i had one of my my silverstars burn out. i had to replace the whole light and bulb adaptor wire thingy bought one from auto zone.

headlight is working but not as bright as other one. swapped bulbs and same result.

is there a relay for each bulb? checked connections all fine.
Any suggestions?
thanks.

 

did you replace the bulb with the same type of bulb?

when you say you swapped bulbs and got the same result, did the brigher side follow the bulb, or did the same side stay bright even after swapping the bulbs?

 

If it burned the actual bulb holder and you replaced it; the wire from the actual harness may be burnt and is adding resistance to the flow of current. You may have to ghetto rig it by taping off the low beam wire on that head light and running a new wire spliced from the low beam wire on the good light.

 

I heard when putting replacement bulbs in a maxima you need to get a aftermarket harness because the stock ones burn out easy.

 

Check the harness to make sure you don't have the high and low beam wires connected incorrectly.

 

There must've been something else going wrong with your wiring; a Silverstar bulb draws the same power as a "stock" bulb and can be used as a direct replacement. The Silverstars alone wouldn't - or shouldn't - have toasted your wires.

I've ran Silverstars and Narvas on several cars without any probs, other than the shorter - year or so - lifespan of a Silverstar or Narva over a stock bulb.

 

"headlight is working but not as bright as other one. swapped bulbs and same result."

Not as bright,in high beam mode or low beam or both?
When swapped bulbs with same result, same result on the side where the new socket is or same result with same bulb on either side?

 

swapped bulbs and same result. bulb was not the problem. possibly something with wiring. will try swapping connections. thanks.

 

i've had this problem before. Its not the harness, but im not even sure. I upgraded to HIDS before i could diagnoise it.