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Headlight dilema.

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´86 GL Hatchback

Quad headlights

 

Low beams work great, then when high beams are turned on, passenger side low beam goes out :confused:

 

any suggestions?

4 headlights

 

low uses outer bulbs on low wattage

high use outer on high wattage, plus the inners.

your low beam high portion is out. replace the light.

4 headlights

 

low uses outer bulbs on low wattage

high use outer on high wattage, plus the inners.

Your low beam high portion is out. Replace the light.

 

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4 headlights

 

low uses outer bulbs on low wattage

high use outer on high wattage, plus the inners.

your low beam high portion is out. replace the light.

 

Zank you very much :)

 

Jaren

if that doesn't fix it, and it should, replace the two headlight relays. They're under the dash above the pedals. They look like this. $13.00 at autozone.

gps41-5002003.jpg

 

But replace them with this, $8.00 and 30 amp to boot. Pilot PLRY1.

pilpl-ry1003.jpg

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if that doesn't fix it, and it should, replace the two headlight relays. They're under the dash above the pedals. They look like this. $13.00 at autozone.

gps41-5002003.jpg

 

But replace them with this, $8.00 and 30 amp to boot. Pilot PLRY1.

pilpl-ry1003.jpg

 

 

Great idea to do while Im bummin around :)

Thank You

 

-Jaren

+1
Yup -- these quad systems aren't a low beam and a high beam light -- it's a combo lo/hi light, and a hi only light. Took me a while to figure that out too....

 

Z

hijack but related...i did the Hella conversions for all 4 lights on my brat. 2 times now, sometimes i cannot go back to just low beam, like the switch isnt working on the low. hibeam switch off, and the "beam" indicator still lit and all 4 lights are on. I had to disconnect the high lamps on my last drive. Do i need a relay, is my switch getting fried, or do i have a lamp grounded out somewhere? sometimes it works fine, but then gets stuck on high...

hijack but related...i did the Hella conversions for all 4 lights on my brat. 2 times now, sometimes i cannot go back to just low beam, like the switch isnt working on the low. hibeam switch off, and the "beam" indicator still lit and all 4 lights are on. I had to disconnect the high lamps on my last drive. Do i need a relay, is my switch getting fried, or do i have a lamp grounded out somewhere? sometimes it works fine, but then gets stuck on high...

 

I'm not sure if this is your problem or not but I have seen quite a few of the actual switches go bad on these style cars...EA81. But it could ba any of the things you listed.

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