haven't decided on the exact method, but I guess the best way is an easily removable bracket/bolt on my reese hitch recovery point (since it's alway in when I go off road). At night, bolt the light onto the recovery point and plug it in.
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21/Nov/2013, 8:29 pm
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
TOTAL POSTS: 6355
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Re: Re:
quote: MrMez wrote:
If you have the newer flat style plug, there is a reverse wire (black), and obviously neutral (white). You'd have to check the rating, but since you wouldn't be running brake lights or indicators, you could use almost all available amperage.
Not true.
Everything for the trailer parallels from the normal Xtrail light circuits.
The reversing lights for the trailer still get supplied from the same 10A fuse as the Xtrail reverse lights so anything you hook up to the trailer plug still has to be less than the 10A fuse minus the 4A for the Xtrail reversing lights. There is no separate fuse for the trailer reversing circuit.
The brake lights and indicators run from the same brake light and indicator circuits as the Xtrail so they will not have any power until you apply the brake or indicate to turn so there will be no more "amperage" from these to use either.
--- Kev X450(c) T30 Guru
03 Titanium Ti T30 Series 1 **MODIFIED**
My Blog
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22/Nov/2013, 4:24 pm
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