wiring kit for td5

hi guys was looking for the wiring kit for my disco 2 prefacelift and see it is discontinued i was wandering if kit STC9586AA for defender etc would be same or similar with switches and control module

rottie mark said:

hi guys was looking for the wiring kit for my disco 2 prefacelift and see it is discontinued i was wandering if kit STC9586AA for defender etc would be same or similar with switches and control module

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It's not the same

If you know what you're doing, you could probably make it fit.

But, it doesn't contain a suitable switch for a Discovery II.


You can buy the Discovery II switch separately -

The DII spotlight switches are -


STC50098 - Ash Grey, LH side of the Binnacle - £38





VVN500060 - Black, LH side of the Binnacle - £44

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VVN500070 - Black, RH side of the Binnacle - £44

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But, it's a non-latching momentary earth-switching switch, which is unsuitable for use with anything other than the 'Control Unit' (VUB501690) that comes with the kit.

It can be modified, by using a Defender Puma Heated Seat Switch body, with the front from the DII Switch.

See this - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/safari-5000-driving-lamps-wiring-diagram-203300.html


There's a kit on eBay (in Germany) ATM - Kabelsatz Kabelbaum Zusatzscheinwerfer Landrover Disco | eBay


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ics landrover parts say they have it and costs 125 for full kit find it hard to believe considering cannot get from LR there selfs.

Other option is how easy would it be to buy an aftermarket kit and any recomendations at all

rottie mark said:

ics landrover parts say they have it and costs 125 for full kit find it hard to believe considering cannot get from LR there selfs.

Other option is how easy would it be to buy an aftermarket kit and any recomendations at all

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The kit (STC50039) has been unavailable from Land Rover for some time now. When it was available, it retailed for around £150 inc. VAT.

It would cost you nearly that much to buy to the Control Unit and Switch separately.

There are a few places around that (claim to) still have the kit in stock.


A few people on the D2BC have used this kit on eBay - land rover discovery spot light wiring loom | eBay


But, this kit doesn't have a separate switch. So that, your driving lights always come on with main beam.

The kit can easily be modified to work with a hybrid DII/Puma switch, as detailed above.

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think i will phone brit part in the morning as they 2 say they have it at £125 + vat so will see as then it would be pretty straight forward other wise think i will go for that off ebay and buy the switch seperate cheers for help will update tomorrow once i have found out

speak to mad hat man on ere he will make u a wiring kit or a full wiring loom

How about this one.
LAND ROVER DRIVING LAMP WIRING DISCOVERY II | eBay

Ok its in the states but it not a bad price.

ruffday said:

How about this one.
LAND ROVER DRIVING LAMP WIRING DISCOVERY II | eBay

Ok its in the states but it not a bad price.

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He's been trying to flog that kit for months.

If you read his description, most of it is missing

Only the Yellow highlighted bits are included, all the stuff in Red isn't there -






A bit steep at $55

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been looking about and was thinking of changing my mind either going for terrafirma 8" 55w spots as they come complete with wiring for good price or i see they have 8" terrafirma HID ones bit more expensive but never had any dealings with HID kits would they be worth the hassle and how difficult would they be to fit to my pre facelift disco2

VVN500060 - Black, LH side of the Binnacle - £44

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But, it's a non-latching momentary earth-switching switch, which is unsuitable for use with anything other than the 'Control Unit' (VUB501690) that comes with the kit.



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Hi PaulMc what do you meen by momentary earth-switching switch, mine sometime works and sometime doesn't, is there any way of conecting any of the wires (4 i think from memory) to make the spot lights come on with the high beam every time?

Cheers Paul

paulw said:

PaulMc said:

VVN500060 - Black, LH side of the Binnacle - £44

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But, it's a non-latching momentary earth-switching switch, which is unsuitable for use with anything other than the 'Control Unit' (VUB501690) that comes with the kit.



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Hi PaulMc what do you meen by momentary earth-switching switch, mine sometime works and sometime doesn't, is there any way of conecting any of the wires (4 i think from memory) to make the spot lights come on with the high beam every time?

Cheers Paul

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By 'Momentary', I mean that the switch doesn't 'latch' ON

You press it, and it makes a momentary closed circuit (to earth) and then pops back to open circuit.

The Control Unit, which is part of the Driving Lights Wiring Kit, detects this momentary earth connection and, only if Main Beam is also on, will switch on the driving lights until, either the main beams or ignition are turned off.

Your problem with intermittent operation is almost certainly a problem with the control unit, they're not very reliable

Have a look at this - www.discovery2.co.uk** Driving / Spot Lamps


With the existing setup, you can't make the driving lights come on with main beam everytime.

You can, if you replace the control unit with a relay.

If you're doing this, you might as well also make a £5 modification to the switch, so that you can still switch the driving lamps on/off while on main beam.

But, as this modification also makes the switch latching, you can leave the driving lights 'pre-selected' to come on with main beam every time you switch to them, inluding 'flashing'.

See here for details of the relay/switch modification - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/safari-5000-driving-lamps-wiring-diagram-203300.html


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Thanks for that mate

Paul