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headlight bulb trouble after swap

boggin

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newfoundland, canada
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89 BII
hey, in my 89 BII, i changed out the headlight bulbs for some ebay ones that are crystal white and they were awesome for the first couple times i used them and now when i turn on the headlights, the passenger side bulb is very dim, you cant even tell its on unless you get out and look at it, and that same side signal light dont work, and the signal indicator is on in the dash when the headlights are turned on.
thanks for any help i can get
 






i learned my lesson buying xenon/hyper white bulbs from ebay. first couple would do the same as yours. kept swapping them out and finally it quit working. after looking at the plug i noticed that the wires has melted a little bit. my suggestion is to remove those and either go with sylvania ultras or maybe a hid kit.good luck
 






thanks man, think i found my trouble tho.
there was a ground wire going from the batt terminal to the rad support, and another that i didnt know where it lead to, so i went to unbolt them to make it longer because i needed to re-route the negative battery terminal, but the bolt twisted off so the wires are just hanging there, and i tried starting the b2 like that and she worked fine so i left the wires alone.
so my guess is that unknown wire was a ground for the headlight?

also, the hid kit is coming, just ordered jeep coil springs though so the hids will have to wait a bit
 






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