headlight help

[jaccord96]

so both of my low beams decided not to work anymore... i checked the bulbs and the fuses, but there fine... the high beams still work, so im stumped.....is there a relay or somthing i could check/ replace? my crappy hanes manual dosnt say shit on headlights.....i guess i have a 5:00 cufew till i get em fixed. sombody, anybody, please help quick...... :(

[anasowner]

dude this may sound funky but try it..........take your bulbs out, and cheack the harness where the bulbs connect, Ive seen on some accords as well as other cars with age, This nasty what looks like peanut butter type corrosion accumulates around there and gorunds out the wires, check that out and if thats the case clean it out real good with some qtips and goo gone

[jdmaccordbo!916]

anasowner.. that dont sound funky at all yo.. that is what i was about to post when i read this thread.. good ish... it sounds definatly like it is the conection problem to me.. i had the same thing happen but with the highs instead... i cleaned them out with qutips an it worked fine after that.. if you do this, an it still is going on, then you might wanna check the wires themselfs as well...

[jaccord96]

yeah, no funky stuff.. any other ideas? also, if one light did ground out, wouldnt the other still work?

[jaccord96]

is there any relays/ or anything on this system that would only affect low beams?

[jdmaccordbo!916]

ya if one grounded out, then the other should still work... let me look in my shop manuel an see what i can find in there for you.. brb

[Infini Omega]

maybe your bulbs blew? did you check your fuses (are there separate fuses?)? is the connector secure?

[jdmaccordbo!916]

well i looked in the shop manuel jsut now, an i dont see shit in there aobut the headlights, besides how to take them out.. ill try an find some more out latter tommorow....

[jaccord96]

connectors, fuses, bulbs.....check. everything is in order, just my low beams wont come on......only 8 hours till dark...HELP

[jaccord96]

la la la....(just wanted to c my count roll over to 100)

[jdmaccordbo!916]

well im heading to a shop right about now.. ill see if i can get something figured out.. ill try an get back to you before your night curfue...heheheheh
did you try pressing on the connection pretty hard when it is on the lightbulb.. sometimes that will help... (thats what i had to do with my moms acocrd) it works fine now.. the wires where coming lose from the connection, so maybe check that as well....

[Infini Omega]

check your BULB!!

[jdmaccordbo!916]

he said the bulbs are fine.. it has to be something with the wires..

[Infini Omega]

dead wires.....

[jdmaccordbo!916]

thats what i was thinkin...

[Infini Omega]

its over bye bye accord

[jdmaccordbo!916]

yup kiss it goodbye.. the car is toast....lol











sorry didnt mean to scare ya ther bro.. but if the bulbs work an the fuses aint blown, then it has to be the wires..

[Infini Omega]

it shall be a bitch to rewire them too

[jdmaccordbo!916]

it shouldnt be to hard.. i rewired the car when i put in the jdm lights.. it was not that diffacult.. but it was not fun thats for shure...

[jaccord96]

its over bye bye accord

dont make me cry :( ......
well i figured it out, dont laugh..
i guess both of my headlights blew at the same time only they looked intack, and the replacment bulb i tried to swap in (to c if it was the bulbs) was no good either. after studying the bulbs, i noticed that there are 2 bare
wires going from the base to the bulb and on all of them one of theses wires was cooroded and burnt, so i ended up doing the 9005/ 9006 conversion cuz these arte the only bulbs i had layen around.
as for the conversion, i used my stock stanley high beams, and they produce way more light than my forty dollar wanna be hid's. i recomend this swap if you need more light... works great.

[jdmaccordbo!916]

what do you mena.. you took the highs an placed them in to where the lows would normaly go.. i did that before.. it works realy well.. but the cops will pull you over if it is to bright.. so watch out...