Need new headlights - H4, or standard sealed beam?
01-15-2006, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by cjeckert
First one is straight on low beam, second low beam, third high beam. I basically fallowed the schematic of Icesharks lighting kit. 8 gage wire to a pair of Hella relays that then feed into new light sockets via 10 gage wire, you then use the old connector on the driver side as the signal for the relays. One relay for high beams one for low beams. Then I ran a secondary ground using 8 gage from the alternator mount to the grounding bolt location on the drivers side. I had previously upgraded the lenses to the hella kits i posted earlyer and the bulbs i have now are (pictured) sylvania silverstar 60-55 the hella 80-100 bulbs i used to have in it were rediculously bright although not quite as "crisp" as these silverstars. I forgot to mention the 8 gage wire that feeds the relays positive voltige comes right off the antenator, this is very nice because it praticly eliminates voltige drop when you turn the lights on.
01-15-2006, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ELLSSUU
Wow, looks like a nice improvement. Can you draw a schematic and a parts list for us that know nothing about common car electricity? I'd really like to replicate that before long.
01-15-2006, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by flosho
Has anyone tried the h4 bulbs on ebay? They seem a little ricer-ish however they come with angel eyes which is cool IMO.
Originally Posted by cjeckert
First one is straight on low beam, second low beam, third high beam. I basically fallowed the schematic of Icesharks lighting kit. 8 gage wire to a pair of Hella relays that then feed into new light sockets via 10 gage wire, you then use the old connector on the driver side as the signal for the relays. <snip>
Originally Posted by ELLSSUU
Wow, looks like a nice improvement. Can you draw a schematic and a parts list for us that know nothing about common car electricity? I'd really like to replicate that before long.
01-15-2006, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by streckfu's951
Wiring.
I started a description but then found a simple diagram on the net. Look at this link. A picture is worth a thousand words. The only real difference from what I did and what I think the Ice Shark kit does is to use a one 30 amp fuse at the main power connection instead of the 2 20's. I also put 4 seperate fuses at the relays going to the seperate headlights. The Ice Shark kit uses very heavy guage wire for many parts. I found 10 AWG for the main power wire and 12 AWG for the rest to be sufficient for my needs and much easier to work with.
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/headlight-simple.htm
01-15-2006, 12:40 AM
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The main reason for such a large guage wire is to aviod voltige drop at all cost, the larger the wire the less resistence and reduced resistence means less voltige drop. In fact iceshark used a single 4 guage wire to power both relays where i used two 8guage wires one for each relay and I actually ran 8gauge to the high beams and 10 guage to the low beams. Also i have a 30 amp fuse before each relay. I will draw up a shematic of what i did when i get back to syracuse tomarro.
01-15-2006, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by cjeckert
The main reason for such a large guage wire is to aviod voltige drop at all cost, the larger the wire the less resistence and reduced resistence means less voltige drop. In fact iceshark used a single 4 guage wire to power both relays where i used two 8guage wires one for each relay and I actually ran 8gauge to the high beams and 10 guage to the low beams. Also i have a 30 amp fuse before each relay. I will draw up a shematic of what i did when i get back to syracuse tomarro.
01-15-2006, 10:47 AM
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Andy, Check this , these have been suggested here before. I never herd how well they worked but price is right.
01-15-2006, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ibkevin
Andy, Check this , these have been suggested here before. I never herd how well they worked but price is right.
01-15-2006, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by dme
You use two 30 amp relays, a direct power wire from a battery connection, and the existing wiring to the headlight to act as a triggger for the relays.
I started a description but then found a simple diagram on the net. Look at this link. A picture is worth a thousand words. The only real difference from what I did and what I think the Ice Shark kit does is to use a one 30 amp fuse at the main power connection instead of the 2 20's. I also put 4 seperate fuses at the relays going to the seperate headlights. The Ice Shark kit uses very heavy guage wire for many parts. I found 10 AWG for the main power wire and 12 AWG for the rest to be sufficient for my needs and much easier to work with.
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/headlight-simple.htm
I started a description but then found a simple diagram on the net. Look at this link. A picture is worth a thousand words. The only real difference from what I did and what I think the Ice Shark kit does is to use a one 30 amp fuse at the main power connection instead of the 2 20's. I also put 4 seperate fuses at the relays going to the seperate headlights. The Ice Shark kit uses very heavy guage wire for many parts. I found 10 AWG for the main power wire and 12 AWG for the rest to be sufficient for my needs and much easier to work with.
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/headlight-simple.htm
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