2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission summit headlight relay kit

[Jonny-K5]

i tried ordering the kit from summit, but the supplied P/N said it was no longer available. anywhere else to get this kit?

 

[Signal73]

I have one and when I ordered it, they were on clearance about a month later. Seems they discontinued it. It was made by APC (yes, the ricer company) so maybe check out there website to see if its still made.



Jim

 

[jtwcummins]

http://www.importvision.com/index.php

 

[redram]

i tried ordering the kit from summit, but the supplied P/N said it was no longer available. anywhere else to get this kit?

I didn't try ordering the part today at Summit Racing but AMC-509104 came up on line and was priced at 48. 39.....

 

[keimmmo]

When I ordered mine a while back they were on clearance and were selling out the old number. But, a new number was available at a slightly higher price. I was fortunate and got the old part number at a GOOD price.



Steve Keim

 

[T Peterson]

Ignorance is'nt bliss..

Please educate me a little, I thought this harness was to increase (slightly) the voltage and wattage to the existing bulds. Summit insinuates that you upgrade you bulbs? Is this true, is it worth it and which bulbs do you suggest?



Thanks,



Tom

 

[jkalchik]

Tom, what happens is that the harness changes how the bulbs get power. In a stock rig, the power comes from the batteries, into the cab, through the dash and switch, out to the bulbs.



With the aftermarket harness, the stock wiring serves only to trigger a relay. The other side of the aftermarket harness connects the batteries and the bulb with much shorter and heavier wires. The net effect is that there's less voltage drop, thus the bulbs get higher voltages.



I built my own harnesses when I did the Sport headlight conversion. I'm still running stock bulbs. I may eventually put in different bulbs, but I'm leery about going to higher wattage bulbs in the plastic enclosures.

 

[T Peterson]

Thanks for the explanation, I assume these higher wattage bulbs are not DOT approved and may possibly damage the housing.

 

[keimmmo]

Because of the above explanation, my lights are MUCH brighter after installing the Summit harness. It was money WELL spent!!!



Steve Keim

 

[VicR]

I'll second that. It was one of the best $20 upgrades I did to the truck. One caution - the APC kit wire was 'just' long enough to go to the right headlight. If the new kit shortened that wire at all, you might have trouble.



-Vic

 

[JaMan]

I had the kit on for about a year and went thru two sets of relays and now can't find the special relays to fit in the harness plugs so I took it off.



This is using the kit in Central Texas where the humidity is lower and no salt air.



Jared

 

[Joe G.]

This is a simple modification to do without a kit. No parts problem if you do it yourself.

 

[T Peterson]

Thanks everyone, just because I'm kinda lazy not to mention busy, I'm going with kit.

Thanks Again,



Tom

 

[Matt42]

Short wire

I'll second that. It was one of the best $20 upgrades I did to the truck. One caution - the APC kit wire was 'just' long enough to go to the right headlight. If the new kit shortened that wire at all, you might have trouble.



-Vic

Yup. The wires provided are JUST long enough to reach. I wanted to route the wires in an unobtrusive way, so I soldered in about a foot extra. I used the same gauge and sealed the connections well. It's been verrry good for several years.

 

[doldenburg]

Hey guys, I am looking 4 this summit kit also 4 my 98 12 valve. Ive been reading all i can on this. does anyone know where to get the APC kit? Is it like the summit kit? what is amc 509104 part number. thanks

 

[RSimmons]

APC is out of business

 

[SSolderitch]

try lmctruck, page 20 they have a kit for $30, unless you have a sport then you need 2 different kits for $60.

 

[ttbird]

Here's the link to page 20 at lmctruck.com
catalog pages 20 & 21

 

[Suprmn]

Man, what a sweet tip on the LMC website. My harness is on the way and I didnt even know I wanted one of those. :-laf