Here are a few pics showing how I did my headlights. I ran power from the batt. to a distribution block, then to a couple of bosch relays ($3 a piece), one for high, one for low and of course, used the exisiting wires for control. Big time difference, as you've all pointed out! I did the same for the wipers, you can see the other feed wire coming off the block. I also did the grounds in my car in a similar fashion, I'll post some more pics later.
Headlight Relay Pics
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Re: Headlight Relay Pics
Very clean work! Did you say you put the wiper circuit on relays too? How did you do that? Did you document your work? Alvon and I had talked about trying to figure out a way of doing just that several years ago, but I don't think we could come up with a feasable way.
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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Re: Headlight Relay Pics
I did do the same for the wipers and documented the changes. I will dig up the changes and post them - in the meantime, here are two pics showing how I mounted the new relays to the exisitng relay panel (I have a '79 Spider). Of course, I have cleaned out the ones I didn't need any longer.
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Looks so clean!!! Did you fuse it all at the battery? I put my relays under the L/ dash at the cowl, and used in-line fuses. The feed for the ignition was close to the relays.
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Re: Headlight Relay Pics
They're fused at the distribution block, it cleans things up a bit and makes it easier to T/S if there's a problem.
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Re: Headlight Relay Pics
PM sent to Denise regarding the wiper ckt. hook-up.