danial stern lighting rik-ram

[jmerritt]

i just got my kit today from daniel stern. kit rik-ram. has anyone installed this kit on there truck yet? i need some help with it. here is the link he emailed me how to in stall it-http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html i looked at the link on how to install it. but in the diagram it shows 2 relays??????????? but in the kit i got it has 3 fuses and 3 relays???????????? where does the 3rd relay and fuse go???????????? i did not get any kind of instruction sheet how to install this for this type of truck?(Dodge ram)

[Mopar1973Man]

I'm sorry I've never heard of it. :shrug:Be aware none of those wiring diagram will work with our Dodge Ram.Battery +12 -> Fuse -> Head light -> Dimmer switch -> Headlight Switch -> Ground

[98whitelightnin]

There is no link

[jmerritt]

i just got my kit today from daniel stern. kit rik-ram. has anyone installed this kit on there truck yet? i need some help with it. here is the link he emailed me how to in stall it-http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html i looked at the link on how to install it. but in the diagram it shows 2 relays??????????? but in the kit i got it has 3 fuses and 3 relays???????????? where does the 3rd relay and fuse go???????????? i did not get any kind of instruction sheet how to install this for this type of truck?(Dodge ram)

email i got back from him. i dont quite understand what it all means??? email: Please use these instructions: Relay kit component identification: -Wire "bracelet": Fuseholder. Simply snip the wire to give two wire ends (one from each side of the actual fuse receptacle). -Cubical devices with metal pins: Relays. There are three of them. One controls the low beam filaments on the outboard 9007 bulbs, left and right. One controls the high beam filaments on the outboard 9007 bulbs. One controls the high beam filaments on the inboard 9004 bulbs. Each relay has terminals 30 (feed power in), 85 (trigger -), 86 (trigger +), and there are two 87 terminals. The 87 terminals are the feed power out to the lamps, so one 87 feeds the left and one 87 feeds the right. The 30 terminal gets connected, via a fuse, to battery + or alternator output+. The 85 gets connected to the (-) wire from the truck's original headlamp socket. The 86 gets connected to the applicable (+) wire from the truck's original headlamp socket. So your low beam relay gets low beam (+) to 86 and common (-) to 85. One of your high beam relays gets high beam (+) to 86 and common (-) to 85. You run short jumper wires from 85 and 86 on the one high beam relay to 85 and 86 on the other high beam relay. -Metal "chain" : String of terminals for wire ends. Simply twist/bend each terminal off the chain as you need to use it. Install terminals on the ends of all wires that will go to the relays. -Black "hollow" plastic devices with mounting tabs: Relay holder/terminal blocks. After installing the terminals on the wire ends, push each wire end into its correct relay holder slot from below. It will snap lock into place. Then the relay can simply be plugged onto the relay holder. -"9004CM" terminals packaged with hollow plastic shells (when assembled, these parts look like the back end of a bulb): male plugs and terminals. Crimp or crimp/solder the terminals onto the ends of your relay trigger wires, max 14 gauge, push the wires terminal-first into the plastic shells, where they'll snap-lock in place, and then snap the shells onto the vehicle's existing headlamp sockets. This gives you individual wires to work with, to trigger your relays, without cutting off the vehicle's original headlamp sockets. If your kit contains two of these, it is so that one can be used for low beam and common, and the other can be used for high beam and common. -"9004CF" terminals packaged with ceramic blocks (when assembled, these look like the vehicle's factory headlamp sockets): New headlamp sockets. Install terminals same as with male plugs -- max 12ga wire on these -- and snap 'em onto the bulbs. General relay installation instructions and diagrams are at http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html Your new lamps use a 9007 for high/low beam, in the outboard position. They use a 9004 for high beam only, in the inboard position. The low beam filament of the inboard 9004 is not used. Both the 9004 and 9007 bulbs take the same socket, but they must be wired up differently. On the 9004, as you look at the base of the bulb with the glass pointing away from you and the flat part of the connector at the top, the pins are: Lower left: Common/ground Upper middle: Low beam feed (not used in new lamps) Lower right: High beam feed On the 9007, as you look at the base of the bulb with the glass pointing away from you and the flat part of the connector at the top, the pins are: Lower left: Low beam feed Upper middle: Common ground Lower right: High beam feed There is only one proper operational setup for these lamps, and that is as follows- Low beam mode: Low beam filament of outboard 9007 bulb on, all other filaments off. High beam mode: High beam filament of outboard 9007 and high beam filament of inboard 9004 on, all other filaments off. The low beam filament of the inboard 9004 is not used -- these lamps do not have optics to focus the light from it. In NO case are the low beam and high beam filaments on together! Two-filament headlight bulbs are pressurized to about 10 atmospheres COLD. They are not designed to handle the heat (or the current on the common filament support lead) of running both filaments at the same time for more than very brief periods during beam changeover or headlight flashing. Doing so carries the very real risk of the bulb grenading inside the headlamp, destroying it. Some people who think they're clever wire it up this way anyhow, and the "Brite Box" people have made a business out of this "clever" (not) modification.

[98whitelightnin]

Looks like a bunch of voodoo to me too.

[Mopar1973Man]

If he sends me a email I will send him a picture of the headlight wiring and why its going to be a pain for him...

[jmerritt]

most companys i done business with normaly includes some kind of instruction/assembly manual. when i got this i was disapointed there was no instruction sheet how to install this or something to go by! i know when i bought a intake manifold for my 99 ram 1500 it came with a instruction manual. this was a first for me looked more like a supply parts kit to me. customer service is poor,no email to tell you they recived your order or payment(other than what paypal sends you) took him little over a week just to ship it out. never did get a tracking number from him.

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this is how i got it right out of the box!