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Old 03-16-2015, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jordanb8812
I'm not sure which ones exactly, I would look at any that I thought had any relation with what was wrong.
Ok thank you for the help, I've asked around at work and one of the person thinks its the fuses and he's letting me use his fuse tester.
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Maybe the headlight switch itself went bad, did you do any work with it? Does the fog light indicator illuminate when you pull out on switch for the fog lights?
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Originally Posted by Dembruski
Maybe the headlight switch itself went bad, did you do any work with it? Does the fog light indicator illuminate when you pull out on switch for the fog lights?
Would the headlight switch cause all of my lights minus the headlights to not work? And no the illuminator doesnt for the fog light is out as well. I didnt do any work to the headlight switch when installing the new lights.
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Would the headlight switch cause all of my lights minus the headlights to not work? And no the illuminator doesnt for the fog light is out as well. I didnt do any work to the headlight switch when installing the new lights.
It contols a lot more that you think it does, here is a few pictures. If the foglights or headlights were wired wrong it can overload and burn up any switch.

With a multimeter you can start doing some testing at the switch to isolate the problem I hope.

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Originally Posted by Customization
Would the headlight switch cause all of my lights minus the headlights to not work? And no the illuminator doesnt for the fog light is out as well. I didnt do any work to the headlight switch when installing the new lights.
The easiest test you could do for this would be to put the stock OEM units back in. If everything works, then you have your answer; the aftermarket housings (headlight and fog) would be causing your issues.

before you go replacing headlight switches and hacking up the factory wiring, I'd suggest the above simple test first.
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Originally Posted by Bucko
The easiest test you could do for this would be to put the stock OEM units back in. If everything works, then you have your answer; the aftermarket housings (headlight and fog) would be causing your issues.

before you go replacing headlight switches and hacking up the factory wiring, I'd suggest the above simple test first.

If it is the aftermarket ones causing the issue what can I do to fix it so that way I can use them?
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Originally Posted by Customization
If it is the aftermarket ones causing the issue what can I do to fix it so that way I can use them?
You can START by answering the question that was asked twice already - "what exact headlights?" Make / manufacturer / any other relevant details.

Pics would help.

Who'd you buy from a - a company or end-user? If company, where is their documentation & support?

Do they include a FUSED plug & play harness? If not, return them. It's junk.


Fuse tester?!? all you need is a multimeter or a test light.

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Just want to say thanks to everyone that helped, I figured it out ended up being fuse 6.
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Glad you got it fixed! Did you disconnect the battery when you did the install? You probably blew the fuse while hooking everything up. Post some pics so we can see em
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Originally Posted by Customization
Checked them, multiple times. I'm not that stupid.
forgot to check fuses ??



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