One thing I will mention from the other post was a discussion of hooking up a contact switch to activate the lights when you put the ATV in reverse. This is a personal preference and like others, I wanted mine on a separate switch to be able to turn them on and off at will. Of course you need to purchase the appropriate switch for which install you choose to do. I contemplated installing the contact switch, but you have to rig up a mounting point to attach the contact relay. I had a gravity check and murphy proceeded place my switch dead middle of the engine and skid plate. After 30minutes of dicking around trying to retrieve my switch, I was thoroughly convinced the reverse contact was overrated!
Take your power from the weatherpack connector under the right side plastics beneath the seat. This is intended to power the rear heated handgrips, visor and whatever other accessories. There is also a power connector under the front near the gauge cluster. It’s white with red and black wires going in nothing coming out. Have yet to determined what the connector is but will add it later to this post when I do. Both connectors are intended for accessories and are already on a relay. The rear connector works with the key in light on or off position.
Here are the specs on each light:
KC Cyclone LEDs Cyclone LEDs – Compact and Versatile Universal Dome LED Lighting | Under the hood and wheel well LED lighting
LED Accessory Light
Lens colors: Clear, Diffused, Amber, Red, Blue, Green
Amp draw according to KC tech support is .4A@12V
5w
1100 Raw Lumens
Throw according to KC tech 15′ clear 7.5′ diffused
2.2" Wide x .53" Deep
Runs on 6v – 16v
Attaches via Dzeus Clip or Other Hardware
IP 68 Rated Waterproof
Protected against RFI/EMC Interference
Parts required: 3/8" wire loom, spool each of red & black 16/18 ga wire (light pig tail is 18ga), zip ties, heat shrink, silicone caulk, crimp connectors or solder gun, switch (I didn’t go waterproof but will upgrade later), stainless counter sink machine screw 2 each w/ nylock nuts, 2 ea weatherpack terminals male (you only need the terminals and I’d suggest spares)
Tools required: wire strippers, diagonal cutters to cut zip ties, heat gun, crimper, drill, wrench 10mm for reflector as appropriate for machine screws, weatherpack crimper only if not soldering, scissors or box cutter, small hands and patience.
Step 1 grab adult beverage (you’re gonna need this)
Step 2 consume beverage before removing XMR engine cover plastics on right side of ATV
Step 3 vent equivalent to 3 months frustration while attempting to remove plastics. You may need another beverage.
Now you can proceed. :th_smiliethumbsup:
Remove the rear reflectors – they have a 10mm nylock nut, remove nut then push bolt out of the hole.
Drill out the reflector mount hole or don’t depending on how you decide to mount the cyclone. Drill a small hole on bottom of reflector recess to run light wire through for connecting to wire loom.
Mount cyclones by running wires through bottom hole and machine screw through center of cyclone
Install you black and red wire in the wire loom
Dry fit your wire loom pieces – you will have to splice one of the lights into the loom. 1 piece from weatherpack to console for switch. 2nd piece from switch to right light and 3rd piece from left light into suitable splice location on the loom. I spliced under the passenger seat.
Install the 3 pieces of loom, make the 2nd light splice and connect to both lights. Heat shrink & silicone as you like.
Install switch in the console plastic located above the airbox filters. On the back you will see pre-marked locations to drill or cut for switch install.
Connect loom from lights to switch. Connect loom from switch to weatherpack to the switch. At this point I did check my connections for continuity.
On the right side of the ATV about 2/3 way back below seat look for a silver post which has 3 or 4 electrical connectors on it. on the back side you will find the weatherpack connector.
Remove the weather pack connector by sliding it towards the front of the ATV. It’s held on by a tension clip. Disconnect the removable half of the weatherpack, remove and trim green plugs with scissors or box cutter to expose the holes for the wire to go through. Attach male weatherpack terminals to wire (crimp or solder). Insert terminals into weather pack (You may want to purchase the $3 terminal removal tool in case you have issues with the terminals). This link pretty much explains it:
Tips on how to install Weatherpack electrical connectors terminals and seals
Once your wires and terminals are installed, reconnect the two halves of the weatherpack and reinstall it on the post.
Use 5lbs of zip ties trim and button up the plastics.
Hopefully you now have a working set up backup lights.
If you want the entire weather pack: Accel 78412 "2 pin connector" I thin they are $9 or so on Amazon.
