I know that the H-bodies and early G-bodies left them both on at the same time. The later G-bodies and P-bodies (plus many others) had both bulb in one lens and did not leave them on at the same time. I can see the latter being the case...perhaps there is some kind of thermal limitation there. Since the J-bodies apparently use the same module as the later G-bodies, it makes sense that the headlights would behave the same way on both.
Putting the load of the bulb on relays up front will take pretty much all of the load off the headlamp module and switch. They should pretty much last forever like that. Russ On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 02:03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mine are very dim as well. I know headlights dim over time, and mine are old > and need to be replaced. But I believe the headlight swith causes them to dim > as well. The rehostat for the interior lights is messed up, the lights do not > dim correctly. I figure the connections for the headlights are degraded as > well. I have had several headlight switches fail in the past, and I keep > several > spares from other cars, but they all have the same problems. I have been > thinking of adding relays to mine, to brighten the headlights, and also to > keep the > low beams on while the high beams are on. > Before I do this, are the headlight switches available new still? Are there > downsides to haveing the high and low beams on at the same time (always > wondered why this wasnt done anyway, more light seems better/safer to me). > What has > everyone else done about dim lights? What kind of relays should I use, with > the > current draw of the headlights? > > Joey Dalton > Hillbilly Racing > 86 Turbo Z C/S T Tops DC intercooled > 87 Shelby Z parts car =( T Tops, Fred Flinstone floors, broken rad > support and cracked front subframe. > 88 Shelby Z Pacifica/lebaron interior, 3.85 FD a523 with HR short throw > shifter, TAFT S2 cam, 20 PSI, Hillbilly exahust > 88 Chrysler Shelby Z T tops > 89 Daytona C/S compitition > 76 Dodge D 100 318/auto > 51 Studebaker Champion 4 door future father/son project, will be 355 EFI > HEMI > Tho I did note that the headlights were pretty dim and finally > installed relays under the hood to give them full battery voltage. But > reflowing those joints got the lights to go up and down. :) > > -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- > Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ > > To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
