Nyx

I want to upgrade my OEM HL's with these, I have sourced out some Hella Ecode H4's from 944online... other online shops have been DOT's... do you have any other good sources which you've used for less than $129.99US/pair


For those of you that have done this nice upgrade, what did you find when you spent more on the wiring harness than on the headlamps? What I really wanna know is what more than the smaller AWG size wire's and Relay did you get?
The wiring harness is where I dont' want to get hosed, I am am electrician and can solder up some quality wires, and leads. But I am wondering if you have any idea what else is needed with the install. A relay? Or any specific fittings etc that come with the harness.


Any other general thoughts on light upgrades on our rides?

sharky47

Did this job not to long ago - easy.

I kept the same wattage bulbs, so I did not upgrade the wiring. At somepoint I will get the rennbay kit and up my bulbs.

Wipeout

Take a look at rallylights.com or rennbay for lenses. I used the stock bulbs and they're nice, but the rennbay harness made them much brighter (I think). Someday I'm going to go with ecodes (I have the hella DOT lenses) and brighter bulbs now that I have the harness.

Nyx

Well, i just put through my order for the Ecodes, and the harness... after seeing that it's not worth trying to mock on up myself.
So i can't wait. Im going to aftermarket Piaa lamps in them i think they are about 100-110W... lasers.

UncleMaz

+1 on the H4 upgrade with a 55w bulb. I just traded my Robert Bosch E Codes for some DOT's - I live in an urban area with lots of people crossing the street. DOT's are more diffusive and illuminate more on the sides of the road. Personal taste though. People tell me those HID kits for 200+ bucks on Craig's List are really the only upgrade worthwhile. Our lights have their limitations; even with H4's.

Cory9584

can the relays and plugs be bought at any local auto store? I want to make my own non plug in soldered harness

Techno Duck

E-codes, better wiring and 90/130w bulbs. Nothing short of daylight infront of you. The 130w high beams are pretty ridiculous...especially when you keep the stalk pulled back and have both filaments burning in the bulb at the same time.

The only downside of the 100w bulbs is they burn out much faster than the regular 50/55's

Wipeout

Jon, the bulbs are still cheap...especially from the joy I'll get when BLINDING the joker in the lifted pickup coming at me.

Techno Duck

Darren, yea the bulb prices arent bad. I dont think i can ever go back to stock wattage. The only annoying thing is getting bulbs. No auto place by me stocks 100w bulbs as they are not DOT legal, only 55/50 bulbs. Just ordered a few more from Rennbay...blew out my last set a month ago and never got around to buying replacements.

Wipeout

I did a price comparison with the rennbay bulbs/lenses (since I want to get e-codes before I get new bulbs) and the ones at rallylights (where I got my Vision Plus - good lenses but I should have gone with ecodes right off the bat!); I can get the e-codes with 110/80 bulbs at rallylights for the price of the lenses alone at rennbay. Glad I'm not pulling the trigger just yet, but I want to give Travis my business!

Jfrahm

I got E codes from JC Whitney, they are actually quite good. The bulbs, if you buy them with the lenses, are crap but I got some good ones at my local auto parts store. Some say it's about 2x the light from E codes and H4 lamps, even in the stock wattage and that seems about right. I do not feel it is worth bothering with rewiring.

yellowline

I would do the Rennbay wiring upgrade regardless of whether or not you decide to run high-wattage bulbs in the fixtures. Stock wiring is horrible. I melted the headlight switch last summer, and it led a condition where the main feed on the lighting circuit burnt and did not connect with the fusebox. This problem showed up last month.

None of my lights worked except my headlights, which had a direct feed off the alternator thanks to the Rennbay harness. BIG reason to upgrade for safety alone, even if you haven't had switch trouble...nobody wants to have their lights randomly fail in a parking lot or on the road.

I run Sylvania 60/55W bulbs in H4 E-codes. Very happy.

Wipeout

amen, Joel, amen. The harness is the one best thing you could do if you only had $100 or so to do.

Then lenses...then superbulbs.

Keithr726

I've done a few sets of headlights and it has got to be the easiest job on these cars. I'm running just e-codes right now.

Travis - sflraver

Hey Guys,

In the next few weeks we are going to put together a connectors only kit for the headlight harness. It is going to include both headlight connectors, a male headlight connector, the fuse housing, the relay connectors, relays and ring terminals for grounds / power. All the connectors will come with unsoldered, uncrimped connectors so you can do your own wiring if you like. This will be very inexpensive since the major cost in the harness is the labor to put it together. Even in a production setting they take about an hour each to assemble since we crimp/solder all connections and adhesive shrink/skin all wire runs.

As a side note, if anyone (Rennlist Members) needs us to match the RallyLights.com prices we can. They can sell at a lower percentage because they cater to a much wider range of cars (Not just Porsche 944). On occasion we do have sales as well where we beat them by about $10 on each Ecode housing, but thats only about once a year.