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Old 01-27-2009, 10:18 PM
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we are getting freezing rain tonight and you are supposed to leave the lights up so they dont get frozen shut i have to manually raise them to keep them up is there any easy way to some how switch them up and thats it cause it sucks raising them by hand
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Old 01-27-2009, 11:24 PM
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if you flip the switch for the lights all the way on, then put it back to the parking lamps i know the lights stay up, but aren't on... when you turn the car off and pull the key out, do they go back down?
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Maybe take the fuse out?
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Originally Posted by BlueBird346
Maybe take the fuse out?
Seems like you could turn the headlights on, then switch back to parking lights, then pull the fuse for the parking lights.

Do they just get covered with ice and don't want to go up or what? I know some people use plastic wrap of some sort to keep ice/snow off of their car...
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how lazy do you have to be..

it takes about 15 seconds to man. raise a headlight..
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Originally Posted by xhk651
how lazy do you have to be..

it takes about 15 seconds to man. raise a headlight..
i was just wondering but it takes like 1 minute for each headlight
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get a camaro, have headlights that wont ice over.
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Simple solution: Take a 2 liter full of hot water outside with you and pour it over your frozen headlight assemblies. Melts the ice and you'll be good to go!
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Originally Posted by LS1Formulation
Simple solution: Take a 2 liter full of hot water outside with you and pour it over your frozen headlight assemblies. Melts the ice and you'll be good to go!
do it to your windshield too. crack that ****** right open.
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Originally Posted by Ironxcross
get a camaro, have headlights that wont ice over.
lol i know i have a 95 z but the T/A is my everyday driver
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Originally Posted by Ironxcross
get a camaro, have headlights that wont ice over.
Catfish are for frying not driving.... J/K Almost ended up in a SS
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Turn on headlight, open hood, on the side of the fuse box, there is the headlight control module with 2 weather pack connectors, unplug the connector closest to the firewall) and the headlights will stay in that position. On a LTx car it may be in a different location, but same logic. If that is not an option, unplug both headlight motors, they're a 2 pin metripack connector near the headlights themselves.

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