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Lights. I like European e-code headlights, and have been using them for years. On low beam, the front of the car is bathed in a horizontal curtain of light, instead of two small beams. On high, there is a lot more reach in front of the car. Dan Stearn recommends Cibies'. I use 55/100 H-4 bulbs.
Wired the headlights to support the amperage draw. Lights power goes from battery, through a separate circuit breaker, through a separate relay, to the lights. Lights power (112) in the harness goes through the headlight switch and powers the headlight relay control side.
Also put engine fan, and ignition on their own separate direct from the battery, with their own circuit breaker, and relay.
Grounds are wired to a common bussbar, one under the dash, one on the firewall, then to the battery ground. The frame is grounded for redundancy only.
All wiring joints are butt jointed (bare butt joints), crimped, soldered, greased, and heat shrink wrapped so they don't corrode, or pull apart. Ron Francis Wireworks, and Streetworks have a lot of the parts and components common to most automotive wiring jobs. And then there's Radio Shack for wiring supplies.
Ron Francis has Brite Lites, which are higher wattage turn, stop, tail, and parking lights. Car is a lot more visible with those small Lucas lamps.
CobraEd, I have a spare set of Hella Vision Plus's if you'd like to try them out.
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