| holycack |
| I installed some hella high wattage headlights about a year ago, the lights are superior to the stock bulbs which have poor illumination. The problem is last night out he blue I have no headlights just fog lights. Anything I should check? Anyone else have this similar problem? Thanks in advance. |
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| njjoe |
My first suggestion is to keep it simple. Check the bulbs to see if they have failed. If so, then replace them. If not, then you may have a bigger problem on your hands.
You replaced the OEM bulbs with higher wattage units? How much higher?
Each headlight has a separate fuse but both are controlled by a single relay "upstream" of the fuses. Since both lamps have failed at the same time I suspect the relay may have failed.
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| holycack |
| I think 70 watt/110 watt quite high I know but the stock lights are very very poor and dangerous IMO. |
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| Gonzo |
Might be more dangerous to run that kind of wattage through the OEM wires.
I found that I greatly improved the OEM bulbs with better aiming. I agree, that initially the headlamps were terrible but I tweaked the aim and now they are pretty good. |
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| njjoe |
holycack-
Let's do a bit of trouble-shooting. I assume you have eliminated the bulbs as the problem.
1) Do the high-beams work? They utilize a different set of fuses and different relay from the low-beams.
2) Are the fuses intact?
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| Halo |
| I vote blown fuse or melted wiring on this one (in that order). |
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| tqt |
| Chances are..you melted the wire harness caused by the heat generated by the higher wattage. They make heavy duty harnesses, but I would stick with OEM wattage. |
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