Headlights!

[Scottish IS200]

Hey Gents.

I have a problem! My car got vandalised. My drivers headlamp smashed and my bumber damaged. Got the insurance to sort it. It went into the bodyshop and it was out in no time. Got a nice shiney new headlight and a new bumper.

I noticed that night that when i switched on my dipped beam....the high beam would come on too!! Just two clicks on the light stalk from the steering column would turn on both my high beams AND my dipped. It even indicates so on the dash! I have an HID conversion kit. it wasnt damaged and i've had them for well over a year so i'm certain they are not to blame. I asked the body shop to look into it, after all they did fanny about with the bulbs when replacing the headlight unit. They deny everything. " We're a body shop, not elictricians!" Right-o!! The refuse to take the car in. The say my HID's are not covered by my insurance.

I have checked every fuse in the car. Every fuse. They are all fine. I have swapped ballasts all round and all that good stuff....the headlight bulbs all work. I just cannot understand what the prob could be. So i'm pouring my heart out to you guys hoping someone can help!

Cheers.

Chris

[aaronabbott]

have you checked it by taking the hids out,mines it the garage now for a similar problem and there was water/dampness in the fuse box in the drivers side footwell and it was all corroded some people had had this problem also check this first

[Scorps01]

Maybe they swapped the bulbs round i.e maybe they put the HID bulbs in the h/beam?

[Scottish IS200]

have you checked it by taking the hids out,mines it the garage now for a similar problem and there was water/dampness in the fuse box in the drivers side footwell and it was all corroded some people had had this problem also check this first

Yeah i had all those fuses out in the drivers side and they're all spot on. no probs down there. I dont actually have normal cheap bulbs to try with. i'll be buying them tomorrow. need them for my mot which is coming up.

Thanks dude

[Scottish IS200]

Maybe they swapped the bulbs round i.e maybe they put the HID bulbs in the h/beam?

I have hid kits in both dipped and high beam. but they're two slightly different bulbs. they cant be swapped round. had a look at that.

[aaronabbott]

have you checked it by taking the hids out,mines it the garage now for a similar problem and there was water/dampness in the fuse box in the drivers side footwell and it was all corroded some people had had this problem also check this first

Yeah i had all those fuses out in the drivers side and they're all spot on. no probs down there. I dont actually have normal cheap bulbs to try with. i'll be buying them tomorrow. need them for my mot which is coming up.

Thanks dude

its not the fuses its the actual connections in the board

[Scottish IS200]

have you checked it by taking the hids out,mines it the garage now for a similar problem and there was water/dampness in the fuse box in the drivers side footwell and it was all corroded some people had had this problem also check this first

Yeah i had all those fuses out in the drivers side and they're all spot on. no probs down there. I dont actually have normal cheap bulbs to try with. i'll be buying them tomorrow. need them for my mot which is coming up.

Thanks dude

its not the fuses its the actual connections in the board

I was right in about there...its sparkling clean.

[aaronabbott]

have you had the board out and actually looked insde?if its not that ive not got a clue

[Scottish IS200]

have you had the board out and actually looked insde?if its not that ive not got a clue

no one i've spoken to so far has had mate. thanks for the input though. it's much appreciated.

[Scorps01]

Isnt it illegal to have hid's in both, for dipped and h/beam?

Apart from whats been suggested im at a loss.

[Scottish IS200]

Isnt it illegal to have hid's in both, for dipped and h/beam?

Apart from whats been suggested im at a loss.

dunno!? passed the mot last year??

[aaronabbott]

have you had the board out and actually looked insde?if its not that ive not got a clue

no one i've spoken to so far has had mate. thanks for the input though. it's much appreciated.

many people have had it look

here

and here

[Scottish IS200]

have you had the board out and actually looked insde?if its not that ive not got a clue

no one i've spoken to so far has had mate. thanks for the input though. it's much appreciated.

many people have had it look

here

and here

today is the first time i looked on here and asked. i had only asked local garages. The sound sort of similar. But my lights switch off fine. its just when you turn them on that it happens. I just thought it was suspiscious after the car went in for work.

[baysidebluebnr34]

Have a look at the Rear fog light switch, this fixed my problem with the headlights