angel eye bulbs

[kipper]

i take it u mean the fuse board inside the car under the dash bit?

is it the head light fuses or is it more specific?

if i dont change the fuses wat will happen? so far theyre working fine with no problems.

[Tim_GTi]

Yeh the fuse board on the car.

There will be specific fuses for each headlight bulbs, they'll be right next to each other. 10A. I think they're 12 and 13 actually (on teh GTi they're around there anyway).

They'll probably pop at some point. So may aswell change them ahead of time!

[kipper]

fair enough the, i'll have a look tomorrow then. well later today. cheers.

[kipper]

had a look at the fuse box thing today and the lights did look like 12 and 13 so i thought id take the fuses out to check and when i took them out the lights still worked.... is that suppose to happen?

heres a pic of the card, not that its very clear n e way just so u can have a look.

[Tim_GTi]

Umm they shouldn't do? Unless they're semi covered by a different fuse also?

That picture is pretty blurry, but by the looks of it, it's the two on the top row, 4th and 5th one along.

[kipper]

thats what i thought. they are the numbers u told me, 12 and 13. took both out and the lights still work.

[kipper]

any ideas?

[Tim_GTi]

First scan both sides of the card, and see if any of them have the same symbol as 12 and 13, but just a bit smaller and with another logo also. If there is, this means that the bulbs also share this fuse with something else, and would explain why they still work. If this is the case, you now know the reason, so just change the fuses job done.

If not try removing all the fuses that have bulb like pictures, and see what they do. These will include the rear clusters fogs etc.. one of them may link to the lights also though.

Or even still there may be a reason as to why they work which i don't know about. But i would test out all the fuses.

[kipper]

i looked at the other side of the card and did see s ome pics which i wasnt sure if they were the lights. probably have a look tomorrow tho.... prob find i dont even have the more powerful fuses knowing me.

altho if i find out it is other fuses to i change both lots of fuses or just the ones that make the lights turn of?

[Tim_GTi]

Change just the 12 and 13 mate.

[alexperkins]

44 is LH dipped 45 is RH dipped (15A)

12 is RH Main and 13 is LH Main (10A)

[kipper]

heres a problem u might be able to solve......

i think i sorted that problem but now i given myself a bigger problem. i had another bulb with a dodgy connection and so i did the same witht he soldier on that one but now i think its short circuited it. all the lights went out.the main and full beam work but not the side lights, the angel eyes. i went through all the fuses and checked them and found one damaged one so changed that hoping it would sort eveerything but they still dont work..... any ideas?

also wat ones if n e, should i upgrade the fuses then?

[alexperkins]

no idea what uve done now. To blow both sets of lights out you must have a serious problem. Have you checked the bulbs?

[kipper]

swapped them for leds. all 20 of them. if i cant figure it out im gonna get my godfather to have a look on saturday and see if he can figure it out.