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Review on Liteway Universal Wiring Harness Weatherproof by Jorge Kehayas

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Deserves 5 stars but a must see if you are new to wiring.

Great suspension in all respects, but some pointers. 1.) If your battery is on the passenger side I would inform them at the time of ordering and tell them to add another 4 or 5 feet as they are too short to go from the passenger side to the driver side where the switch is naturally mounted. It's not that it's short, it's where they connect the relay and the battery, it's too short to connect to the battery, it's weird because technically it's long enough and too short at the same time is. But you can easily cut and splice it back to the length you want, just make sure you get it right or you'll have to run to the store to get some extra wire. 2.) (The 2nd is just for those who want the switch to only light/turn on when the car is on. *The reason for this is that the switch is ALWAYS on when the wiring harness is connected, since it has a constant voltage, it doesn't light up or anything.If you drive your car a lot, the installation will be OK as it is.Personally, I leave my car for a few weeks and drive a lot of company cars, my battery dies after a few months of sitting because the switch is always on like other reviews say). Now the weirdest. If you're familiar with the basics of electrical wiring, you don't need this part of my review, but it can be useful as a reference. I don't know if the straps are the same for everyone or not, but the one I got was great, but it took me a minute to figure it out. They've built in a couple of quick disconnects to make routing the cable easier. Just unplug, feed just that part through the firewall (the bottom of my case) and plug it back into the coupler when you're done. BUT, from one side of the clutch to the other, there were wires of different colors. I don't know why, but I didn't notice it at first. At first glance, that's the usual connection, red, black, and white to the switch. The next part from the relay to the first clutch (up to the switch) was black, red, yellow. the last clutch was blue, white, black. Now I just connected everything to the battery first to make sure everything is working properly and everything is perfect. The relay only worked when the switch was flipped, not always as some reviews say. * Personally, I wanted the switch to only work and turn on when the car is running (or just in the on position). So I had to trace the wires and that's when I noticed the different colors when of course I cut off the red and connected it. to something that only works when the machine is on. It didn't work so I looked closely at the wires and noticed color differences. So from there it was easy. ** In my case (again, I don't know if they're all connected in the same way). The power to the switch was white (there are multiple pins on the switch, you will see two that are basically connected/looped through, but of course everything is black on different pins, the other two are connected with a wire (my case is white and should be white or red) was white but it turned red the next time it was connected and then red when the relay and battery were connected so I realized this is power for the switch ( which is very low power consumption) Now the pin at the bottom of the switch was blue, this one was yellow the next time I plugged it in (which blew my mind the first time), then turned white until the relay ended there (until the end of the relay as a switch) So now I figured out what I cut the red wire for the switch on the relay that connects to the red for the actual lightbar on the relay and then goes to the battery (see b (literally like this 2 reds go into the relay in the same place and then to a battery) because I don't want the switch to be powered by a battery and I don't want anyone accidentally shocking themselves as I know that I need to connect the switch's power supply to something that only works when the car is on. Then I cut the cable sleeve about 3 feet from the switch where I routed the cable into the SUV (I went through the floor). From the black sleeve covering the wires I cut the white wire and hooked it up to the fuse box to something that only turns on when the car is on. I only left the rest of the white wire as it goes back to the red wire which I cut to the relay for power. That's it, the whole installation took me 20 minutes after finally figuring out the colors of the wires. The switch isn't ideal for empty dash slots (most cars have them for adding accessories like a light strip), but I put tape around the part of the switch that latches and holds it. Big. You can pull it out easily (too easy for my liking) but I explained to my wife that I did it on her car, until she pulls the switch it doesn't come out. Squeezing and the like won't disengage the switch, and it's just a toggle switch that you simply push up or down to turn on or off, so shouldn't be pulled, be aware if you have kids who like to push buttons and pull. hopes this helps. I will upload photos when I can. Despite all that, I would buy it again without hesitation as it is of good quality and low price. If the price increases in the future, buying cables, relays, fuses, stocks and switches would be the right choice.

Pros
  • Light bars
Cons
  • Periodicity