Headlight relay options

[Dr. 240Z]

Hi, z boy mn

As per my earlier entry, please check out Dave Irwin for the wiring harness as he makes them.

Daniel Stern purveys great lenses (Cibie) and H4 bulbs

Cheers,

George

[madkaw]

I don't think Daniel stern will have a harness-he only sells components and like said above-Cibea lens.

[SteveJ]

Buy the MSA kit or Z Specialties kit for the relays. They are one and the same. Daniel Stern won't have anything plug-&-play for the Z. The kits I mentioned ARE plug-&-play.

[Powderkeg]

Get Dave Irwin's.

The workmanship is outstanding.

He made one for my 280 Z and it works great.

[rbates]

RE: Harness Upgrade. ok anything 'plug and play' for a 260z upgrade ..as opposed to .."can make it work...maybe."

[rcb280z]

I second PowderKeg. Dave's HL & PL harness upgrades are perfect. I have had mine for 2 years now and love them.

[SteveJ]

RE: Harness Upgrade. ok anything 'plug and play' for a 260z upgrade ..as opposed to .."can make it work...maybe."

Dave's relays are as close as you will get.

[Powderkeg]

Contact Dave Irwin and see if he can make you a plug and play for the 260.

If he does, you'll need to provide him with 2-3 stock 260 headlight plugs with about 3 feet of connected wire.

That's what he did for mine and it was a direct plug-in that took about 45 minutes to install.

[z boy mn]

Just chiming in again, and thanks again for the suggestions. I've looked over the directions on how to build these kits yourself, and it seems to me I'm a lot better off ordering something that will snap in and not have to worry about it. I think I'll start with the headlight kit first, and then get the kit for the dash and taillights. I'm assuming the headlights take more power and so will reduce the load on the switch the most. Am I right on this? I don't drive that much at night, but I noticed that the switches are spendy if they do burn up!

[madkaw]

Most folks are scared of the wiring aspects and working with relays , but it is very straight forward and relays are very simple devices. The job can be made even easier by getting relays from a JY that already have wire leads coming from them instead of wiring your own ends into the relays. Most OEM relays are very robust and can be reused many times. I am using old ZX relays now for my ECU project .

[SteveJ]

Just chiming in again, and thanks again for the suggestions. I've looked over the directions on how to build these kits yourself, and it seems to me I'm a lot better off ordering something that will snap in and not have to worry about it. I think I'll start with the headlight kit first, and then get the kit for the dash and taillights. I'm assuming the headlights take more power and so will reduce the load on the switch the most. Am I right on this? I don't drive that much at night, but I noticed that the switches are spendy if they do burn up!

When you total it all up, the circuit for the headlights on low beam and the circuit for the running lights (with the dash lights) each draw about the same amount of power.

[Powderkeg]

Dave Irwin also repairs turn signal/ headlight switches and is MUCH cheaper than trying to find new ones.

Dave Ruiz