Soo... how to connect the lights in the new Kaymar bar to the spiffy electric system in the Troopy. Scotch locks would be easy, but after 50,000 km of Gibb River roads, how likely are they to still be attached? A bit of chat room surfing would suggest the answer is 'not very' so we went for Narva connectors. They're not in the same class as the OEM connectors which have nice little seals on each wire, but with a nice warm wrapping of electrical tape, they seem to do a good job.
The trick is to figure out which wire does what. Its a bit like a cross between coloured spaghetti and russian roulette - where getting the wires crossed can give some gruesome results - like the brake lights flicking when you turn right, or the indicator globes blowing when you stomp on the brakes.
And speaking of indicators, The new bar has these great low wattage LED lights, but it means you have to drill holes to attach cute little resistors to each light if you want the indicators to flash at the usual rate.
The only tricky bit is there's a reversing light in the new bar, but there wasn't one in the original setup. So you have to run an extra wire up into the bowels of the car's electrics and tap into the reversing light circuit by wriggling around under the car - a kind of Kaymar Sutra.
And doing a nice job with the new rolls royce ratchet crimper seems almost impossible. I can get a better result with pliers - (compare the crimp on the brown wire - pliers - with the red one - ratchet crimper). All of which makes me think I'm missing something! Or maybe some ratchets are ratchet.
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