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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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High Beams Go Out

Quick Question: What could cause my high beams to turn my lights off completely? Regular lights work fine but when I try to turn on the high beams, boom, they go off. Also, when I pull the arm, so the brights work w/o clicking on, it works fine.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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Clean out the multifuntion switch.
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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the combo switch probably needs cleaning...

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/combo-switch-question-374952/
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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I'll give it a shot. That's got to be it, I've been fiddling around around the steering column area and most likely knocked something loose.
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 85Rx007
I'll give it a shot. That's got to be it, I've been fiddling around around the steering column area and most likely knocked something loose.
Follow the advice of my esteemed colleagues and all will be well.
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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Take a look at this too... https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...dlight+cleaner
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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haha i was waiting for kentetsu 2 post up! i read that and it worked 4 me ^^
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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Who needs highbeams? This way you won't see the dear or bear your about to hit.

I waited until my normal beams started doing this before fixing it with Kentetsu's method. Good luck. SEARCH.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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For even better lighting, look into installing relays in the system. Info at www.danielsternlighting.com Also, if you install an additional relay so that you can run the low and high beams at the same time, well, the results are simply incredible. Since I did these two things, I have removed my two 130 watt spotlights because they were no longer needed.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 12:34 AM
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I got the relais put in my car and the diference was amazing.
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