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Old Jun 15, 2002 | 06:47 PM
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high beams

im trying to install a pair of bosch driving lights...everything works, except..well, where is the high beam wire...(so the lights only come on with high beams)...its not at the fuse panel...nor do i think its a fusible link.....

can anyone enlighten me

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Old Jun 15, 2002 | 07:34 PM
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I believe headlights have a fusible link
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Old Jun 15, 2002 | 10:37 PM
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i saw that, thanks omid, but is that the high beam part as well.....?
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Old Jun 15, 2002 | 11:00 PM
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yup, that's for the whole headlight, the high beam and low beam get one positive connection. I think either the high beam or the low beam stays on, not both at the same time.
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Old Jun 15, 2002 | 11:21 PM
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so, ok, i have this stupid wire thats supposed to go to the high beam ....so which one of the 2 links should i use...(1 is for the retractor (raise lower lights)....

or do i just guess..and see what happens
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Old Jun 16, 2002 | 12:22 AM
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so, ok, i have this stupid wire thats supposed to go to the high beam ....so which one of the 2 links should i use...(1 is for the retractor (raise lower lights)....

or do i just guess..and see what happens
Hehe, I can just imagine guessing and when you flip on the high beams, the lights go down....
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Old Jun 16, 2002 | 01:28 AM
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heheheh..ok..well, do you know which link is the high beam one?
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Old Jun 16, 2002 | 01:31 AM
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i think you should get a relay and have a cable connected to battery with fuse for your FOG lamp positive.

Then connect the relay to the high beam switch
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Old Jun 16, 2002 | 01:32 AM
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k, fusible links go in order from bottom...

bottom - right headlight
middle - engine and all other electronics
top - left headlight

these monitor the light emitting and raising of the headlights.

the fuse inside the car for the running lights, dash lights, etc controls the headlights retracting (going down). I know this because I just spent like 2 months trying to figure out why my headlights would go up, but not down... Oh yeah, it turned out to be the owner before (I don't think it was you Paul) put in a 30 amp blade fuse AFTER the 15 amp light fuse... dunno why, but it was there. I looked at my fuse panel, saw a green blade fuse in the viscinity of the running light fuse, and saw it was burnt out. Replaced it, replaced the 15 amp tube fuse, and low and behold, they worked!! yay!... anyways... lata

Jeff

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Old Jun 16, 2002 | 01:56 AM
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hehe..omid.....i already have said relay and connected to battery with a separate switch

its just a pain in the *** to ...

when traffic comes

a. take off high beams with columm switch (factory)

b. turn off driving lights with other switch

where is this high beam switch (or somewhere i can attach the wire to
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Old Jun 16, 2002 | 07:56 AM
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well the wire should be in the steering column with other wires for the high/low beam and turn signals.
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