Head ligths are dim on one side??
10-20-2011, 04:56 AM
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Head ligths are dim on one side?? So, My car is a **** wagon. UGH. I replaced a damaged headlight assembly and I didn't bother with unhooking my Battery. and had to rewire one side's head light motor (not the side dim). For some reason the previous owner decided to cut that wire because on of the head light assembly's were busted.
Got the new one in and worked great. but now it's dim. Put a new light in it and still dim.
I suck with wiring. Don't even get me started on how much I know about wiring. I think it's a fuse. prove me wrong?
Got the new one in and worked great. but now it's dim. Put a new light in it and still dim.
I suck with wiring. Don't even get me started on how much I know about wiring. I think it's a fuse. prove me wrong?
10-20-2011, 08:07 AM
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It's not a fuse. It's probably a bad ground. When lights wired together on a single circuit (like headlights or tail lights) don't have a proper ground, the circuit will ground through the other lamp filaments causing them to be dim. You really need to test the sockets with a multimeter or test light and if you're not comfortable with working on wiring then you might want to get some help with that.
10-22-2011, 02:05 AM
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It's not a fuse. It's probably a bad ground. When lights wired together on a single circuit (like headlights or tail lights) don't have a proper ground, the circuit will ground through the other lamp filaments causing them to be dim. You really need to test the sockets with a multimeter or test light and if you're not comfortable with working on wiring then you might want to get some help with that.