type44T Eurolight install Nightmare

[JordanVw at aol.com]

ok, here goes...
i got a set of eurolights from a 200TQ in a wrecking yard..  the car was 
strange..it had the DOT style wiring - but the factory plugs were the 4 prong 
female plastic Euro plug that plugged right into the back of the eurolight, 
complete with boots and all.  it was like that from the factory...not 
spliced, all original. 

in other words - imagine the DOT style wiring, but with the Euro female plug 
on it. 
never seen anything like it..
 anyway..
so with this setup, im thinking ..."wow" all i have to do is cut and splice 
this DOT/Euro harness onto my existing harness, just snip off the DOT 9004 
style female plugs, and solder the DOT style "euro" harness on..  the junked 
200TQ was running 55w H3's, and 55w H4's.. ...so if they were running it like 
that on that car - with the DOT style wiring, without any relays, then it 
must have worked, im thinking.

well, i snipped my 9004 connectors off of my harness, and soldered the (about 
a foot) i cut off of the junked 200tq, onto my harness.
plugged it all in, and....whee!!!!  everything works, no "bulb out" warning 
lite in the autocheck either.
 so everything works fine...
but..
the light output STILL SUCKS.  the Eurolights with 55w H4's (low beams), and 
stock harness, is not any better than the DOT low beams..

the high beams, however, are alot brighter than the DOT high beams.   but, i 
cant run hi-beams all the time because people flash me..   and also, it feels 
like my headlight switch behing the steering wheel is getting hot when i run 
the hi-beams.....

so everything works, but the low beam light output is not any better than the 
stock DOT's. 

if i run the high beams now with the 55w H4's/55wH3's, will it burn out my 
headlight switch?
 and if i want to upgrade to 80/100w H4's what do i do now, that i've snipped 
off the DOT connectors, being that you need them on there to plug into, in 
order to use the Blau harness..???

any help would be appreciated
chris
'86 5kT sans grille
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