Installing a new LED light bar on my ATV!

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The Budget Sportsman

Күн бұрын

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@j.r.outdoors247 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome. I just got a 4 wheeler last week and will have to be picking up this kit. Thanks Nate.

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

Cool! Great timing.

@HuntingFarmerOfficial Жыл бұрын

The upgrade was a bright idea. Locked exposure comparison was great 👍

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

Haha. I see what you did there 😂

@lvbsolemnis Жыл бұрын

So at the 11:35 mark, what did you do with the black and red wires from the switch? Securely tuck those away somewhere under the frame?

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

Yup. Just tuck them up and hide them. Could heat shrink the ends for a little extra protection.

@carrollwaters5375 Ай бұрын

I was wondering if I can run the light and the factory high beam together thru the same circuit ( high beam circuit) ?

@TheBudgetSportsman Ай бұрын

I can’t say for sure, but I would think so if you splice the wires

@HELLBILLYx88 Жыл бұрын

Nilight makes a great product for a great price I have 3 ATVs and have there light bars on all 3 of them I have the 24 in on both my 4x4s and a 12 in on my sport quad I would recommend there product for anyone looking for better lighting 👍🏻

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience

@carrollwaters5375 Ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video. I was able to install and splice the wiring right into my high beam wiring . Works perfectly. Just a quick question, I am adding an additional small 10 inch stop/ brake light. I have a brown, green and green white striped wire, going into the existing brake/stop light. On the new light I am adding, the wiring is white(ground), black( low brightness) and red for high brightness ( brake and stop light). What do you think the connection should be?

@TheBudgetSportsman Ай бұрын

I don't have that information. You would probably have to use a volt meter to determine the function of each wire.

@4220zuke 6 ай бұрын

Great video! When you connected the white wore to the Honda factory blue wire, what did you do with the red and black wires that had crimoed ends?

@TheBudgetSportsman 6 ай бұрын

I believe I just taped them up with electrical tape and zip tied them up under the frame. They are not needed if you aren't using the switch that came with the wiring harness.

@4220zuke 6 ай бұрын

Pardon my ignorance; I have the correct wiring set up as you perfectly showed. But, what about the wires going to the lights on the other side of the ATV?

@roropetjr Жыл бұрын

Great video. Going to do the same set-up to a 2002 Honda Rancher. What do you call that type of connector you use between the factory harness and the new harness. Thanks.

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

I believe it might be called a bullet connector.

@michaelblake84 11 ай бұрын

Does the relay need to be bolted down to metal? I bought the 20" nilight with harness and did a test fit . Hooked up the wires. Put them on the battery and truned the ignition on. Flipped the light bar on and it came on but the atv wont turn on. Its is a 288 watt bar. On my 23 can am xmr 1000

@TheBudgetSportsman 11 ай бұрын

no the relay should not need to be bolted down to metal. In fact I think I just tucked mine up and didn't bolt it down at all. Is it possible that you blew a fuse or a breaker in the process of connecting everything?

@michaelblake84 11 ай бұрын

@@TheBudgetSportsman thanks, I just got it figured out. Dumb error on my end. Works phenomenal!

@golddog0113 6 ай бұрын

@michaelblake84 what was the error? A fuse? I hope none of my go out tommrow when I install this

@josh-journeys Жыл бұрын

Thank you, awesome video. I have a 2014 Polaris sportsman 570 and wondered if this same hook-up will work? I know the high been wire is yellow on it. Could I just use that like you did? I also am assuming the original high been will no longer work and that is fine since it sucks on the Polaris anyway.

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

Yes as long as you know which wire is the high beam wire, you should be able to do the same installation. The way I installed mine eliminated the factory high beams although you could splice the wire and still have a wire running to your factory high beams as well as the relay for the light bar. I didn’t see any reason to do that.

@thewarden5295 2 ай бұрын

Would these lights be able to be connected to the stator (magneto). My quad doesn’t have a battery

@TheBudgetSportsman 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I don’t know the answer to that question.

@gsxr1000jt Жыл бұрын

Great video, I'm looking to put a 8" bar on rear of my 4 wheeler. What is the best way to wire the switch/wire harness so it shuts off when ATV is off?

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

I am not totally sure. I took advantage of the fact that my headlights were already wired to go off with the switch. If you don’t have that advantage, you would have to take a volt meter and check the fuse panel or various wires for what shuts off with the switch. If you use a relay, you might even be able to tie in somewhere like the key. Without doing some testing in your exact unit, it would be difficult to say exactly how to do it.

@joemcnicholl4361 7 ай бұрын

If I want to wire the light bar straight in do I put the red wire to the blue wire. But then when do I put the black wire

@TheBudgetSportsman 7 ай бұрын

If you are wiring without going through any factory switches, then you would connect the red and black to your battery and use the included switch.

@Swinky88 3 ай бұрын

I actually want to do this exact same thing, I ordered the light and can't seem to find that honda 'male' wire harness connector you used. Any idea what part number or where I can get it? Thanks, great video!

@TheBudgetSportsman 3 ай бұрын

I believe you are talking about a bullet connector. Search for that and you should come up with some options.

@TheBudgetSportsman 3 ай бұрын

It’s not necessarily a Honda part. Just a type of electrical connector.

@angelomilano3167 9 ай бұрын

Do you only use one blue wire from high beam do you disconnect the other side leave it disconnected

@TheBudgetSportsman 9 ай бұрын

I only had the one group of wires and just used the one blue wire.

@TheBudgetSportsman 9 ай бұрын

I am assuming that the wires split later to go the individual lights, but I made the connection before the split.

@mictuning Жыл бұрын

Hello, would you like to get some RGB+IC Whip Lights?

@fenbay 3 ай бұрын

Must be nice! I got a light bar from i believe naovero, an all it gave me was the mounts an the red and black cords an theyre not even that long. No switch or nothing, an they were like 70bucks each for 12"... idk if i need a switch or whete do i attach these red an white cords.....

@btjgames Жыл бұрын

I'm confused? Did you hook up the black and red to the battery or are they dangling inside? I seen in a comment below that the black and red from the switch are just tucked up inside. What I gather from the video is the only think hooked up is the light itself and the white wire, but you don't actually explain what you did with the leads that hook up to the battery.

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

The main battery leads go to the battery. Red to red and black to black. The only thing left unconnected in my case is two wires that I disconnected from the switch.

@btjgames Жыл бұрын

@@TheBudgetSportsman Ok awesome! That's what I though but I wasn't entirely sure! Great video by the way!

@angelomilano3167 9 ай бұрын

Do you have to disconnect both side high beam wires @@TheBudgetSportsman

@TheBudgetSportsman 9 ай бұрын

I only had one group of wires going to the headlights. Just disconnected the one wire.

@jklo1313 4 ай бұрын

@@TheBudgetSportsman Man, confused also on my 05 Rubicon. I cut the blue wire and Butt connected in the white switch wire. The blue wire on the Factory headlight side in hanging and only connected to the Factory head light. some how my factory highbeam ( and lowbeams) is still working on the switch and nothing on the light bar. What I'm i missing? Should I splice in the hanging Factory side? that would be kind of a bummer but alteast my LED bar may work? . Yes the fuse is good. Thanks.

@togo3624 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Thx exactly what I needed to see. Instead of disconnecting your atv bright lights could you just splice the relay white into the atv blue?

@TheBudgetSportsman 9 ай бұрын

Yes. That should work fine and you would keep high beams and the LED bar on at the same time. My high beams were worthless so I didn’t mind disconnecting them, plus this way I can return it to factory without cutting any wires or piercing the wiring insulation.

@togo3624 9 ай бұрын

@@TheBudgetSportsman thanks for the advice! Much appreciated.

@aussiefarmer4955 5 ай бұрын

Great educational video, thanks mate.

@TheBudgetSportsman 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@philharvey8411 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video...thank you!

@TheBudgetSportsman 6 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@mk_0898 Жыл бұрын

I'm considering installing 2 pod LED lights AND 1 LED light bar on my quad. Planning on having the 2 pods operate off the high beam circuit, and having the LED bar operate off the inluded switch that comes in the package. I'm going to attempt having the power for the LED's switch for the light bar operate based on the quad's primary light switch is turned on. That way I can operate the LED bar and the pod lights somewhat independantly. Has anyone attempted this before?

@TheBudgetSportsman Жыл бұрын

I don’t have any experience with this but I’m sure it’s possible if you find the right wires to connect to. However it sounds to me like you would need two individual wiring harnesses/ relays.

@mk_0898 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBudgetSportsman I ended up installing the pod lights on the high beam circuit and just had the light bar on the wiring harness supplied by Nilight. Was able to feed the Nilight switch up to the surface the speed cluster is on and ended up being a clean look. I had a difficult time even locating the wiring for the main switch and was afraid of doing more harm than good, lol. Appreciate the video and the feedback though!