Modern Headlights

Dan, if you buy the entire kit from Hella, the relays are marked made in Germany by Hella.

That sounds reassuring...until you know these two facts:

1. Hella does not make, package, or offer a headlamps-with-relays kit. They offer headlamps with or without bulbs, in one-packs or two-packs, but not headlamps with relays or relay harnesses. A relay kit or harness that comes with Hella headlamps was selected and packaged by someone other than Hella.

2. Hella moved all (not some, all) of their relay manufacture to China in 2005-'06. A relay marked "Hella" and "Germany" is either a decade old (not likely, given that they're high-turnover items) or counterfeit (highly likely, given the thriving knockoff industry in China and the high profit margin involved).