I do this too, particularly when adding a headlight relay kit. The relay kits are a great idea to reduce the load on the ignition switch and headlight switch. Making the front grounds independent and shorter makes the lights brighter, as does the relay kit. Just screw the new grounds down in places where someone in the future will be sure to see them if working on a headlight problem. Mark Jake de Villiers wrote: > That's a good suggestion. > > My headlights got noticeably brighter when I grounded them to the chassis > close to the lamps, especially the passenger side which has a longer path to > travel back to the silly grounding point. > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Rob<becida@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Since way back I have found that when a VW electrical part stops >> working, my first step is to add another ground (after I check the >> fuse<g>). I'd splice into the ground wires on both headlights (just >> behind the light connectors) and add another ground right at the body >> next to each of the lights. >> THEN I'd deal with pulling the fuse box and cleaning all the grounds >> at the star connectors that are back up there in the dark recesses of >> VW ground connections. >> >> Rob >> becida@comcast.net >> >> |
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