What's this guy called?

fdjizm

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Hey fellas, hope all is well!
Getting back into my Mustang thing again!
Need to replace a few parts after a shitty accident.

Anyone know what this is called and what it does?
There is one relay inside of it.

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Thanks in advance, been searching all kinds of terms and can't find it.

Miss you mofos!
 

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Looks like a pair of relays.
Mine does not have it.
Best I got man.
 

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Yea mine always had the one relay though and not the other. weird!
 

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Appears to be a relay for either Fog or aftermarket Headlights. Do you have HIDs/LEDs? x
 

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Hey fellas, hope all is well!
Getting back into my Mustang thing again!
Need to replace a few parts after a shitty accident.

Anyone know what this is called and what it does?
There is one relay inside of it.

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Thanks in advance, been searching all kinds of terms and can't find it.

Miss you mofos!
That's the relay box for the Ford OEM HID headlights, should be 2 relays in there.....
 

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That's the relay box for the Ford OEM HID headlights, should be 2 relays in there.....
ahh OK thank you! I do have those, explains why some cars don't have it.
Guess it did have two at some point.

Ok so it's called "Auxiliary Relay Box 1" and can't find it to buy, gonna check some dealers.
thanks!!
 

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It’s for the OEM HID’s as others have mentioned. If you DONT have HIDs you’ll have no box. Fair warning, the front lighting harness that HAS that relay box is long discontinued. I was told I bought the LAST one in the country drop shipped from some North Dakota warehouse back in 2018. Tough sucker to find. Can you repair your existing harness?
 

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Oh and it’s just a single relay not a pair on a GT, for a GT500 there’s a second relay for the intercooler pump
 

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It’s for the OEM HID’s as others have mentioned. If you DONT have HIDs you’ll have no box. Fair warning, the front lighting harness that HAS that relay box is long discontinued. I was told I bought the LAST one in the country drop shipped from some North Dakota warehouse back in 2018. Tough sucker to find. Can you repair your existing harness?
You bastard, well it works its just the housing is all fucked up an I won't be able to mount it how it was. Might just double stick tape it somewhere.
My car came new with the OEM HID's an I need new ones but they are like $800 each.
I wanted to just go with the normal housings an run LEDs but now I read there is all this shit to downgrading even the SJB has to be reprogrammed to use regular bulbs.

Oh and it’s just a single relay not a pair on a GT, for a GT500 there’s a second relay for the intercooler pump

Well then back to me seeing only one relay there and one side empty (unless there are two small ones on one side)
 

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You may be able to cobble together a workaround, yes only HID cars have that box, and if it’s a box and harness assembly you need, ALL GT500’s, regardless of halogen or HID have that box for the intercooler pump relay. See if you can buy a GT500 harness from one of the dismantlers
 

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You may be able to cobble together a workaround, yes only HID cars have that box, and if it’s a box and harness assembly you need, ALL GT500’s, regardless of halogen or HID have that box for the intercooler pump relay. See if you can buy a GT500 harness from one of the dismantlers

True, I mean it works so I may just tuck it somewhere else.
Really wanted to change the HID's because those fuckers are $800 each and don't even work as well as some nice projector kits.
But I have to tell the SJB that it has regular lamps and then maybe change the harness don't even know. Why did Ford make it so complicated when they added HIDs to the car lol
 

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True, I mean it works so I may just tuck it somewhere else.
Really wanted to change the HID's because those fuckers are $800 each and don't even work as well as some nice projector kits.
But I have to tell the SJB that it has regular lamps and then maybe change the harness don't even know. Why did Ford make it so complicated when they added HIDs to the car lol

haha no kidding. And yeah reprogramming the SJB is the killer part, I think Forscan can do it? And then yeah swap to the halogen harness but that’s easy enough to find. In fact I have one for halogen. If forscan can’t do it, dealer can program to As-Build
 

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haha no kidding. And yeah reprogramming the SJB is the killer part, I think Forscan can do it? And then yeah swap to the halogen harness but that’s easy enough to find. In fact I have one for halogen. If forscan can’t do it, dealer can program to As-Build
As luck would have it I bought an SJB for my car that is programmed for halogens I was going to bring it to the dealer to make it HID (this was when my SJB was getting wet years ago) might throw that it but where the hell do I get the headlight harness? Lol
 

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As luck would have it I bought an SJB for my car that is programmed for halogens I was going to bring it to the dealer to make it HID (this was when my SJB was getting wet years ago) might throw that it but where the hell do I get the headlight harness? Lol

shoot me a PM I’ll try and find it. I swapped to HID and kept the halogen harness somewhere I know
 

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