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Old Dec 12, 2015 | 09:43 AM
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1999, FRC...My head lights wont go down? If my cluster is out of the car will that effect my lights? Have the battery disconnected..
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Old Dec 12, 2015 | 10:44 AM
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1999, FRC...My head lights wont go down? If my cluster is out of the car will that effect my lights? Have the battery disconnected..
Since the lights are driven by an electric motor, they will not move with the battery disconnected.
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Old Dec 12, 2015 | 11:07 AM
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you can use the manual ***** located by the headlights to lower them should be a rubber boot on each one..just remove boot and save then lower or raise your headlights...if you battery is disconnected then you will not have any power to use a switch to lower or raise your lights
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Old Dec 12, 2015 | 11:21 AM
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One thing that will keep the lights in the upward position is if a bulb is burnt out. The is a common problem following a HID installation, the car senses a light is out and the is how it ells you of a problem.
If your battery is now out of the car they is no "juice" to me them.
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Old Dec 12, 2015 | 12:34 PM
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1999, FRC...My head lights wont go down? If my cluster is out of the car will that effect my lights? Have the battery disconnected..
I disconnected the battery, cause the lights were not totally off..Dident want to kill my battery....
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 11:19 AM
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Happy to report, Lights working fine...Thanks for the help......
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And the fix was? Please enlighten us if you don't mind. Thanks...
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Originally Posted by Phanni
One thing that will keep the lights in the upward position is if a bulb is burnt out. The is a common problem following a HID installation, the car senses a light is out and the is how it ells you of a problem.
If your battery is now out of the car they is no "juice" to me them.
That's good to know. Learn something everyday.
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My Bad.......It was the light switch.....Easy fix.....not cheep, but easy..
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"Multi function switch" They are pretty cheap on amazon compared to everywhere else. I just went through swapping mine out a few months ago.
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"Multi function switch" They are pretty cheap on amazon compared to everywhere else. I just went through swapping mine out a few months ago.
It wasent too bad to do...Not cheep..I went to the dealer and got mine..I wanted to get the best...Hope it last a long time..
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Originally Posted by Johnny wangwang
"Multi function switch" They are pretty cheap on amazon compared to everywhere else. I just went through swapping mine out a few months ago.
The "Rock" has good prices too.
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Old Dec 17, 2015 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jbclutch
It wasent too bad to do...Not cheep..I went to the dealer and got mine..I wanted to get the best...Hope it last a long time..
Its the Same OEM part as the one on Amazon for less money.
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