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Well I just installed these: http://www.aztec8.com/catalog/i40.html. Install was easy and everything went fine until I turn the key and...nothing. Low beams didn't work and high beams didn't work. I had used some twist-on wire connectors that have silicone inside and a seal on the end for outdoor/marine use (all I could find around my house at the time). So after I cursed a bit after discovering the headlights didn't work I saw on the package of the wire connectors "For use on copper wires only", and the wires on the Aztecs are aluminum I think (they're silver, so definitely not copper). So I went out and got some wire crimp connectors like I probably should have done in the first place, re-connect the hi-beam, lo-beam, and ground wires, turn the key and...nothing. So I check the fuses and find a blown low beam fuse and a blown high beam fuse. So I have to make another trip to the hardware store, but I have a couple questions. Do you think the silicone connectors compared to crimp-connectors had anything to do with it or am I just drawing too much power (essentially twice as much as the stock headlight, after all). I've read about a solution where you bypass the headlight switch using a relay but I really, really don't like doing electrical work, I'll take mechanical work over electrical any day. Does anyone know how to do this or how hard it is? And lastly, the fuses that blew are both 10A. I'm aprehensive about putting 15A fuses in there to see if it works for fear of damaging down-stream components, but I'd rather do this if it works and has no ill effects than wiring a headlight-switch-bypass-relay deal. So that's my story, just asking for a little advice from you dual headlight havers/electrical whizzes. On the plus side though, they look really nice! Thanks for any input.
-Steve
Well I just installed these: http://www.aztec8.com/catalog/i40.html. Install was easy and everything went fine until I turn the key and...nothing. Low beams didn't work and high beams didn't work. I had used some twist-on wire connectors that have silicone inside and a seal on the end for outdoor/marine use (all I could find around my house at the time). So after I cursed a bit after discovering the headlights didn't work I saw on the package of the wire connectors "For use on copper wires only", and the wires on the Aztecs are aluminum I think (they're silver, so definitely not copper). So I went out and got some wire crimp connectors like I probably should have done in the first place, re-connect the hi-beam, lo-beam, and ground wires, turn the key and...nothing. So I check the fuses and find a blown low beam fuse and a blown high beam fuse. So I have to make another trip to the hardware store, but I have a couple questions. Do you think the silicone connectors compared to crimp-connectors had anything to do with it or am I just drawing too much power (essentially twice as much as the stock headlight, after all). I've read about a solution where you bypass the headlight switch using a relay but I really, really don't like doing electrical work, I'll take mechanical work over electrical any day. Does anyone know how to do this or how hard it is? And lastly, the fuses that blew are both 10A. I'm aprehensive about putting 15A fuses in there to see if it works for fear of damaging down-stream components, but I'd rather do this if it works and has no ill effects than wiring a headlight-switch-bypass-relay deal. So that's my story, just asking for a little advice from you dual headlight havers/electrical whizzes. On the plus side though, they look really nice! Thanks for any input.
-Steve