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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 10:46 PM
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Exclamation Electrical headlight issues... Sort of...

Gremlins! Damn electrical gremlins! So get this, I put an aftermarket set of lens in with the new style H4 bulbs.. they work, but when the lows are on the highs glow a bit and when I switch to highs the lows glow but don't stay on.. now I even hooked the old bulbs back up and everything worked like normal again! Anyone else have this issue? If so how did you resolve it? Im thinking maybe some sort of resistor might need to go in? Or any ideas from anyone who is more knowledgable of this type of thing...???? I love the lights and how they look, but the malfunction side effect kind of drives me nuts...
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Old Sep 5, 2013 | 10:12 AM
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Sounds like the adapter cable is possibly wired incorrectly. Does this happen on both sides?
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Old Sep 5, 2013 | 11:53 PM
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check all your grounds i had the same problem except when i flashed my high beams it cut all power of to the car. i was a loose ground easy fix
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