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Old 04-08-2008, 03:40 PM
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Default Headlights dim than back to normal after shifting gears.

Driving down a dark road one night following my bro-in-law, I noticed that every time I shifted or gave it more gas when I'm already on the gas, the headlights would dim than back to normal very quickly. I asked my bro-in-law if he noticed that my headlights dim, he said that he did noticed and thought that i was going over dips in the road. I Check the alternator and it reads fine. What could it be??
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mine did this and i replced my alternator and the problem was fixed . . . but thats what was causin my problem
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do you have a manufactured one? cuz i just replaced mine with one, and my headlights and gauge lights dim when im shifting hard.
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Originally Posted by 1Loudz28
do you have a manufactured one?
Bought the car back in December, so I think it is the manufactured one.
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It's a low voltage problem. I had the problem on my z28 and replaced the alternator pulley with a ASP one and the problem went away. My wife had the same problem on her ws6 so I bought another one and before it got here her car was totaled. I still have it brand new in the box. I can ship it to for $30 let me know if you want it.



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