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Old 05-21-2012, 02:25 PM
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stumped with fog lights?
The fog lights on my max arent coming on. I have HIDs in there and the fog light mod where they come on with out the headlights. They stopped working awhile ago where i thought it was the ballast, and i just left them that way and figured id get to it when i get to em. Well i got to them this weekend, replaced the ballast and viola...Nothing!!! I can hear the relay clicking so i cancelled that out, and its obviously not the ballast since they arent coming on either. I set everything back to stock to see if there was a problem with my wiring maybe coming loose or something... not that either. I doubt its the bulbs because those bulbs are relatively new. anything else i should be looking at??
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Does this mod still use the switch? It might of went bad or possibly a fuse because the wiring wasn't ideal?
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
Does this mod still use the switch? It might of went bad or possibly a fuse because the wiring wasn't ideal?
yup still uses the switch. checked the fuses too. all good
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Did you touch the HID bulbs? Maybe they burnt out prematurely. Did you solder the wires together? Could be not making a full 12v connection?
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Before throwing parts on it, get a meter and check for power and ground through the entire circuit.
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Old 05-21-2012, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
Did you touch the HID bulbs? Maybe they burnt out prematurely. Did you solder the wires together? Could be not making a full 12v connection?
no.. no touching and no solder. but they were working fine as they were before, and thats why i thought the ballast went. and when u go to turn em on you can hear them sounding like they are going to come on but no light.
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Old 05-21-2012, 07:05 PM
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lady friend having the same problems with her headlights...ill be lurking this thread lol. switch ballasts and bulbs?
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Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
Before throwing parts on it, get a meter and check for power and ground through the entire circuit.
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Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
Before throwing parts on it, get a meter and check for power and ground through the entire circuit.
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yup,
start after the relay because you said it clicks when the switch is activated
then go though the circuit one piece at a time unplug and check voltage until you reach 0 volts
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Old 05-21-2012, 10:15 PM
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How deep in Jersey are you? Maybe I help j00 out for a fee lol
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Originally Posted by ChrisMan287
How deep in Jersey are you? Maybe I help j00 out for a fee lol
im in passaic.... north jersey
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Originally Posted by maxxxdout
im in passaic.... north jersey
Hmm.. Shoot me a PM. Maybe we can meet up on Sunday or somethin'.
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