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Flicktitty · 07-31-2011, 05:11 PM

Hey guys. in need of some help.

had the car out yesterday and the headlights worked fine. took the car home last night and started wiring up the blinkers/corners/fogs on the brick headlights.

i got the drivers side (right) to work. just not the left. It's the wiring for the normal low/high beams the ones that plug right in. they aren't getting any power to the plug. Also tried the bulb still works. swapped out light switches no changes. Checked the fuses they seem fine. anything else i can check? The relay for the left headlight (the working one) is getting power but the right one (the bad one) is not seeing power. Where does it get power from?

the car was 100% Stock till Last November and the lights worked less then 24 hours ago. BTW. car isn't anywhere near low enough for the wiring to be damaged.

cotbu · 07-31-2011, 05:15 PM

check the plug by the battery, the red one iirc.
how are you checking the fuses?

Mishkin_707 · 08-01-2011, 09:37 PM

Just switch the headlight relay from the working light to the non working side, and remember, OEM Silvia corner lights, the clearish part is just a constant "on" just put the parking light from the fender of the usdm fender and the yellow/amber part only comes on when the turn signals a used I wired the amber part to the front bumper lights, used a voltmeter to see which of the 3 wires gets the blinking 12v power took me about ten minutes to run the wires and have everything working

07-31-2011, 05:11 PM	#1
Flicktitty Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin Age: 34 Posts: 3,685 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	Only 1 working headlight (s13.Sil front) Hey guys. in need of some help. had the car out yesterday and the headlights worked fine. took the car home last night and started wiring up the blinkers/corners/fogs on the brick headlights. i got the drivers side (right) to work. just not the left. It's the wiring for the normal low/high beams the ones that plug right in. they aren't getting any power to the plug. Also tried the bulb still works. swapped out light switches no changes. Checked the fuses they seem fine. anything else i can check? The relay for the left headlight (the working one) is getting power but the right one (the bad one) is not seeing power. Where does it get power from? the car was 100% Stock till Last November and the lights worked less then 24 hours ago. BTW. car isn't anywhere near low enough for the wiring to be damaged. __________________ 2JZ-GTE Swapped S13 Coupe - 1994 Supra Turbo

07-31-2011, 05:15 PM	#2
cotbu Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SWFL Age: 47 Posts: 3,318 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	check the plug by the battery, the red one iirc. how are you checking the fuses? __________________ LoverTechnologies "Half Broken Things!"

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08-01-2011, 09:37 PM	#3
Mishkin_707 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: everywhere Age: 39 Posts: 729 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Just switch the headlight relay from the working light to the non working side, and remember, OEM Silvia corner lights, the clearish part is just a constant "on" just put the parking light from the fender of the usdm fender and the yellow/amber part only comes on when the turn signals a used I wired the amber part to the front bumper lights, used a voltmeter to see which of the 3 wires gets the blinking 12v power took me about ten minutes to run the wires and have everything working