Headlights stopped working (4th gen)

Post by **newkid** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:46 pm

Got a jdm fuse box here if you need it. Removed from car I'm breaking

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:55 am

Only just picked this up.
Yep, dunno where you got the idea that wings needed to be removed to get too he earth's?

Anyway...
Any joy yet?
You can confirm for sure it's the earth that's faulty by just bare ending a wire, pushing that into the back of the headlight connector (on the correct earth pin!!!) and holding the other end on the earth post on the battery.

Post by **vanzep** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 3:23 pm

yeah i dont know why i thought that either

we did try running an earth from the back of the connector to the battery and did get lights but very dim - just glowing orange.

im leaning towards the icm on the back of the interior fuse box - this controls the dim dip and is just a little circuit board so something may have blow on that.
i have a spare icm and also planning to cut off the old headlight connectors and solder new ones in place before i do anything.
i also remember doing a very poor repair to the speaker connector in the passenger door a couple of days before the lights stopped working so will have to check and redo that as well however as it stands- the speaker and absolutely everything else on the car works spot on.