Unfortunately, light is like an addicting drug, once you see what you've been missing you start to wonder if maybe there is even more to see, and thankfully THERE IS!
I came across a few web articles that discussed making your own upgraded headlight wiring harnes, I thought HMMM and ran the idea past our resident gm wiring guru
( v8famvan ) to see if the idea was plausible, he agreed that if wired up properly that this could indeed help me see the light tongue.gif
Now, all the wiring schematics I came across did not factor
in the DRL ( daytime running light ) equation, so for the time being we will leave that aspect out.
here is the harness I built, all wiring is 12g except for the wire's that splice into the oem high/low beam wires, for these I used 18g to the relays.
This pic shows how I tapped into the oem high/low wiring
Here is where I mounted my relays
This pic shows two 12g green wires exiting the loom and going to ground (under hood rod support bar ) and two 12g orange wires ( fused ) using a standard inline 15a ato style fuse, going to the pos batt terminal, you can also see in the top right corner where I grounded the new headlight socket ( white 12g ) wire
another pic of the above from a different angle
I'll add some night shots later, but for now I only have some daytime pics
first is low beam
high beam
and high beam with driving lights ( driving lights are not part of this headlight harness )
Remember, I've got the old style sealed beam 6054 headlights, but with this upgrade it doesn't matter, cause the nightime turns to daytime.
I'll try to add some night pics later rocker.gif
Here's a few pics I took about an hour ago, my Dad wanted to see the difference the new wiring made, so we went for a spin, just for some reference there is a small dot ( stop sign ) approx in the middle of the 2nd and 3rd pic, it is 1km ( 0.6 miles ) away
First pic is low beams...
next pic is high beam only...
last pic is high beam and driving lights...
Just after we took the pics we drove down to the end of the road turned left and had to stop at the level crossing for a train, there was a car approaching the opposite way and being the considerate guy that I am, I turned off my high beams and driving lights, unfortunately as we were waiting for the train to pass
a jerk in a jeep, lol ( no offence meant to jeep owners, I love them ) came up behind and didn't turn off his high beams, I had to flip up my rearview mirror, the dude still didn't get it and so after the train passed by and after the oncoming car passed me I slowly crossed over the tracks, once over the tracks
the jerk behind me got a little impatient and was about to try and pass, so I hit the high beams and driving lights and started to pull over to the shoulder to let my new friend pass by, almost instantly he turned off his high beams and strangely enough no longer had any desire to pass me and got behind again and stayed well behind, my dad and I we're howlin, I guess my jeep buddy had seen the light and wanted no part of it ( what a heathin,LOL )
Now, if my little o'l 6054 sealed beams can improve this much, then I imagine you boys running your composite headlights outta be able to do some drive-by BBQ, just remember to save me some pimp.gif
