electrical issue with headlights
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Instructor
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From: Old Tappan New Jersey
electrical issue with headlights
high beams work... they both go up and down and they both light up no problem
low beams both go up... they both don't go down... and only the driver's side lights up
i use to have HIDs, i'm back to stock... fuse issue?
thanks for the help in advance
low beams both go up... they both don't go down... and only the driver's side lights up
i use to have HIDs, i'm back to stock... fuse issue?
thanks for the help in advance
Le Mans Master
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From: Hillsboro OR
You'll need to add the "in-line resistor" to fool the car into thinking you have OEM light bulbs. I bel;eive that DJ Motorsports sells them.
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From: Dyer, IN
Le Mans Master
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When you installed your HID's did you also install a relay harness to get the HID's to work correctly? Is the current wiring completely stock now? Do you have power at the headlight socket? If you don't, I have the schematics in the service manual. Depending on what you find I can give you other places to check to diagnose it.
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Instructor
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From: Old Tappan New Jersey
when i had my HIDs i just took the stock harness from the stock bulb, put that in the ballast, and ran the HIDs. everything worked for a while. all of a sudden one day they wouldn't go down and the passenger's side wouldn't light up. i removed everything and used the stock harness with the stock bulbs. same thing. passenger's side won't light up and both headlights won't go down - i have to put the lights in high beam mode and then they go down. i never changed my fuses - i'm thinking it's probably a bad fuse?
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Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Dyer, IN
when i had my HIDs i just took the stock harness from the stock bulb, put that in the ballast, and ran the HIDs. everything worked for a while. all of a sudden one day they wouldn't go down and the passenger's side wouldn't light up. i removed everything and used the stock harness with the stock bulbs. same thing. passenger's side won't light up and both headlights won't go down - i have to put the lights in high beam mode and then they go down. i never changed my fuses - i'm thinking it's probably a bad fuse?
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