6th Gen headlight relays and wiring question [Answered]

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    I need to understand how the previous owner installed his HID low beam lamps (with ballasts and igniters). In the video I describe what I "think" he did, but I could easily be wrong. If I'm not getting it right, please let me know if you have an idea.

    I 'have' figured out that he did install the power jack. It was likely for a heated jacket or something.
    I'm still stumped as to why he grounded the turn signal position relay the way he did.

    I plan on finding a new low beam relay and plugging things back in.

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    Problem solved

    I guess I figured it out correctly.
    I pulled out the jumper wires from low-beam relay connector. Then I took out the hi-beam relay and put it in the low beam relay connector.

    I now have lights and can get rid of all the shit he stuffed in there. Going with LEDs.

    Learned a few things. The relays are all called starter relays. There are 4 of them. Two are labeled- Suspension/starter. "Suspension" means a rubber holder with a slot so it "hangs" on a bracket tang. The relays are Mitsuba RC-2208. The other thing is, don't let the parts guy tell you there are no headlight relays.

    Honda # 38501-GN2-014

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    Replacement for missing low beam relay: Amazon $35 CAD
    You can buy them with rubber mount, but shipping costs and delivery times go way up.

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    Honda has been using those same relays since forever, and they rarely go bad. Should be easy to find on eBay?

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