Problem with my right headlight...

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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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Unhappy Problem with my right headlight...

My right headlight started flickering last week. I switch bulbs and it wasn't that, so I went ahead and ordered a whole new setup (ballast/Ignitor). It came in today, I went to install it and it won't turn on. It will just flicker and shut off like it doesnt have enough power to turn it on. I tried switching it on the other side and the new ballast works. From last week til now the old ballast was just flickering on my car and I wonder if that was the reason because i left it on there for too long. It wasnt that bright but i didnt want to get pulled over so i left it on there til my new ones come. My new ones didnt come in til a week later. I check the fuses and they were alright. I dont know if it might be the wires that power the right headlight. Does anyone know whats going on???
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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was the phrase- I have new bulbs- somewhere in there???

The power spikes-surges from the flickering, will eat the remaining bulb life on many gen2 cars
A lot of us are replacing bulbs and brake calipers and master cylinders these days
just from age wear failures
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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I did put a new bulb too... I had a extra one laying around. Same thing happen I put everything new on tha right headlight... Just seems like there isnt enought power to ignite the light on... The new one will flicker and jus turn off but the old one will jus keep flickering
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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check the ground wires and all connections is the best I can suggest at this point
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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I went to go look at my passenger side headlight and my corners seem to be weaker then the left side. The left side is so much brighter. I have led corners and it has about 10 leds on them and the right side only 2-3 leds working only and my left corners all 10 are working. Seems lik the right lost power or somthing...
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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Nevermind guys... haha found out the problem... It was a damnnn relay. I guess the relay was bad. They have these lighting relays in the fuse box under the hood. There is two lighting relays and a horn relay one right next to it. The horn relay was the same relay as the lighting so I switched them over and my passenger side works now. I just have to go get a new relay for my horn which doesnt work after i swtiched it. I didnt kno a relay can do all that to my lights. Saved me some money ahahahah problem solved. Thanks anyways guys...
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