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Old Jan 17, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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Hi Guys. This isnt really a vette question but but but here goes
I put HID lights in the Vette today they seems great. The lights that came out were pia 9006 low beams. We thought we would stick them in my sons car also a GM that uses the same 9006. So we put them in and one is good and bright. the other is really dim, so we switch them back to his old ones and the same thing now,1 bright 1 dim His lights were both pretty bright till we made the switch and now the drivers side is barely on.Any Idea's

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Old Jan 17, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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The higher wattage bulbs could have caused a partial short in wiring by melting some wires. How much wattage are the bulbs? 80 or 90 watts?

I think stock low beams are 55 watt.
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Old Jan 17, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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I would check for bad ground connections Could have loosen when you where working on it.
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