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Old 10-01-2005, 12:16 PM
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where is the fuse for the headlights????

Specifically the high beams/fog lights.. I cant seem to find it.
 
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if you take out the battery u will see behind the battery there is a cover take that off and all your main fuses are in there. most people don't know about that.. goodluck its a 10a fuse red
 
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Specifically the high beams/fog lights.. I cant seem to find it.
Coupe or Sedan? (I'm betting Coupe)

2003, 2003.5, 2004, 2004.5, 2005?
 

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Coupe, I found it in the repair manual. I still cant seem to find the fuse for the fog lights though, it didnt seem to be in there.
 
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Out of curiousity, what are you trying to do?

HIDs draw more initial current, so you may need a larger fuse than a 10A one.

Also, the stock wiring may or may not be able to handle that kind of a load over long periods of on/off cycles.
 
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Coupe, I found it in the repair manual. I still cant seem to find the fuse for the fog lights though, it didnt seem to be in there.
Assuming you have an 04.5 Coupe (info may be different for other years). For the Fog Lights only I'd recommend you check IPDM E/R - 15amp fuse #88. If that's not the problem you might check three 10 amp fuses #1, #6 & #18 in Fuse Block J/B (behind the drivers side kick panel). As a final step you might check 50 amp fusible link "F" in the Fusible Link and Fuse Block (in front of the battery). Note: Some of these fuses also serve double duty for the headlights.
 

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Originally Posted by E_K
Out of curiousity, what are you trying to do?

HIDs draw more initial current, so you may need a larger fuse than a 10A one.

Also, the stock wiring may or may not be able to handle that kind of a load over long periods of on/off cycles.

You hit the nail on the head, the fuse went out for my aftermarket HID's. I switched to a 15A which is what the stock low beams use and now it works fine.. I am a little worried about the wiring but its one or the other.. have the fuse go out at 10A or go with the 15A.
 

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Originally Posted by DaveO
Assuming you have an 04.5 Coupe (info may be different for other years) I'd recommend you check IPDM E/R - 15amp fuse #88. If that's not the problem you might check three 10 amp fuses #1, #6 & #18 in Fuse Block J/B (behind the drivers side kick panel). As a final step you might check 50 amp fusible link "F" in the Fusible Link and Fuse Block (in front of the battery). Note: Some of these fuses also serve double duty for the headlights.

Thanks, it was two of the 10A fuses at the IPDM E/R that fixed the problem.
 
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Originally Posted by tony
You hit the nail on the head, the fuse went out for my aftermarket HID's. I switched to a 15A which is what the stock low beams use and now it works fine.. I am a little worried about the wiring but its one or the other.. have the fuse go out at 10A or go with the 15A.
The other option is to go with a dedicated H4 wiring harness that will draw the current directly from the + terminal of the battery. To maintain use of the projector solenoid, you'll have to have a few relays and such. But I've had a hard time finding such a harness, even though I have one waiting to be shipped to me from Canada.

At this point you might as well go with the 15A fuse as what you're doing, and hope for the best. It's not worth the trouble to mess with your wiring again.
 
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The other option is to go with a dedicated H4 wiring harness that will draw the current directly from the + terminal of the battery. To maintain use of the projector solenoid, you'll have to have a few relays and such. But I've had a hard time finding such a harness, even though I have one waiting to be shipped to me from Canada.

At this point you might as well go with the 15A fuse as what you're doing, and hope for the best. It's not worth the trouble to mess with your wiring again.

I actually had one before, it was the HID kit that Alan sells on this site.. I forget the name but wiring it up wasn't too bad. The only problem I had was the passenger side headlight would not turn off so I had to completely disconnect the kit.
 
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