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i am tring to figure out why my headlights suck so much, car behind me have more of an effect on the road ahead than i do
then i noticed that if i put the stereo near 1/2 volume at night my headlights visably dip with each bass boom. what would cause this. p.s. i dont have a sub/amp, just 250w 6" fronts, and 350?w 6*9"s p.p.s the electronics forum is looking like a good idea wink wink nudge nudge 
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| dsheps83 |
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check and or upgrade your wirring from the alt to the battery and from battery to lights.
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Possibly the altenator is about to s**t itself. About two years ago, my car was badly dimming lights (i have a 12" sub) and the volt gauge was dropping to about 12v with each bass pump and when thermos would come on would almost reach the bottom unless you lifted revs up a bit. My electrician said it was brushes on altenator (around $60) or the armature (bin it). Either repair or get one from wreckers about the same price
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do u have a capacitor (i think thats what it is) I had a mate with a torrie and his headlights was doin the morsecode when the sound was up. That was after his own "install" then he went and seen a audio jukie who rigged it up properly.
Worked great for 2 weeks till he pranged it. 
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schnoods wrote: do u have a capacitor (i think thats what it is) I had a mate with a torrie and his headlights was doin the morsecode when the sound was up. That was after his own "install" then he went and seen a audio jukie who rigged it up properly.
Worked great for 2 weeks till he pranged it. He shouldnt need a capacitor. His system isnt strong enough. I am running ~1500W RMS from 2 amps, and I dont have a capacitor. I have no probs with my lights dimming. It prolly is the alternator
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yeah check your alternator rushed or maybe some wires are out of place. check the batter terminals to see if the contacts are good
phong =P~
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need to clean your earths up a bit, were they contact onto the body/engine/chasis/whatever, maybe add another one.
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cool, ill get altinator checked, and clear out the earths abit. hope fully that helps.
any other ideas, so i can do them all in one hit. thanks Rushed. |
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Yeah capacitor would be overkill. Like I said, my lights rarely dim down nowadays since replacing brushes on mine. Some altenators can be changed at home just by removing altenator and replacing a small black box (also called a regulator).
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This also might be a problem with your low beam headlight relay. Try swapping it with the starter relay (I think they are the same color).
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also remember that ef/el headlight beams suck in general compared to the rice mobiles out there with xenon's
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throw HIDs in
better light, and they draw less power so they dont dim with current draw from amps etc.
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as aaron has documented in the past look at batt/alt combonations, he said the stock alt isnt really too bad, have to spend a few bucks to get a little bit stronger but with caps money better spend on a bigger battery. i used to have that dimming prob then i bought a 9core 550a massive a** battery bye bye problem.
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dsnow_01 wrote: then i bought a 9core 550a massive a** battery bye bye problem.
how much was this massive a** battery |
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Optima yellow tops retail for about 400
i can get these thru a contact for around $330 if anyones interested Thats what i had in the fairlane also upgrade teh earth wire near teh fuse box ( the one that goes from the car to the battery) i changed mine to 4gauge and has a significant improvement I also changed my alternator wire to battery from teh 8gauge to 4 gauge
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