I really hated that i ripped the blue condom like things that go over the HVAC bulbs so i decided to replace them with blue bulbs, only problem is that no one makes blue 74 bulbs. So i cut the wires and wired two plasma blue 194 bulbs which slid in perfectly and light it up really sweet. Ill take pics soon.
Anyways, now my dimmer switch doesnt work. I read in other threads that when you are running too much power the dimmer switch doesnt work anymore and that i should run them to my corner and parking lights.
Does the dimmer switch have a fuse?? Is there anything i can do or should i rewire them back to the stock look.
I dont know alot about the wiring inside this car, i have to dive into myne as well, but it makes sence to me that when you draw to much amperage through a circut that it could cut out features as dimmer switches. I think you should return the wiring to stock from there and maybe run a toggle to the lights you have installed with a fuse and run the power from a the fuse box.
glad to hear the 194 LEDs worked. My dimmer switch sucks, if I leave it all the way "ON" it doesnt work, usually if I mess with it, the lights come back on. So are your lights not coming on at all or you just cant adjust the brightness of them?
this is a very common problem on b14's.......the dimmer switch not working...all u have to do is open up the dimmer switch(take it out)....and u will see these wires that look like a leaf rake that slide over a circuit board, well basically u have to pull on those lil wires so that they make a connection because if it doesnt make a connection to the circuit board it acts as if its off or as if its not working......same thing happened to me, fixed that....i also fixed Liuspeed's dimmer
They turn on but i cant adjust the brightness, luckily they were on the brightest setting.
UPDATE: I pulled a harness yesterday trying to remove it so that it could make it easier for me to wire the bulbs, but failed and i forgot to push it back in fully. I remembered at 2:30am this morning, pushed it in, and voila: it worked.
my interior lights just randomly go out and when you jiggle the dimmer switch they comeback on. any thoughts on what the problem maybe
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Originally posted by superfro86 my interior lights just randomly go out and when you jiggle the dimmer switch they comeback on. any thoughts on what the problem maybe
dude, read what i posted before.......its all in the switch.so easy to repair.......dealership wanted to charge liuspeed like 70$ for a new switch, he came to me for help, and i saved him some money.....try it
too much wattage will do it. We have a very weak dimmer switch and it can't hold much more than what's already on it. I fried mine with only 6 LEDs and as you prolly know, leds draw next to nothing. I think it's the big transistor inside the dimmer that's the culprit. Mine was at a medium setting and it would not get brighter or dimmer.
the dealership wanted $45 for a dimmer, so I went to a JY and scrapped one from a different b14. Works fine now (removed the LEDs of course)
I have a local JY that has a bunch of B14s, I can prolly scrap about 6 or 7 if I need to. If anyone want's one from there, I can prolly supply them for less than $8.
Originally posted by sr20 805 this is a very common problem on b14's.......the dimmer switch not working...all u have to do is open up the dimmer switch(take it out)....and u will see these wires that look like a leaf rake that slide over a circuit board, well basically u have to pull on those lil wires so that they make a connection because if it doesnt make a connection to the circuit board it acts as if its off or as if its not working......same thing happened to me, fixed that....i also fixed Liuspeed's dimmer
How do we open the dimmer switch panel? The dash doesn't have to come off does it? I've heard that it does, but also that it does not. That's why I haven't checked mine. I haven't wanted to take the dash off. I think I'll solder the wires into place when I finally open it up. It isn't going to come apart that way.
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