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High Beams ?????????????
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High Beams ?????????????
When the High beams are on should the low beams also be on??? On my Pontiac all four beams are on. I just noticed on my Vette that only my high beams are on. I think there may be a problem with the switch.
John
John
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No, Chevrolet in their wisdom made it this way. There is a module you can get to make them work together, but nobody on here seems to know how to wire it in. And i havde not been able to figure it out.
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I wish the General didn't do this. My Avalanche was the same way. I bought an after market relay that I wired in, and all 4 stay on together now. I think the company was R & D. I have to look in my file. I should contact them, maybe they have one for the C5. If not it would be a good project for them.
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Didn't know this - guess I never thought about it. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me that the low beams would go off. I know the fog lights turn off when the high beams are on.
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It's actually a good thing.
The export versions come with real headlight bulbs (i.e. H4) and it's a dual-filament configuration. If both filaments are powered at the same time, the bulb will overheat and then fail quickly.
The export versions come with real headlight bulbs (i.e. H4) and it's a dual-filament configuration. If both filaments are powered at the same time, the bulb will overheat and then fail quickly.
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I just figured out to add a relay switch in to make the lows stay on when you turn on the high beams. If anyone wants to know, shoot me an email.
Ptrue81@yahoo.com
Ptrue81@yahoo.com
