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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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well i installed some 10,000 watt HID light on my girls vette and for some reason the lights are working but the housing is not going down....does anyone kno why?....btw i already checked the fuse and its working fine...thanks
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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sorry james i couldnt fix it try to ask this questin on the corvette section too
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when you installed it did you manually open the headlight? If you did just manually close them.
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nah, svtbait already tried that and when i turn on the lights the housing goes up and wont go back down....
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I posted on the corvetteforum and got a couple suggestions:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1914034

Hope this helps.
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well shoot 10,000w is your problem lol i thought it was 35/55w 10,000k
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thanks cris
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the 10000 watts probably melted the whole front of the car.. LOL.. my hella 60w bulbs overheat my foglight housings.
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thanks cris

No problem bud. Let me know if I can help in any way.
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