2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Sport headlight upgrade issue

[Axtell3]

I finally bit the bullet and bought the goodies to fix my lights.
Lights from ebay, and harnesses from LMC. Got them all installed no issues but when I turned them on, I have all four lamps lit, whether they are on high or low beam. I thought that they would run 2 beams on low, and 4 on high. am I missing something?
Thanks folks!

 

[ESwartzer]

Did you install the right bulbs? If you did then the harness may not be wired correctly.

 

[CRodi]

Sounds right.

You should have 4 filaments burning on low beam and 4 filaments burning on high beam. I had a hard time checking mine, because it was very sunny when I finally finished.

 

[Axtell3]

That's the way they run, Bulbs were pre installed. Not looking for police attention, or blow anyone off the road at night.

 

[ESwartzer]

When I bought a cheap wiring harness for an upgrade my low beams were fine, but when I switched to high beams the only thing that lit were the two high beam elements which illuminated long and outside but left the whole inside low beam area dark. I went to Daniel Stern lighting and viewed his schematics and found that the wiring was all wrong. The wiring also had too small of a gauge to really increase the brightness as I wanted. So I ordered the parts online and made my own harnesses and they work just like stock only about 20% brighter! Go to Stern and do a wiring trace and see if its correct, mine wasn't!

 

[Axtell3]

I think I'll do that, thanks.

 

[Axtell3]

Wow. I finally got a test run with them. If you haven't done this mod, you owe it to yourself to do it. I was actually enjoying the drive home tonight!

 

[Cosmo]

Huge difference, isn't it? I told a guy to look into it, as he was replacing a headlight bulb on his 1/2 ton with clouded lenses at 9pm in the parking lot of the local parts store...

 

[Axtell3]

Shocking difference, plus the random lights out issue is gone. That alone kept me home at night this summer.