headlight problem

[johnnymolloy]

i noticed the other night that my lights arent workin i have dipped lights and high beams just not the other ones i checked the fuse and earths they are not the pop up lights their some sort of hid re am style ones just not sure on the brand can anyone give me some clues wat might be wrong cheers

[SiH]

Got dash lights and tail lights?

First ports of call with all external lighting problems are the dimmer switch on the dash, and, more often than not, the TNS relay on the slam panel.

[MaLicE]

im confused, you have dipped and high beam? but they arent working?? do you mean the side lights?? take a picture to show what you mean?

[johnnymolloy]

ok i got a picture not the exact same but that style wats wrong is i have dipped workin and high beams (wat you use on dark country roads) and the ones not workin are for normal night drivin in lit up places
 
http://s903.photobucket.com/albums/ac231/johnnymolloy/?action=view¤t=rx7lights.jpg

[MaLicE]

ones you have marked as dipped... they are side lights, they should be on all the time when your lights are turned on (first click on the stalk) when you go to the second click, one of the big lamps should come on for dipped, then when you push the stalk away, the other should either come on turning the first big lamp off or it should come on as well as the first big lamp.

you will prob find someone has dicked about with the wireing to make them work that way...

basically if you unbolt the light unit you should see the lamps plugged in to a 3 pin headlight connector, most of the time its just spade terminals plugged in, one of the 3 terminals should be earth, one should be 12v on when the stick is dipped, and then the other should be 12v when on main beam...

the lights in your bumper should be wired up elsewhere... unless someone has put the feed light units in, or they have modded the light units to work as headlights... but i cant see why :S easiest would be to do more investigation in to wireing or take it to an auto electrician... shouldnt take them more than 30 mins to sort.

[johnnymolloy]

sorry ye now that i look at it those one i have marked as dipped are a mistake thay come on with the first click and all the time when the dipped lamp comes on
 
jus to make sure its the dipped that are not workin i got them all mixed up
 
ill have look through it tomorrow
cheers

[MaLicE]

so the dipped isnt working but the main is? whoever fitted the lights might of connected them to a relay so the dipped and mains come on when the main is selected, if so the relay or the fuse might of gone or possibly the bulbs are blown...

[johnnymolloy]

if by main you mean side lights ye they are workin and the dipped arent