write up: hi and low beams on same time
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
Not if you used the red one pictured... it has the effect of cutting many of the strands in the wire because it is designed for 18-22 gauge wire and the headlight wires are 14 gauge. That causes increased resistance and heat. You should have used a blue connector (14-16 gauge).
Not if you used the red one pictured... it has the effect of cutting many of the strands in the wire because it is designed for 18-22 gauge wire and the headlight wires are 14 gauge. That causes increased resistance and heat. You should have used a blue connector (14-16 gauge).
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 11,330
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
All fourth generation F-bodies (93-02 Camaros and Firebirds) were built in Canada at the St. Therese plant near Montreal.
If what you say is true, you have a unique one-of-a-kind car since all 98-02 Firebirds, whether US spec or Canadian spec, illuminated all four headlamps when the high beams were on. If you are not the original owner of the vehicle, it would be safe to assume that a previous owner changed the wiring.
The difference between Camaro and Firebird headlight wiring is at the high beam switch. The Firebird switch turns the high beam circuit on and off without having any connection to the low beam circuit so they remain on. The Camaro switch toggles between low beam and high beam so the low beams turn off when the high beams turn on. The switch itself is the same but the low beam connector on a Firebird switch is empty because the low beam wiring doesn't go through the switch.
The only difference between a Canadian spec and US spec Firebird headlights is the addition of the photo-sensor in the dash to activate the automatic headlights in Canadian spec models. You can add the $20 photo-sensor to a US model (it plugs right in) and get automatic headlights with no other wiring necessary. I did that on mine until I found the headlight doors opening and closing all the time became annoying... start the car in the garage, the headlights pop up, back out to the street, the headlights close again. It was even more annoying going under overpasses so I unplugged the sensor and put the original jumper wire back in place.
If what you say is true, you have a unique one-of-a-kind car since all 98-02 Firebirds, whether US spec or Canadian spec, illuminated all four headlamps when the high beams were on. If you are not the original owner of the vehicle, it would be safe to assume that a previous owner changed the wiring.
The difference between Camaro and Firebird headlight wiring is at the high beam switch. The Firebird switch turns the high beam circuit on and off without having any connection to the low beam circuit so they remain on. The Camaro switch toggles between low beam and high beam so the low beams turn off when the high beams turn on. The switch itself is the same but the low beam connector on a Firebird switch is empty because the low beam wiring doesn't go through the switch.
The only difference between a Canadian spec and US spec Firebird headlights is the addition of the photo-sensor in the dash to activate the automatic headlights in Canadian spec models. You can add the $20 photo-sensor to a US model (it plugs right in) and get automatic headlights with no other wiring necessary. I did that on mine until I found the headlight doors opening and closing all the time became annoying... start the car in the garage, the headlights pop up, back out to the street, the headlights close again. It was even more annoying going under overpasses so I unplugged the sensor and put the original jumper wire back in place.
