Hi/Low-Beams(?) won't work!

panda-supra · 03-23-2006, 11:44 PM

I bought my 1984 Supra used about three months ago, and come to find out now that State of Texas will throw a fit if your hi-beams don't work ><.

Now I use the switch attached to my steering wheel to put the lights up, and I notice that the Hi-Beams symbol is on my turn-signal stick, but using it doesn't change the lights any and the Hi-Beam indicator on the dash won't light up. The only way to fix it (so I'm told) is to leave it at this auto-electrical shop for a day and they want 50 bucks just to take the switch apart and look at it. But before they go in and hack at something, I'm kinda curious about which lights are which first.

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/satu...upralights.jpg

This is an image of what my supra looks like(no body kit though, car in pic is actually from celicasupra.com) and I've noticed that when I've got my lights on, everything but the bottom two middle lights will work.

The Foglights on the bottom; they *seem* to be split into two parts because only the very outer end of the foglights will light up and the middle of the foglights stay dark. Are these supposed to be the low-beams on my year Supra or do they just not light up in the middle? I just want to be sure I'm not looking the wrong place for the problem.

03-23-2006, 11:44 PM	#1
panda-supra Stock Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 19	Hi/Low-Beams(?) won't work! I bought my 1984 Supra used about three months ago, and come to find out now that State of Texas will throw a fit if your hi-beams don't work ><. Now I use the switch attached to my steering wheel to put the lights up, and I notice that the Hi-Beams symbol is on my turn-signal stick, but using it doesn't change the lights any and the Hi-Beam indicator on the dash won't light up. The only way to fix it (so I'm told) is to leave it at this auto-electrical shop for a day and they want 50 bucks just to take the switch apart and look at it. But before they go in and hack at something, I'm kinda curious about which lights are which first. http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/satu...upralights.jpg This is an image of what my supra looks like(no body kit though, car in pic is actually from celicasupra.com) and I've noticed that when I've got my lights on, everything but the bottom two middle lights will work. The Foglights on the bottom; they seem to be split into two parts because only the very outer end of the foglights will light up and the middle of the foglights stay dark. Are these supposed to be the low-beams on my year Supra or do they just not light up in the middle? I just want to be sure I'm not looking the wrong place for the problem. Last edited by panda-supra; 03-24-2006 at 12:15 AM.