Head light wiring upgrade, so many choices, are they all the same??

[Nasty-LSX]

I have searched and searched and came up with many choices for a wiring relay upgrade. H4 headlights also. When i drive at nite, i might as well leave the lights off cause i still cant see the road LOLOLOLOL.

I have seen these relay harness from $29.99 to over $200.00
My question is, ARE they pretty much all the same?? some of them you have to ground each headlight pig tail individually, some you dont. I have seen some wire up differently than others. Cheap and quality looking one's..

I would love to buy a quality built 1 but not for $170.00. I assume they use bosch or equal relays with thicker gauge wire. $29.99 well you can tell they are just what they are, Cheap parts (relays)

I am not a electrical guy. I can build, fab, paint, everything but electrical. I seen some prints to build my own and dont understand the print lol.

Anyone know someone who builds these with quality parts??

My guess was to buy this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CERAMIC-H4-...SET-/331051630353?hash=item4d1436ff11&vxp=mtr

As use it as a mock up to buy better parts and wire to build my own.
Any help would be a great.. THANKS

my truck is a 1985 silverado K20 4 headlights.

 

[77 K20]

I bought the one offered thru LMC truck a few years ago and have been happy with it. Anything is an improvement over the stock setup. And my headlight switch doesn't get hot anymore. I read somewhere that the harness is good up to 100W. I have a single headlight setup and am running some 55/100W bulbs in them. No issues.

The LMC one is only $30 and I'm not so sure the quality of the relays. But if/when they break I'll replace them with something a better quality. The rest of it seems to be just fine.

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=99

 

[theblindchicken]

That's similar to this one that I've been using for two years now.

Haven't had any problems with the relays or any of the connections. It actually made quite a bit of difference in my headlights. Even after I swapped to H4 conversion housings.

Only thing is that I wished it had been about a foot longer because it was a little short to run the wiring cleanly.

 

[flyboy1100]

You can get cheap & quality relays from digikey for like 4.00/ea. Throw in some 12-14g wire and some connectors and you can build a harness for not much money.

Danielsternlighting used to sell parts too. You just emailed him told him what you were doing and he would send out a kit woth instructions. Now that i understand it i wouldnt do this again, but of you never have it is easy reassurance knowing that it will be correct. Had one of his kits on my Buick for 7+ years and 150k+ miles.

 

[v2500burb]

With the headlights on LMC
Do I need to purchase a harness?
Or are they plug and play?



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[Nasty-LSX]

With the headlights on LMC
Do I need to purchase a harness?
Or are they plug and play?



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As long as your not talking about H4 headlights you do not need a harness.
the harness is to pull power from the battery and not your headlight switch.
In return gives you brighter headlights with stock replacements or even better upgrade to H4. Google is your friend.

 

[v2500burb]

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[Camar068]

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I realize old thread, but how did the LED bulbs work out for you? I noticed them online last week.