I used 2 relays, one for high beam and one for low.  Are you talking
about finding a source to trigger your relays or power the headlight
switch. I used the old headlight sockets with a male pig tail to power
the relays. This way I didn't need to cut any of the factory wires.

JFF
On Jan 3, 2005, at 2:29 AM, Tolga Morawski wrote:

Did you wire in 4 relays, 1 for each light or just 1 per side.

I'm in the midst of this project myself but having a hard time finding
12V switched power on my 84's fusebox area.  The directions make it
sound
like there are 4 'open' spots available but I can't find any, I'm
thinking the directions are for later model vanagons with a different
wiring layout?

-Tolga

> Date:    Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:17:20 -0500
> From:    Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Subject: lighting upgrades
>
> Today I finished up with my lighting improvements I've been working on
> over the last week. They included running new wire and relays for H4
> headlights, Hella FF1000 driving lights and a single work lamp on the
> rear bumper for backing up. There are lots of ways to go about running
> power to the headlights but a few tips that most write ups don't bother
> to go over. if your changing the headlights to Euro H4 or even
> replacing a broken headlights chances are the plastic adjusters will
> break wile removing the light. Save yourself trouble and buy new ones
> ahead of time unless they were replaced recently, most of the venders
> and dealers do not stock all of them needed so check ahead of time.
>
> If your planing on using the VW optional fog lamp switch (also sold by
> many of the common venders) with lighted dot when on(like rear
> defroster switch), you will need to get the male w/ pig tails from the
> dealer as most of venders did not cary them and on my car the plug was
> different then others so I couldn't take from a parts van furthermore,
> you can just use generic connectors.
>
> I bought my H4 lights from Fast Forward (group buy: thanks David!!) but
>  I would also recommend both of these lighting venders for wiring parts
> or lights. Dan Stern sells a Hella Headlight relay kit that includes
> most of what you need: H4 light plugs, relays, relay plugs and
> connectors, and fuses plus great free instructions on his site.
> Susquehanna Motor sports also sells the same Hella relays and parts
> (not a kit) plus male 9004 plugs with pig tails (great to use for
> trigger wires on relays so you do not need to cut your harness), All
> kinds of driving lights and work lamps.
>
> Susquehanna motor sports
> <http://www.rallylights.com/>
>
> Daniel Stern Lighting
> <http://www.danielsternlighting.com/>
>
> I'm very happy with the final results although I think a higher output
> alternator is in my near future ;-). the final setup is Low/high
> 80/100w with 100w inner high beams and 100w FF1000 and added 55w rear
> light.
>
> JFF