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Headlamp Relay modification. A bust IMO 200

posted by  TONY H on  Sun Oct 3 00:20 CST 2010
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I've been reading for a long time about Upgrading to 'E' Headlamps with Glass lenses and the Higher Wattage H4 bulbs. This is obviously a nice upgrade if you want to spend the Coin. Along with that upgrade there is what is affectionately known as the Daniel Stern Headlamp Relay upgrade.
Several weeks ago I made my own version of this Relay upgrade. In fact I expanded on it a bit and used one relay per side per Filament instead of sharing.
Yesterday I assembled only one side so I can do a comparison.
I think the whole thing was a Bust. In the daylight, with the headlights on, I walk out 60 feet in front of the car and look back. Both Drivers side and passenger side look identical. After sun down I do the same thing. I cannot tell the difference. Sitting in the car and looking out, no difference.
Has anyone done this relay upgrade to their OEM headlights and can honestly say 'Glad I did it'?
I picked up the 12V right at the 12V terminal Block on the Drivers side fender with 10 awg wire. Grounded to a screw that other Wires are grounded to with same gauge wire. I used the relays on the Drivers side so even the wire length was very short to the Battery Terminal. Can't get any closer to the battery then that. So I consider this upgrade a failure. I do have some nice printed circuit boards with a pair of 40amp Relays on them that will be good for something in the future.

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