[V8] Headlight relay

[Tony and Lillie]

To second the opinion, I relayed my stock lights on the V8, and even that 
made a difference. I wouldn't go through the trouble of Euro's without 
relays.

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Headlight relay


> george.fallot at verizon.net wrote:
>>   Does anyone know if you have to relay the european headlights, like the 
>> regular ones? Or do they use less power?
>
> Do you *have* to? No.  Should you? Yes.
>
> US DOT or Euro e-code, the power for the lights goes through
> the little light switch. Over time, it might/will fail.  Adding
> relays means that little light switch just triggers the relay,
> which is built to handle lots of power to driver the lights.
>
> I used relays on the Euro lights on my dearly departed 200.