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Old 04-07-2019, 10:15 AM #1
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Baja Squadron to Rago Switches DIY

There has been a lot of talk about how to wire Baja squadron lights to the Rago switches. I personally purchased the Baja squadron sports from Rago with the Rago mounting brackets and stock wire harness but I wanted to run the lights to an independent switch instead of the stock switch. I was able to get everything working but unfortunately with this method the light on the switch always stays on, even when the truck is off, but you are able to run the lights with the truck off.

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The harness pictures below was purchased for the sports, discuss with Baja if you need a different harness with a different relay if you are running the pros. DO NOT USE THIS METHOD IF YOU ARE NOT USING A RELAY. IT WILL BURN THE SWITCH OUT!!

Purchase this harness from Baja. It was like 25$



For the install, the harness is pretty straight forward. Plug into lights, run wiring your preferred way, red to battery, black to ground somewhere on the body/frame. PM me if you get stuck on what to do where.

For attaching to switch, use this as a guide.


Green - black wire from Baja harness

Red 1 - red wire from Baja harness

Red 2 - I wire this to an ATM Fuse Tap, can get it from autozone for cheap. Get under the dash and you can see the fuse block, pull a fuse(pro tip, in the engine bay fuse block there is a white plastic fuse puller you can use to make life really easy) bring this fuse inside with you and ensure you get the right size tap. You MUST have both fuses in the tap or else it won’t work, so buy some extra fuses in the right amps based on which fuse port you will use. I am using the port on the row closest to the center console and 2nd from the top(top being the end closest to the dash)



Black - ground it to the bolt just behind the panel, circled below




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Thanks for the write up! I wired mine basically the same way but I put the fuse tap in the 7.5A "panel" slot and now the bottom light only comes on when the headlights are on. Still trying to figure out if there's a way to wire it up to where the top light doesn't stay on 24/7. Any suggestions?
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What is your "red 2" wire connected to? That should only be connected to an illumination wire so its never on unless the headlights are on and if you activate the fogs to turn on. It should not be on 24/7. You can tap that red 2 wire into any green wire behind any stock switch (which is the illumination wire).
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What is your "red 2" wire connected to? That should only be connected to an illumination wire so its never on unless the headlights are on and if you activate the fogs to turn on. It should not be on 24/7. You can tap that red 2 wire into any green wire behind any stock switch (which is the illumination wire).
I do plan on experimenting with taps. Both lights are on separate circuits on this switch. The top light seems to get power from the green -> black connection. The bottom light is now working with the headlights just because of the fuse I tapped from Red2 into a different fuse spot than what was chosen in the OP. Just wondering if there are other options for the green/black switch wires now.
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I am having this same issue. The 2nd red with add a fuse does enable the bottom half to activate with the headlights but the top portion is constant. Currently I have the green attached to the black coming from the harness Baja provide, as well as the first red on the same harness; the black is grounded in the cab. I tried to connect the 2nd red to a green on a factory switch and that only illuminates the bottom half like the add a fuse.

I have some pictures of my wiring set up if that helps.
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Anybody ever figure this out? I'm going to be wiring up my BD Squadrons soon and curious if anyone ever figured out the wiring and switch lighting issues.
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