Headlight Solution (Please Sticky)

so i replaced the battery cuz it had a dead cell anyway, and that did not fix the issue. then i adjusted the headlight to full open manually, and figured "hey, why not try and see if the motor will even make it go down?", so i tried and it went down, so i turned them back on AND IT WENT UP.....so i dont know if maybe the pivot arm just went too far the last time it closed and got stuck to where the motor thought it was all the way up when it was really down. but hey, now i have a perfectly working headlight again :cheers: :woot2:

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Originally Posted by EleventHour

... now i have a perfectly working headlight again :cheers: :woot2:

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It's great that I was so awesome with all my help! :D j/k, man...congrats on having a functioning headlight!

SA :cool:

how about this though,have any of you guys turned your park lights on,but when you tried to turn your headlights on they didnt light up? the lights would pop up,but wont light up like I said before & you had to turn them off & then turn them on again for them to work?

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Originally Posted by fbodyNATION

how about this though,have any of you guys turned your park lights on,but when you tried to turn your headlights on they didnt light up? the lights would pop up,but wont light up like I said before & you had to turn them off & then turn them on again for them to work?

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yup, plenty of times.

Not I.


SA :cool:

I tried the 180 trick but it didn't work for me, still made noise (going up instead of down). I purchased a new gear and will swap it this weekend.
Will any epoxy work to seal it up ?

Just started having this problem with right headlight. Going too HOPEFULLY fix it now, did ordered another gear.
I turned the knob and it worked!!!! THANKS LS1 for the info. Now too clean all the bugs up for a Car Show Saturday & Sunday. :luvlove:

Where are you guys ordering gears from? I've seen a popular one but most of the posts from it are back in 07. Kinda scared to order from him, dunno if he's still active. Thanks

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Originally Posted by Kramsdell

Where are you guys ordering gears from? I've seen a popular one but most of the posts from it are back in 07. Kinda scared to order from him, dunno if he's still active. Thanks

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I tried another plastic gear but still had problems a week later. Purchased a rebuilt motor from Autozone, no problems since.

Alright. Total noob. How do I get the hosing off or the arm off?

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Housing*

Scratch that. How do I get the gear out? Or rotate it. Is it the big white one? There's rust inside....

Alright idk what I did. When the lights are off its up. When they're on they're down. ?!

Pictures and/or video would be great...I'm at a loss and beyond frustrated

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The guy who desided in the 80's that birds should have "hide away" head lights should be hauled out in the street by their ankles and beat on the head with a rubber hose pull of bb's..:suicide:

They NEVER worked for long or well on ANY model bird..

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Pictures and/or video would be great...I'm at a loss and beyond frustrated

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Ask and ye shall receive: How to replace headlamp motor for Firebirds and Trans Ams (easy way) - YouTube

sooo after about an hour of looking i got tired of looking.......can anyone supply me with the pn of the two headlamps (which i know are bought individually) and the bulb pn's for the turn signals as well as the bulb pn's for the brake lights. also does it matter what lamp goes where or are there specific lamps for hi and low beams other than just their location, sorry for stealing.

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sooo after about an hour of looking i got tired of looking.......can anyone supply me with the pn of the two headlamps (which i know are bought individually) and the bulb pn's for the turn signals as well as the bulb pn's for the brake lights. also does it matter what lamp goes where or are there specific lamps for hi and low beams other than just their location, sorry for stealing.

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Found in the friendly manual under "Replacement Bulbs". High beam bulbs are 4701. Low beam bulbs are 4703. Tail/Stop/Turn lamps 3057. Tail lamps 194. Back-up lamps 3155. Front parking and turn signal 4157NAK. Center mounted stop lamps 921.

Lol yea that would be a good place to look huh? I found this website that has all led light conversions ( plug and play) superbrightleds dot com they have all the lights organized by location of the lights replacement such as rear stop light and turn signal, back up lights etc with the corresponding bulb numbers and relevance from original pn crossovers. Going to do blue led interior as well as instrument panel bc I like my interior in my sonata and it's all tron blue lol. So wish me good luck and thanks for the help

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Lol yea that would be a good place to look huh? I found this website that has all led light conversions ( plug and play) superbrightleds dot com they have all the lights organized by location of the lights replacement such as rear stop light and turn signal, back up lights etc with the corresponding bulb numbers and relevance from original pn crossovers. Going to do blue led interior as well as instrument panel bc I like my interior in my sonata and it's all tron blue lol. So wish me good luck and thanks for the help

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Interior lights have a ball. Exterior lights be careful when you go above 5000K as the color really starts to shift to blue and can/will attract law enforcement. HID bulbs are not DOT approved. Also as many have found there is a bit of a delay when you switch them on as they have to warm up so it will impact how quickly your high beams come up to full power.

I recently put a 35watt 5000K bulb in the low beam on my motorcycle and am very happy. Definitely shop around as prices are all over the map depending on the bulb, if you are getting them direct from China, or if they just have really convincing advertisement.

Good luck!

I installed a new plastic gear last weekend on the drivers side. It seemed to work properly after I finished. I turned the lights on and off to be sure it worked. I didn't drive the car again till Thursday night and it's doing it again. Any idea were I went wrong?