Headlamp Wiring loom upgrade

[sdall30]

I've seen a couple of the headlamp wiring loom upgrades on Fleabay , but they are asking nearly £36 posted for them , does anybody know where I can get one cheaper that that ?

Cheers
Stuart

[sidecarphil]

make one your self 

[Jay]

Google your friend is, upgrade your loom you will find how too.

or search the forum, been asked a bizillion times
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?action=search;advanced

[sidecarphil]

just done this quick wiring diagram of how i did it

buy good thick wire , and make your earth from the bulbs as good as your feeds

i used 80/100w bulbs so you need 50A relays but if you just have normal bulbs use 30A relays



P.S dont forget to fuse the 12V feeds

[Jay]

www.matey-matey.com for the basic loom, you can add to it like phil has to create a redundant lighting system.

Someone else also produced a slightly more artistic diagram 

[Diamond Hell]

P.S dont forget to fuse the 12V feeds

Or use fused relays.

It would be preferable to use two relays on the dip beams, as if the full-beam relay fails it's not a significant issue, but if the dip one fails then you're rather out of luck on the driving-in-traffic dip beam front, rather than just losing one of them.....

[richard s]

does this really make a difference if using standard bulbs as when i am driving it looks like i use candles instead of bulbs

[Mr Blue]

Or use fused relays.

It would be preferable to use two relays on the dip beams, as if the full-beam relay fails it's not a significant issue, but if the dip one fails then you're rather out of luck on the driving-in-traffic dip beam front, rather than just losing one of them.....

True. This is why I left a few wires with bullet connectors incase the relay fails...and it has failed twice in the past.

Rain water will eat up the relay and wires so protect them well. Ive heat shrunk the lot. So far so good.

[Diamond Hell]

does this really make a difference if using standard bulbs as when i am driving it looks like i use candles instead of bulbs

MASSIVELY.

It's like the difference between night and, errr, day.

[sidecarphil]

True. This is why I left a few wires with bullet connectors incase the relay fails...and it has failed twice in the past.

Rain water will eat up the relay and wires so protect them well. Ive heat shrunk the lot. So far so good.

i soldered every connector then i heat shrank the connections then loom taped them all up

i have a spare relay in the boot but i think with the maths i did for the V A and R means the raley shouldn't burn out

i used fused relay's that is why they arn't on the wiring diagram 

does this really make a difference if using standard bulbs as when i am driving it looks like i use candles instead of bulbs

yes because i checked and i had 7.2V at the back of the bulb's with the engine running

now i get full 14.2 V with the engine running