Relays Rocc!

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

Last night Doug and I relayed the lights on the MK1 DSP car.  Wow!!  Now 
night is day in front of that car.  Talk about bright!  All the wiring was a 
pain and it still could use some cleaning up.  But after working on it for 6 
hours straight, we were getting anxious to finish.  We mounted the relays 
using the screws that attach the turn signals to the headlight bracket.  We 
didn't feel like drilling through any of the sheetmetal in the fender or the 
upper radiator core support.

We used 10 gauge wire to go to each cluster of lights and soldered several 
14 awg wires at the end to power each relay.  All the grounds were also 14 
awg that we soldered to another 10 awg to go back to the battery.  I didn't 
really like the idea of putting all the relays next to the battery and 
having to run 6+ wires under the radiator.  We only ran 2 10 awg wires under 
the radiator.  Some of the wires were a little short once I started 
connecting things, so I'd like to make them a little longer.  Then I'll 
sleep better.

I forgot that the H4's have large spades on them, so we had to re-use the 
old headlight connectors.  I wanted to avoid splicing, but was pushed to the 
wall on this one.  All in all, it's a lot of rerouting and splicing.  It 
could be done in a lot less time, but not if you want it to be clean.  
Making the wiring harness takes quite a bit of time.  You will definitely 
appreciate the effort it takes to make an electrical harness.  And this one 
is relatively simple!

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Sidewinder


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