Does Anybody Know How to Fix This?

[edhgreatone]

I just put in my PIAA Crystal Ion bulbs and they do not match... at first i thought they were aimed wrong so I fixed that but one is still ALOT more yellow then the other one..... it looks horrible... they are both installed correctly and i double checked and I do not know what the problem is... could it possibly be the bulb? I am thinking about switching the bulbs around and seeing if the other one becomes more yellow....

 

[nd4sped]

hahaha thats funny....sorry dude.......i didnt mean to whore it.

anyways
look at the outside of the bulb. the this colored material on the bulb itself. see if it was applied on the glass. could be a defect bro.

 

[edhgreatone]

on the bulb itself it is crazy looking like all different colors but both bulbs are the same could something be wrong with the fog lights?

 

[cRis]

could be the way you wired them or a fuse. seems like one is getting more power then the other, same happened with my headlights, and one was stronger, blown fusse =x

 

[turbowhat_n_dat]

cRis----could be the way you wired them or a fuse. seems like one is getting more power then the other, same happened with my headlights, and one was stronger, blown fusse =x

This could very well be, check that out, use a dvom and check amp draw on both sides of your fuse as well as to both lights.

Looking at your photos, I noticed that both your lights are actually yellow, the L/s one is shinning out like it is supposed to be, however the other light or the R/s is facing directly at the ground. I noticed you said you adjusted them so I have no explanation for this other than readjust them again!!! A lot of techs say they adjusted something correctly only to have it come back in the door (comeback). Your bulb might be where you think it is supposed to be but it prolly isnt, just check that out, if you have to take the time to pull the light back off and check it throughly.

If that makes any sense work with it.

 

[edhgreatone]

but isn't it if you have a blown fuse..... there not going to work at all...... also if one is more powerful then the other could that be because of the installation of the foglights?? because when i had the different bulbs in the foglights were fine.... but now that i switched they are off.......

 

[edhgreatone]

also i was looking at my HONDA thing and there isn't anything in there about fog light fuses?? also what is a dvom? and a check amp? where would the fuses be for the foglights?

 

[edhgreatone]

okay here are 2 more pictures from high angles you can see them differently...... maybe this will help you guys....

 

[edhgreatone]

its so weird when you looking at a high perspective you can't really tell a difference but when you get low to the ground its horrible!! and when your looking at then when you driving from another car there really bad

 

[Hashiriya]

I think you are on the right track in terms of swapping the bulbs to see if the problem moves from one side to the other.

Are you 100% sure they're aimed the same? the light pattern on the first photo (top photo in your first post ) sure looks like the left (that'd be pasenger side) beam in throwing an awful lot more light directly onto the ground in front of the car than the right one is.

If the aim is true on both sides then I am guessing you have one defective bulb in there (and it's probably the less yellow one).

-Trevor

 

[edhgreatone]

i am not 100% sure but if you look at the ground they looked aimed rigth i don't even know how to aim fog lights can somebody tell me how... all i know is that the bulbs them self are both installed correctly because there's only 1 way from them to go inside

 

[turbowhat_n_dat]

"Hashiriya
sure looks like the left (that'd be pasenger side) beam"

Sorry for the confusion on left and right side, being a mechanic the L/s is always the drivers side and the R/s is always the passengers side. Guess I just assumed that everyone knew that, anyway, a dvom is a digital volt ohm meter. You use the dvom to check the amp draw of both lights or any component in your entire vehicles electrical system. Remove your battery + cable and hook the dvom to amps then connect it between the post on the battery and the + cable. Turn on your fog lights, make sure no other electrical equipment is on, IE: interior lights, ignition, regular lights, anything. Take the measurement then move to the other light. This will tell you if one light is drawing more than the other and or if your connecting wiring is defective. Also using a dvom connect to the continuity port and check the amount of resistance in your entire wiring for your fog lights, connect one end of the dvom to the end of the wire at the fog light then the other end at the switch/fuse or the other end of the wire you ran, could have some extra resistance running through your wiring if you ran it through a firewall hole and it happens to be touching to ground.

Anyway, if you dont have experience with a dvom you prolly wont understand how to use one by this explanation so make a friend thats a mechanic................

 

[Hashiriya]

"Hashiriya
sure looks like the left (that'd be pasenger side) beam"

Sorry for the confusion on left and right side, being a mechanic the L/s is always the drivers side and the R/s is always the passengers side. Guess I just assumed that everyone knew that,

I do. I was trying to make it as simple as I could for the benefit of the original poster in the context fo the photos he provided. I've met plenty of folks who've never heard of the 'official' L/R nomenclature.

edhgreatone: You are right in that there is usually one "right" way to install the bulbs in a lamp assembly and the aiming is done on the lamps themselves.

There are usually one or more aiming screws somewhere on the lamp body or lamp mounts. Most lamps come with some type of aiming adjustment capabiltiy but I cannot guarantee that yours do. You'll have to hunt around on the lamp body/mount to verify this for yourself. To adjust the lamp aim, just pull up to a wall, turn your lights on etc and work the adjustment screws until both beam patterns are even. You may also want to check your aim in terms of where on the roadway the lights fall and also if the lamps are blinding oncoming drivers. It's a trial-and-error process but you'll likely get it sorted out easily enough.

On to the bulb thing...

If all you did was replace the bulbs (IOW, the lamps had been on your car before and all you did was replace the stock bulbs with PIAAs) and you didn't disturb the lamp assemblies at all during the bulb swap (you just unplugged the bulb harness from the back of the lamp to switch the bulbs and didn't have to disassemble the lamps, etc) then it is unlikely that you knocked the lamps out of aim during your bulb change.

That means either your lamps were misaimed all along (souds crazy but might be true) or you probably have a bad bulb. I'd try to verify that both beams are aimed the same first, and if that didn't solve it then swap the right bulb for the left and see if the problem moves to the other side. If so then one of our bulbs are bad. If the aim is true and the problem does not follow the bulb then as turbowhat_n_dat says you've likely got one side of the lamp circuti drawing more amps than the other. This might have been going on before you switched bulbs as well and if you aren't used to using a Voltmeter then have someone who -is- used to using a DVOM verify this for you.

Good Luck!
-Trevor

 

[2kstreetcivic]

thats crazy man, I have never seen that..I would send the bulbs back with the pictures and complain

 

[edhgreatone]

I FINALLY FIXED IT... thanks for all your help its ended up being that one was not fully plugged in all the way...... something so minor make the biggest difference..... oh wehll thanks for everything

 

[Hashiriya]

Glad to hear it worked out well for ya!

-Trevor