Frnknsteen's '67 Barracuda

I can see clearly now!!!

I was reading around on here and came across the "How-To" article about brightening your headlights. Also stumbled across various people bragging up Crackedback's headlight relay kit. Well,... I decided to take a chance and buy one for my car and finished putting it in the other night. I started it Tuesday night getting the headlight pulled out and getting ready and finished it up Wednesday night.

I am happy to say it was worth every penny. Don't get me wrong, it's not expensive. Rob charges $135 + shipping for the two headlight kits, and he does such a nice job of pre-wiring everything that I couldn't help but be satisfied.

The toughest part of the whole install was getting the new headlight connectors into the headlight boxes (Rob warned me it would be a tight squeeze and to be careful with the new ceramic connectors,... and he was right!). Why the designers didn't give just a 1/4" more room in those little channels is beyond me. Rob sends the kit with nice rubber boots around the new connectors and it just wouldn't fit in mine with those on. Luckily I could just slide them up the wires to give me more room. Still it took a bit of careful prying with a prybar to wedge open the channel just enough to slip it through. No damage to anything and they were in. Slid the boots back up, added some dielectric grease to the connections and went to mounting and connecting everything else.

The original plan was to mount them under the battery tray, but the previous owner mounted the horns under there. I thought about relocating the horns, but they are more ugly than the nice wiring Rob provided, so I left them hidden and mounted the relays and fuses on the inner fenderwell right next to the battery. Nice clean install and easy access to the relays and fuses if needed. I will take a couple pictures of the final install tonight.

Drove it to work this morning and all I can say is wow! What a difference! I installed new Sylvania halogens in it and I have to say the new set-up is brighter than our 2012 F-150. Nice bright white lights!

Thanks again Rob! If any of you haven't done this update, go ahead and do it. It's just all around good! Better lighting and less wear and tear on factory wiring, plus dash lights are brighter!