Re: Relays on your lights

["Zach Vrooman" <zach@discover-net.net>]

I thought the headlights already had relays? There's two little boxes
behind each headlight that sure look like relays. Perhaps I'm mistaken?

zach
84 8v
86 8v

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> From: Michael Helms <tudor@tvo.org>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Relays on your lights
> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 7:21 PM
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> I just installed a pair of relays for my headlights ... I'm running the
> quartz halogen conversions from Bosch, and they suck too much power for
> the stock wires and switch ... anyways, with the relays in place, they
are
> BRIGHT!  I am running the regular H4 bulbs (which I think are 55 and 75
> watts), and 100 watt H1's for the high beams.
> 
> I was going to upgrade to a brighter H4 for the low beams ... definitely
> no need to with the relays in place now.  Oh, and another thing ... even
> with the high beams on, rear window defogger, fan on full, and radio on -
> I can't drop the voltmeter below 12 volts now.  seems that those relays
> did something to make the electrical system happy.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- Michael Helms
> 
> '81 Scirocco - the fixer-upper
> '86 Scirocco - the daily driver
> 
> Web Site:  http://www.continuum.org/helms
> 
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