Has anyone upgraded their headlights using relays? I'm thinking of upgrading my HLs to halogen and I know relays are the way to go. I was looking at the MAD kit. Anyone use this?

OT I'm sure Halogens are brighter but are they more efficient? to where they draw the same or less current than the old syle sealed beams

Halogens draw less amps.The ones that take a H4 insert are even better.Ran them in my 57 and in the 65 and 62 along with my 58 Harley.Rocky

I have Halogens in mine. I also did the relays but without a kit. Got a couple relays and some pigtail plugs for them from my NAPA buddy and spliced away. Been a number of years..works great. As stated the Chrysler alts still suck at idle but remember you're also taking the load off the switch and bulkhead. An inexpensive and worthwhile upgrade in my book..even with a stock style alt

John, it helps to open your eyes.. lol

The mad kit is OK. My thought seeing as I build relay kits for headlight set ups, why put 16 or 18 ga wire in the system. Crimp connections add more resistance to the system. I run only 12 or 14 gauge wire for power supply to headlights, all home runs with no crimp or solder connections except for the fuses installed in the power supply side.

I'm not a big fan of pulling power from a junction point, especially on Chrysler cars. Straight off the alternator stud and fuse each circuit separately, high and low beam. Redundancy is a good thing here. If the fuse pops on low, you still have a high beam circuit to switch on and get stopped. Fusible links in a headlight set up? That's not easy to replace in the middle of the night!

What brand relays are being sold? I use/sell only tyco/bosch. Never any chinese relays.

For a little more money, 2 x 24 from mad, you can get a kit that has all the items you need along with new ceramic bulb sockets and tyco/bosch relays. Or have one built that is plug and play, no wire cutting using the existing headlight system to trigger the relay set up.

A good halogen headlight that is really inexpensive is the GE nighthawk 6024nh IIRC.

So I created a snazzy relay box for my Cuda and am now using relays for Lights, brights and road lamps but I have not upgrade the bulbs. Here is a drawing of my configuration. It is practically invisible and I have eliminated the warming of the harnesses under the dash and any headlight dimness at idle.

Here is the box all closed up and mounted under the battery tray.

I always have to rebuild the front harnesses, so I build the relays right in. Don't know about the MAD kit

I did the relay thing in my GM, it needed it. Picked up another lighting harness, pinned it to a sheet of Styrofoam, replaced the 16 ga. with 12. ga and ran it all through a fuse box from a Shadow (?). Put a large plug on the front of the box (Lincoln power seat plug) and mounted on the inner fender. Rewired the fuse box the way I wanted. Picked up over 1.6 V to the lights (Hellas). Marvy.

Nice setup and probably cheaper than the one I built. I looked for a donor relay box but could not find one. That is definitely the way to go.

I bought one of these kits for my car. Wires up directly to the battery. Headlight switch is just a trigger wire. Has inline fuses for the Hi and the Lo. I also run HID's with ballasts, running 35w(Lo) and 55w(Hi)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/H4-Headlight-Cer...752&vxp=mtr

Stock. Look under the hood of the newer cars, all different types. Have to rewire where you want things to go, but not bad. Made a poker thingy to release the clips on the terminals from an old tape measure blade (or you can buy them semi cheap).

I went simple and mounted the relays directly and spliced (soldered) into the headlight wiring.
Simple, clean and only cost $10

John you can contact RobX4406 he builds a sells the kits too

I upgraded the headlights on my son's '69 Dart using relays and halogen lamps and I couldn't believe how much brighter and whiter they were! I'm definitely going to do the same upgrade on my own Dart. I have halogen lamps but running through the original harness and they are nowhere near as bright. So, I know it is the relays that made the difference. I attached a picture of the relay setup while it was on the bench being worked on. That nifty relay bracket it black anodized aluminum, and I got it for $9.95 with the hardware from:

http://www.tentalentsenterprises.com/relay-mounting-bracket-basic-bracket-p-35.html