Headlight Relays: CHEAP Insurance

[FY1Cuda]

Just took the advice of the many contributors on this site who have recommended headlight relays and found it very easy and very inexpensive to do it.  The relays were under $4.00 each at the auto parts store, and the wire and connectors brought the whole project up to about $13.00.  It seems like such a no-brainer to try to minimize the current going through a 35 year old bulkhead connector when $13 and a couple of hours can save you from a big electrical mess at the bulkhead or under the dash sometime down the road (or sometime, literally, down the road).  If you haven't put your relays in yet, be sure to put it on your list, near the top.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Yep, happy with mine.

For those interested here is how i did mine.
-Mike

http://goodysgotacuda.com/Headlights.html

[Chryco Psycho]

it will save the hard to repalce headlight switch as well

[Aussie Challenger]

  Yes, the voltage at the headlights on my Challenger went from 6.5 volts up to 13.2volts     daylight.   
  It is a must, relays can be hidden in many different places if you don't want them visible.
  I have mentioned before that I also fitted a relay to the headlight switch which is activated when the ignition is on, just another small feature given that the switch is not as easy to see as a regular headlight switch.