Both Headlights Went Out Now...

[Modena]

A week ago one of my headlights went out for no apparent reason as I just got new head bulbs... I thought ok... will fix soon.

Tonight as turned on my headlights, the second headlight went out too, it came on for half a second then went out! So now I only have driving lights working.

Wtf? lol

Im gonna try and put back my stock head light bulbs on tomorrow as I have aftermerket Jap headlight bulbs...

Anyway any ideas wtf is goin on?

Those headlights were roughly 8 weeks old.

Edited August 9, 2006 by Sir-D

[AzzurrA]

youve obviously checked that the bulbs aren't blown?

checked the connections? (both to the bulb, and to the wiring loom?)

checked the fuses?

[mr_crust]

first thing to check is the fuses. Chuck in the head light bulbs and then change the fuse.

Go turn on the head lights and see what happens, if they pop the fuse straight away it means that its shorting out somewhere. Either you have exposed wires or you have added some electronic gizmo recently which isnt wired in properly.

or are the new headlights the same as stock 12V / 55W ?

[Modena]

I plugged in old buklb and still no light!

What fuses do i need for my car and where are they? R33 S2 help plz!!

Also where can i buy em?

[Modena]

Can some one plz show me where to locate the fuse for headlights and how to remove it and where to buy the replacement one?

Im kinda desperate.

Cheers.

[MANWHOR3]

Yep, I can. haahah, any lighting questions, I am the sau guru.

Fuses are in the boot. in the battery compartment. pop off the cover.

It just takes normal 20cent blade fuses. Check them.

Have a look at the actual bulb itself. If you're not sure, take a good quality pic of both bulbs and post it up, i'll tell you if it's blown.

Chris

[mr_crust]

for an r33 s2 they are under the bonnet in the fuse box on the left hand side, there should be 1 fuse for left head light and 1 fuse for right head light, both are 20amp fuses, change these and you should be on your way.

you can get them from super cheap auto for about 2bux for a pack of 10 or so

[blind_elk]

Check the switch - they are a known problem in Skylines.

You can test the bulbs (you still haven't given any detail of the actual bulb) by running them directly off the battery for a few seconds.

[Modena]

Ok my head bulbs fried... funny cos they were MTEC, Japanese brand and only had them for under 2 months.

I fitted my old ones in and they were fine...I didnt know u need to have them inserted all the way in to test... +ve and -ve.

PS yes the fuses are under the bonnet, not in the back Manwhor3.

[Kinks]

if they're those ones that have a blue coating on the lens then they probably overheated because the blue coating blocks light and turns it into heat, rather than radiating 99.9% of the light as a conventional clear-glass globe would do.

get a set of narva plus 50's and forget about all that cool white, HID look-alike crap!

[monkeykplunk]

I've got pretty much the same problem too.

I'm going out to check fuses now, are the fuses for an R33 S1 in the boot then?

Cause theres none under the bonnet for headlights.