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Stupid '86 headlight question.

Old 10-05-2009, 04:45 PM
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I'm sorry to ask such stupid questions but:

When you turn on your high beams do your low beams cut off?

Low beams are outside & high beams are inside, right?

My high beam switch was messed up so I pulled it out & thought I had fixed it. I went to test the lights & the low beams came on just fine. I click to the high beams & they come on, but the low beams stay on so all 4 lights are on.

Just want to make sure it's right, otherwise I'll have to pull the switch apart & find out what I screwed up.
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Old 10-06-2009, 07:36 AM
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All four go on with high beams.
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Old 10-06-2009, 08:38 AM
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ya all 4 of the lights come on
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Old 10-06-2009, 12:47 PM
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when you pull the stalk foward, before it clicks, all 6 filaments are lit, the 2 low beams and 4 high beams, this is the "flash-to-pass" feature. Once the stalk clicks, the two low beam filaments turn off.
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Old 10-06-2009, 03:56 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I don't think my car has flash to pass. I haven't pulled the low beams out yet but I thought the bulb only had 2 wires on it like the high beam.

I'll find out for certain later this week when I finish my HID install.
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my old 86 had all 4 headlamps come on when I had it.
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