[dkaile]

Few Updates on the Baleno Sigma and 1st Servicing

Have done a few updates to the Baleno purchased on 01-01-2020 which are briefed here for the common knowledge.

Someone was asking as to where the reversing camera had been fitted. Here's the picture of the camera module fitted without cutting on the rear registration plate light.


A view of the output on the JVC


Also had fitted the Autocop Remote Locking for 2500/- as mentioned in my previous post.


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Now, was planning to install DRL and Fog Lights. Did not like the cheap designs on the aftermarket DRL's and was looking for something classy like this Osram unit. But it was quite exorbitant at around 16-17k


Found a rip off of this design from Volmax and the reports were quite good for this unit. Costed only 2200/- bucks. Also purchased some additional fog lamp wiring kits from Volmax from my friendly neighborhood accessory wallah for 500 bucks including a fog lamp illuminated switch.


Here's the model number in case anyone's interested - FD-399L from Volmax


Also upgraded the headlight and parking bulbs to LED from Philips. These Ultionon Essentials were some latest upgraded sets according to the dealer which costed me 3900/- for the pair of H4's and 500/- for the 2 parking bulbs (W5W/T10)


This is the wiring diagram that I made and used along with 2 sets of relays and 2 separate switches to independently control both the DRL's and the Fog Lights. I took the switching input directly from the fuse box in the engine bay and I used the Ignition on source so that it supplies power only when the ignition is turned on (white wire in the main fuse box was tapped for this)


Here's how these fog lamps look with - Only DRL on


Only Fog Lamps on


Both DRL and Fog Lamps on


With the LED Headlights also on


Here's a look at the throw of light. Only the Fog Lamps on


Fog Lights and Low Beam


Fog Lights and High Beam


Here's how the white wire (power only on ignition on) was tapped from the main fuse box with a wire tap


Here's a look at the waterproof ballast and wire fitting for the Philips LED headlight bulb


Also self fitted LED lights in the rear bumpers in place of the reflectors (350/- from Amazon). These were wire tapped to the the rear brake light assembly and has twin intensity functionality on parking (dim intensity) and brake light (full intensity). Here's a look at parking light settings


A full view of the rear


Additional Hella Trumpet Horns were also installed in the empty space besides the radiator. I did not remove the original horns. Only the wiring sockets were removed from the OE horns and tapped with new plug and play wiring into these new horns without any wire cutting. A relay for driving these twin horns already existed in the main fuse box in the original wiring. These sound much better for Meerut traffic.


A wider look as to their placement (look into the top right of the picture)


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Trunk Boot LED Light / LED Footwell and Interior Cabin Lights install

With inspiration from this thread - https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/diy-d...-lighting.html (D.I.Y. Install: LED Footwell Lighting) and also this one - https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/diy-d...boot-lamp.html (VW Polo DIY: Adding a boot lamp!) . What started as a desire to add a trunk boot light as the same was not present in this variant, I ended up adding also the footwell light. The interior cabin light was opened to tap into the wiring


The original is a normal C10W and is 31mm in length in case anyone is interested


A LED light with a adapter for C10W was purchased (50 bucks) and the same was tapped with Finolex 0.75mm pure copper speaker wire. This wire is ideal for auto electrical fittings also.


Here's how the Interior light looks with the new LED Bulb


The wire was pulled from the roof lining onto the trunk area where the original boot light cover was existing. This cover is removable with a flat head screw driver. A small hole was made in the cover to pull out the wire and attach another of those cabin led lights (again 50 bucks) with 3M tape. Here's how it looks after installation


Here's how it looks switched on. The colour has come out bluish in the photo but it is quite white to the naked eye.


Now for the footwell lights please refer to the link that I have posted for details. Another wire was tapped to this boot/trunk light that we had just installed and the wire was pulled to the front through the side panels right upto behind the glove box. A separate switch was also added for the footwell light circuit so that I could switch them off if I did not want them on.These all lights, i.e. the interior cabin light, boot/trunk light and the 4 footwell lights work with the door switches and the dimming function also works perfectly with all of them as with the original interior cabin bulb. Here's a look of the rear footwell lights


And the front footwell lights


Here are the 3 additional switches installed for the Fog Light, DRL and the Footwell Light. The footwell and the DRL Light switches will be swapped with original Maruti Fog Lamp switches which I have ordered and are awaited. These make do the purpose in the meantime.


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[dkaile]

Further to my previous posts, got hold of the Maruti original Fog Light Switch and installed it myself -


The switch (300 bucks)




Also got wire attachment terminals for seamless install (10 bucks each)



The final install



Cheers...

[puneetakhouri]

Originally Posted by dkaile

Also got wire attachment terminals for seamless install (10 bucks each)
..

I also purchased this fog lamp switch but boodmo did not send me a wire harness and now the local garage says he cant fit it without harness.

Where did you prepare the harness from? Also does the green light on the switch work?

Thanks

[dkaile]

Originally Posted by puneetakhouri

Where did you prepare the harness from? Also does the green light on the switch work?

I got the wire terminal attachments as shown in my previous post from the local spare parts shop for Rs. 10 each, so 5 terminal attachments for each of the 5 contact points on the switch, who also provided me the fog light switch (300/-). The on/off green light and also the ambient light in the switch works perfectly after wiring it properly. Kindly refer to the links provided in my previous posts for the exact wiring diagram of the switch.

Cheers...

[dkaile]

Originally Posted by puneetakhouri

Also does the green light on the switch work?

Here are some photos of the switch lights at night to show the working green light on the switch -


Here's with the ambient light on, the switches are in off position (which switches on with the ignition switch, in my case)



With the switches in on position, the green light on the switches turns on



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The night view of the LED's. With just the LED Parking Lights on and the DRL on



With Parking on, DRL on and Fog Light on



The Rear Lights on Parking on



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LED Footwell Lights on - night view



Boot Light on (works with the door switch with dimming effect, same as the footwell lights) - night view



Cheers...

[dkaile]

Fitting Steering Wheel Controls in Baleno Sigma

Got aftermarket Steering Wheels Controls fitted in my Baleno Sigma today. Costed me 3500/- bucks including original MGP Clock Spring and installation.

Here's how it looks after fitting. Absolute OE fitting


A closer look at the buttons. All the buttons work perfectly except the Cruise Control ones, the module for which is missing in this variant.


They are backlit and the back light work perfectly with the headlight switch.


A closer look at the night view with back lighting




A view while the fitting was being done


The original clock spring also needs to be be replaced with a new MGP original one with 6 pins. The further Key1, Key 2 and Key Earth wiring already exists which gets connected to the steering wheel control cable available with the JVC stereo. The buttons are working perfectly after programming with the JVC stereo and work with all stereos with steering wheel control module.


Here's the part number of the original clock spring required to be changed. This part is common also with the new Swift, in case anyone is interested.


Cheers...

[dkaile]

Thank you. Can you tell me more about how you routed wires from ice to steering column, what about airbag modules, etc. How complex is the process? I am worried about messing the existing setup by giving it to wrong hands

As per PM received by me from members, I thought it would be better to reply here for the benefit of the entire community rather than on PM.

Carrying on from my previous post, the wiring from the ICE to the steering column already exists in the Baleno. Here is the OE ICE socket of the Baleno in which I have identified the Key 1 - Green (Input 1), Key 2 - White (Input 2) and Key Ground - Pink (Steering Remote Ground) wires -


These attach to the Steering Remote wiring of your Stereo. Here is the one that I got with the JVC stereo for reference -


Here are the total 3 connectors that need to be connected -


The process is not for layman but is not overtly complex either. It would be better to get it done from a trained professional who has done it before as the clock spring needs to be placed after proper rotation count otherwise it could break the contact points inside the clock spring and your horn could stop working. Also the airbag module needs to be removed carefully but it is a simple process of unclipping the airbag module connector (yellow).

This video might clarify to a small extent what was done though the professional does not show all the steps involved. I am in no way promoting this particular professional, though I got my steering wheel control fitted from him, and it is for reference only. This video is of Brezza but the process is nearly similar and the steering audio controls are exactly the same. However he has skipped 2-3 crucial steps in the video about the changing of the clock spring etc. -

https://youtu.be/ZcYtpQJPDTY

The process involves -

1. Removing the 2 screws at the back of the steering wheel and then unclipping the plastic module that will be replaced with the one with the steering control buttons
2. Unclipping the airbag/horn module. There are 3 clips, 2 on the sides and one at the bottom. After that it just pops out.
3. Removing the wiring of the airbag module (yellow connector) and the horn
4. Removing the steering after removing the single nut holding it in place, taking care to mark the center point with a marker pen.
5. Unclipping all plastic cladding behind the steering to reveal the wiring connector (Steering to ICE) and the clock spring which needs to changed as detailed in my previous post.
6. The wiring connector (6x2 pin one) from the new steering control module may not fit exactly in the clock spring, as it happened in my case as the connector was for Brezza. So all the wiring pins were removed carefully by a pin removal tool and fitted back in the original connector which came with car. The original connector originally had only 1 wire for the horn earth and was connected to the 2 pin clock spring connector which was replaced with the 6 pin clock spring, as already mentioned. This is the most crucial step for OE fitment as this involves all the wires for the backlighting with the headlight switch and the Key1/2/Ground wires and the battery positive and negatives to supply power to the keys. No wires were cut at all and the total job was connector to connector.

7. The clock spring has 2 parts. And the 2nd part was carefully removed from the OE part and replaced in the new clock spring. It's all held by plastic clip ons. The rotation of the clock spring carefully noted and reset to the original and the horn was then checked after final fitting that it functions properly even after rotating the steering from one extreme to the other.
8. All steering parts were refitted back in the same order.
9. The 3 wires in the OE ICE connector were wire tapped into the JVC steering wheel wiring as shown above and programming was done from the stereo settings which is detailed in the manual and is a simple procedure.
10. 9 Buttons function perfectly except the cruise control ones, the module for which is missing in this version - volume up, volume down, mute, mode, track up and track down, phone receive and phone disconnect and the bluetooth button. The track up and down buttons have DUAL functionality and a single tap skips the track and holding it down functions as fast forward/reverse. I have programmed the bluetooth button to Voice Command. You can also program it to function as the Play/Pause button, if required.

No original wiring was messed up as the installer was an expert and the airbag module functions perfectly as no air bag errors were received on the warning lights. Hope that clarifies. I would suggest people to get it professionally installed only from experienced installer in your area. I have also shared this information with a local installer in Meerut who has since started installing it locally here also as the parts are already available in Delhi market from China.

Cheers...

[dkaile]

How to boost Radio Signal reception in your Baleno with aftermarket Stereo
or How to wire up your antenna signal wires properly in any car.

So after installing the JVC Kenwood stereo in my Baleno Sigma, I was quite disappointed with the radio quality signal in my city Meerut vis-à-vis my Skoda Superb for example. It used to improve whenever I traveled to Delhi but outside the city or in my home town, it was pathetic. So after researching a bit I came to know that all VW group cars (or any good car for that matter) use a antenna signal booster which supplies 12V current to the antenna circuit and amplifies the signal.

So I opened up the stereo to discover whether the same existed in our Maruti and voila it does. Here is the view of the OE MGP antenna wiring socket which is connected to a adapter which connects to your stereo -


As you will see in this detailed shot, the adapter from the antenna socket has 2 wires coming out, one is BLACK with the antenna socket which gets connected to the antenna socket of your stereo and the second wire is the BLUE one which is supposed to supply 12V current to the antenna signal amplification circuit. Now this wire was WRONGLY connected to the Blue wire of the Suzuki Stereo Harness adapter which in fact is NOT further connected to any wire coming from the OE wiring harness. This Blue wire is actually supposed to be connected to the 12V supply Blue Wire named as Antenna Control in most aftermarket stereos, as has been now done -


And voila, all the stations which were not receiving signal outside the city, immediately start getting crystal clear reception -


I also thought of installing this Shark Fin antenna from ER which I got for 350 bucks. But it does not yield any improvement over the original signal and I also did not like the way it looks on the car. Maybe will think about it after getting it painted with OE color paint at a later date. Here is how it looks -




Cheers for now...

[Thunder70]

Appreciate your hard work. Please post a picture after installing it on car.

[dkaile]

I am reading so many conflicting things about not upgrading to LED's etc., so I wanted to post my experience here. LED's are the future. My Ninja 1000 comes with full LED headlights from the factory and I absolutely love them. I was a bit apprehensive reading the experience of various forums to upgrading to LEDs from Halogens due to the beam pattern etc. But after doing do and having driven with them a few 100 kms, I would like to inform my compatriots that it really is a no brainer. The Philips LED bulbs that I have used is already posted in my previous posts.

Headlights OFF


LED Low Beam


LED High Beam


Notice the difference of the light pattern on the scooter ahead. So I suggest people to upgrade to LED's without apprehension just keeping in mind to go for good quality LED bulbs.

Cheers...

[Dieselritzer]

Hey can you share the process of doing it? Also, top end Baleno comes with factory fitted LED, is my understanding right?

[dkaile]

Originally Posted by Dieselritzer

Hey can you share the process of doing it? Also, top end Baleno comes with factory fitted LED, is my understanding right?

It's a simple plug and play method, photos of which I have detailed in my previous posts. You just plug out the old bulb and plug in the new taking care to spread the heat sinks attached to the LEDs. The ballast is zip tied to the wiring outside. All the variants of the Baleno except the base one, now come with LEDs.

[GTO]

Super helpful, dkaile ! Thanks for sharing. Moving your posts to a new thread & will add to our homepage.

[Reinhard]

Excellent mods & DIYs dkaile! Nice results. I had seen these in your posts elsewhere on different threads.

Its good that you compiled these all into a single thread. A nice master-thread for all Baleno mods. Fantastic really. That's one well kitted Baleno indeed.

[ashish2135]

Originally Posted by dkaile

It's a simple plug and play method, photos of which I have detailed in my previous posts. You just plug out the old bulb and plug in the new taking care to spread the heat sinks attached to the LEDs. The ballast is zip tied to the wiring outside. All the variants of the Baleno except the base one, now come with LEDs.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and the reassurance of using LEDs. Just ordered the same set of Philips bulbs for my Baleno Zeta (pre-facelift).
Will install them soon.