type44T Eurolight install Nightmare

[Larry C Leung]

You've probably got poor grounds on the low beams. And if the switch is
getting hot, relay. The orignal US set-up was designed for a grand total
of 60W/side High Beam. You're at 60W H4 High (HiLo) + 55W H3 Hi, or
115W/side, JUST shy of 10A per side, or 20A total through the switch. Uh,
don't think the switch is gonna make it too long....

LL - NY

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 03:21:03 EDT JordanVw at aol.com writes:
>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