US headlights question

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

And even if you don't change the lights, at the age of our cars, those 
yellow stock headlights may have such crappy wiring on them that you'll cook 
that switch anyways.
BTW, if you cook the switch, one from a Cabby will fit.
Cathy (relayed H1/H4s, and the "non-melted cabby switch upgrade")


>From: "Patrick Bureau" <ats@longcoeur.com>
>To: "'Don Walter'" <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>,"'Derrick flo'" 
><derrickmd18@verizon.net>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: US headlights question
>Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 06:55:16 -0600
>
>You know everyone keeps repeating this sentence.
>And I know I will sound like a jerk, but I would like to point the 
>following
>
>A. the US Sealed beams wattage output is 35watts.(not any fancy brand)
>B. the lowest retail H4 wattage output is 50w
>
>So. Automatically the wattage IS higher than US Stock.
>
>In any case, as long as you remain on the 50/65w bulbs you can run H4's on
>your car, you need to switch around the pins on the plug as per my link.
>
>But let it know that if you don't relay you will burn out your light switch
>in time, (It took 1 year on my car the first time, then 4 months on the
>second switch, I relayed the lights. Have not changed the switch since.
>
>H4's wiring diagram for H4's below;
>
><http://ats.longcoeur.com/Technotes/relayingeuros/H4.JPG>
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Don Walter
>Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 9:29 PM
>To: Derrick flo; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: US headlights question
>
>You don't NEED to relay if you are not increasing the wattage.  If the
>lights are a higher wattage then you may want to consider realying it.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Derrick flo <derrickmd18@verizon.net>
>Sent: Feb 9, 2004 12:27 AM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: US headlights question
>
>I found some 4X6 non-sealed headlights in JC Whitney.  I'm thinking about
>installing just two for the low beam headlights and leaving the high beam
>ones like they are.  I don't use the high beam so I don't need to replace
>them.
>If I'm just replacing the 2 low beam lights to H4 do I need to relay and
>rewire everything or can I just wire the headlights them selves up at the
>headlight connectors?
>
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