Low beam problem
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Burning Brakes
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They are from Corvette Mods, They really look nice https://www.corvettemods.com/C6-Corv...bo_p_5769.html
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Burning Brakes
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Follow up: Well I cleaned the reflective coating and the lens and still have a bit of dim light. So I have so far changed the 6000k bulb, changed the ballast and cleaned the reflective coating which looks pretty good when I used a small mirror to look inside at it. I now wonder if a ground could be the issue. I cleaned the one right at the hood hinge shock area but not sure that is the one I should be checking. If anyone has any more suggestions please chime in. I and kinda and the end of what to check next.
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Burning Brakes
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Follow up: Well I cleaned the reflective coating and the lens and still have a bit of dim light. So I have so far changed the 6000k bulb, changed the ballast and cleaned the reflective coating which looks pretty good when I used a small mirror to look inside at it. I now wonder if a ground could be the issue. I cleaned the one right at the hood hinge shock area but not sure that is the one I should be checking. If anyone has any more suggestions please chime in. I and kinda and the end of what to check next.
Thanks
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Burning Brakes
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I recently had a ballast go out (mine went out all at once) If you go to the dealer you are looking at $600-$800 (Their ballast is $400 and up to $400 for labor). It is NOT a difficult job to do. I did mine last weekend and it took about an hour because I left the tire on. I would recommend, pulling your bad ballast out first and then looking on Ebay. I found one to fit my 2006 for $30 vs $400 at the dealer and it worked great. I say pull yours first b/c you then can look at yours out of your car and match them up compared to the one you buy. The one I bought for my car (2006) on Ebay, had a slightly different plug in housing. Thus, if you pull yours first you can look before you buy. Here is a great thread on how to replace them.
How to replace your Vett ballast.
How to replace your Vett ballast.
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Burning Brakes
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I recently had a ballast go out (mine went out all at once) If you go to the dealer you are looking at $600-$800 (Their ballast is $400 and up to $400 for labor). It is NOT a difficult job to do. I did mine last weekend and it took about an hour because I left the tire on. I would recommend, pulling your bad ballast out first and then looking on Ebay. I found one to fit my 2006 for $30 vs $400 at the dealer and it worked great. I say pull yours first b/c you then can look at yours out of your car and match them up compared to the one you buy. The one I bought for my car (2006) on Ebay, had a slightly different plug in housing. Thus, if you pull yours first you can look before you buy. Here is a great thread on how to replace them.
How to replace your Vett ballast.
How to replace your Vett ballast.
Le Mans Master
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Have you had some friend look at your lights parked around 50 feet away at night and see if they can see a difference? I remember you said the R one looked a little off.
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks I will check it out but when I stand in front the right one appears to be a little off horizontally. There is no way that I am aware to adjust them any way except vertically. This is really baffled me. Out of all the corvette I have owned, I always seem to figure out the issues. This really has me stumped.
Le Mans Master
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Thanks I will check it out but when I stand in front the right one appears to be a little off horizontally. There is no way that I am aware to adjust them any way except vertically. This is really baffled me. Out of all the corvette I have owned, I always seem to figure out the issues. This really has me stumped.
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Burning Brakes
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How are your lens?...On my 08 the right light does not project the same pattern when i checked them at about 10 feet from a wall and that is because the right lens has the coating peeling off,and I used some sand paper but did not help...Made it worst.But both seems to have the same brightness.
Le Mans Master
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Well,You don't have a ground problem for sure.Good luck.
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Burning Brakes
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I know the outer lens is OK but I now wonder if the little round inside lens
is OK. As i stated in a previous post, I found the dust cover was off when I went to change the bulb. Just wonder if that being off for years could cause the projector lens to get damaged in some way.
is OK. As i stated in a previous post, I found the dust cover was off when I went to change the bulb. Just wonder if that being off for years could cause the projector lens to get damaged in some way.
Le Mans Master
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I know the outer lens is OK but I now wonder if the little round inside lens
is OK. As i stated in a previous post, I found the dust cover was off when I went to change the bulb. Just wonder if that being off for years could cause the projector lens to get damaged in some way.
is OK. As i stated in a previous post, I found the dust cover was off when I went to change the bulb. Just wonder if that being off for years could cause the projector lens to get damaged in some way.