Bright Headlights - part 2.

[silverscottsk10]

My lights aren't stock, they are h4 cheap bulbs in a different housing, they are brighter than stock but not much, and being that I drive back roads at night 4 lows would be nice just for seeing the road without blinding people I occasionally pass
Since the new connectors for the stock replacements have 3 connections I want to tap into the top lights and have them run high and lows

 

[flyboy1100]

My lights aren't stock, they are h4 cheap bulbs in a different housing, they are brighter than stock but not much, and being that I drive back roads at night 4 lows would be nice just for seeing the road without blinding people I occasionally pass
Since the new connectors for the stock replacements have 3 connections I want to tap into the top lights and have them run high and lows

the 3rd connector is for the high beam portion of the bulb

 

[silverscottsk10]

Yes, I'm just trying to figure the best way to run them with the relays

 

[flyboy1100]

Yes, I'm just trying to figure the best way to run them with the relays

split the signal wire to the 2 relays, same with battery (probably better to 2 have 2 seperate feeds incase you had issues), and ground. send the output to the appropriate bulb.

in reality you could use 5 pin relays (not sure what you are using)

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pin 30 : battery power
pin 86 : ground
Pin 85 : high beam
pin 87a : output to low beam
pin 87 : output to high beam

if you had 4 h4 style housings, then you would need 4 relays

 

[flyboy1100]

doubled

 

[silverscottsk10]

I can't run one relay for high and one for low?
This is what my relays look like

 

[flyboy1100]

What I posted won't work. The lights would be on all the time. It would with 3 relays, but that isn't really necessary.


But what you have would work too If you are running 4x h4 bulbs, then use the stock wire as the trigger for the coil, just need to split each relay's output to 4 lights. Instead of 2 like I had posted. No reason to tie the relays together.

 

[firebane]

When I tackle this project each bulb will have its own relay. This way if a relay dies then I still have light and not in the dark.

2 for high and 2 for low.

 

[flyboy1100]

I rewired my Buick lights with a kit from Daniel stern lightning 8/9 years ago...relays don't usually die, just sold the car 2 weeks ago with the same relays wiring as when I installed them. They had years + 160k miles worth of driving on them

 

[silverscottsk10]

What I posted won't work. The lights would be on all the time. It would with 3 relays, but that isn't really necessary.


But what you have would work too If you are running 4x h4 bulbs, then use the stock wire as the trigger for the coil, just need to split each relay's output to 4 lights. Instead of 2 like I had posted. No reason to tie the relays together.

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I thought so
I have one for all 4 lows and one for all 4 highs
And the high low switch wire will be ran to them also

 

[flyboy1100]

What do you mean high low switch? Factory switch?

 

[silverscottsk10]

Yes

 

[flyboy1100]

You should post pics of the finished result

 

[silverscottsk10]

I will try to finish tomorrow
During the week I have no daylight due to sleeping lol

 

[Rusty Nail]

Headlight mods are out of control.

Makes me wonder how we got along all this time...
I will rejoice when this fad passes. I have considered that it may have something to do with TV and cellphones. Zombies have destroyed their eyesight?

Ima go out on a limb and say they're blue.
Cheap black wheels?