Almonz T/A

So I was driving around tonight and my friend noticed my driver's side headlight was out. I did a little searching for bulbs and figured out I had to actually buy a whole new headlight for the car. However, I also heard about the faulty connecting pins in the headlights and how they corrode so easily. I won't be able to get a better look for a while because I'll be tied up with other things. My question is should I go ahead and order a new pair of headlights (or a single if possible) or should I check the connecting pins? Would the pins be causing the bulb failure in my driver's side light?

ICRAZY6

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It's possible that the pins are the issue if you do drive it in the rain. But if you find out that the bulb has just burned out I would purchase a pair instead of a single. The lights would be different intensities otherwise.

wssix99

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Unless you have previously unplugged the motor, you don't need to worry too much about the pins. (They will just corrode around the areas tha are making good contact.)

If you want, you can swap the right/left side bulbs before you buy. That will tell you if the bulb is bad or not.

Almonz T/A

Okay guys, thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to go ahead and swap the bulbs to test it out.

Almonz T/A

Just got the headlight fixed. Biggest PITA ever. Mainly because I lost one of the alignment screws and went all over town to find something similar.

wssix99

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Oops. Yea, we all make that mistake. Fortunately it only happens once.

trans_am7935

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I have had this problem as well and i just upgraded to the housings off LMC Truck, these housings come with sealed weather connectors, and i just spliced them into my old head light harness. Best thing i ever did for my headlights, good beam pattern as well.

wssix99

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These are great and I have them as well, but they don't solve the problem we were talking about above. Its not the pins on the bulb, its the pins on the motor connector, which the bulb wires also go through. The new housings will require a new bulb connector, but the motor connector remains.

BrainFreezE

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I have an issue too.. so sometimes when I put my headlight on, then I get home turn them off the driver side headlight will stay up. if I turn the lights on and off a few times it will go down.. the other day it did it again and it stayed up over night in the morning i turned the lights on and off again and it went down. any help? I love trans am's but I hate these headlights..the guy I bought the car from told me he put brass gears in them.

trans_am7935

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Oh didnt catch that, thanks. I replaced both motors and headlights at the same time, and installed brass gears. No more headlight issues for me. I also went with new connectors from Rock Auto. That inline 5 connector was just a shitty design

wssix99

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It is pretty bad for the location. I've always wondered what the real issue is. There are lots of other connectors in the engine bay of the same design (seals & terminals) but they don't have similar issues. Maybe its due to the additional weather exposure in that location. (inside the bumper)

What type of connector did you replace it with? Any signs of water intrusion in the new connector? I had a bad batch of motors and had to replace some of the wiring and terminals. That would have been a great opportunity to upgrade the connector.

BrainFreezE

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bump?

wssix99

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You should start your own thread because your brass gears could be stripped. (Very different issue.)