low beams stay on with high beams ... free upgrade

low beams stay on with high beams ... free upgrade

12-27-2003, 08:42 PM

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2broke2smoke

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low beams stay on with high beams ... free upgrade

read how to do this on DTR forums, just thought i'd run it by you guys to see if there could be any potential problem ...
post stated that this had been done to a '02-01-96 for a while with no problems

remove panel under column
on the steering column bundle locate a light green and violet with white stripe wire .... use a wire tap connector ... take pocket knife and cut out the dead end of the connector to "saddle" both wires together ...
viola lows stay on when high beams are lit ...
there are two light greens ... take a piercing tester and find out which light green turns the light on and off with the switch ... mine was the darker of the two

i've been running this for a week now and it is great, would like to hear any negative comments ... if there is the potential for a problem i'll just remove the connector

quoting the author of the original post; "this mod simply shorts across the low beam disconnect contacts of the multifunction switch. This will make the low beam filaments light as long as the light switch is turned on"

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