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Old 06-07-2007, 01:16 PM
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ok i got this car they had installed round lights in the place otf the square ones, i switch back and now my lights only come on with my brights on, anyone have an idea why. they work right before i switched em yesterday, so i dont think my switch is bad
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Old 06-07-2007, 01:17 PM
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bad bulbs?
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Old 06-07-2007, 01:20 PM
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both of them? they come on with the brights though
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the brights are diffferent bulbs
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Old 06-07-2007, 01:55 PM
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we have sealed beams mattdel[8D] anyway the highbeams should have only 2 prongs and the lowbeams have 3 prongs, make sure you didnt put all four the same
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Old 06-07-2007, 02:08 PM
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+1 86 probly did that 95%chance....
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Old 06-07-2007, 05:39 PM
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1A1 are highs and 2A1 is low, i have one spare 2a1 i can try thats brand new, i just dont get how one of the elements in each would be bad, that means one of each 2a1 has the same bad element!
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we have sealed beams mattdel[8D] anyway the highbeams should have only 2 prongs and the lowbeams have 3 prongs, make sure you didnt put all four the same
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lol, well one is burnt out for sure! i switched it with the new one and the new one works!

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