twoeightyzx Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Shortly after buying my car I installed Silverstar sealed beams. They worked great when I first installed them. Roughly a month later my friend told me one was going dim. After looking at the harness I found where it had once been spliced for some reason between the headlight and the main harness. Having found a replacement section I thought I was golden until I flipped the lights on. I have found that with some movement the light will become brighter but as you will see in the picture there is no comparison to the driver side light. Also, when I flip the brights on the bulb goes out completely and the high beam indicator in the speedo does not come on. Thanks in advance for any help. http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=01140020yp2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage42 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 More times than not, it's usually a bad ground. Clean the fuse connections and check all the grounds. That's typically the problem. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 aabout all it can be you got a hot wire going to it and a ground to get back to the battery. check the connector in the back of the light for corrosion or a broken wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightyzx Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks guy's, the connector is in great shape and I'll double check all the grounds and make sure they are good. Secondly, the previous owner had a wire spliced into the old harness section that went to the low beam wire and was grounded to the inner wheel well. Any idea why they would have done that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage42 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Well, that sounds like he just made an additional ground because there was an issue with the system already. You may have to run a new wire for the headlight ground to fix it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerAce Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Kind of OT, but did you have to do any additional wiring to get those headlights to work, or was it just an issue of plugging them in an going? I need to upgrade my lights, and those seem to be a good bang for the buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightyzx Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 I just plugged them in and by looking at the driver side in the picture they are great. I put a set on the '79 that is in my sig as well. They are not blinding to oncoming traffic or in the rearview mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 got silverstars on my 83 zx and they are great you can see down the road now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightyzx Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 Alright I've spliced into the ground and the passanger beam seams a little brighter. Do the headlights not share the same ground to begin with? If they do, why would one be brighter than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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