Ralphead 0 Posted November 17, 2012 When I put my full beams on the headlights are reasonably bright (I haven't yet made up new looms yet) but when I let the stalk go they go alot dimmer. Is this normal? Oh it's a 1990 16v if that makes any odds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) When you say full beam do you main beam and then you pull the stalk to put the full beam on? Edited November 17, 2012 by Critical_Mass Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OllieVR6 0 Posted November 17, 2012 My VR does this, I believe it's normal. Whilst the stalk is held in you get both dipped and high beam when you let go, dipped goes off and your left with just high beam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted November 17, 2012 ok so you were askin that :lol: Yes as above ... normal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rado mc 0 Posted November 17, 2012 Nice to know its normal, often wondered why, as I found myself driving around holding the stalk in not letting just so i could see better. Cheers for asking :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OllieVR6 0 Posted November 17, 2012 Nice to know its normal, often wondered why, as I found myself driving around holding the stalk in not letting just so i could see better. Cheers for asking :) You should be careful about that. I'm not hot with electrical stuff but I think doing that will put more current through the loom and be a penitential fire hazard. I'm sure one of many electronic oracles will correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted November 17, 2012 The stalk should click when pulled so main beam goes off and high stays on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dec 1 Posted November 17, 2012 On mine holding the stalk simply used the H3 main beam bulbs (ones beside the grille) and the otherwise pretty much unused full beam filament on the dual filament H4 bulbs. I was thinking of making up a headlight loom that used both the H3 and H4 full beam filaments...instead of just switching on the H3 bulbs and leaving the H4 dipped filaments on when you pull the stalk to put on the full beams.... H4 full beam filament is rated the same wattage as the dipped beam.....so no risk of overloading anything! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ralphead 0 Posted November 18, 2012 My VR does this, I believe it's normal. Whilst the stalk is held in you get both dipped and high beam when you let go, dipped goes off and your left with just high beam. Well that's what I thought... I assumed that when I was holding the stalk all the way back to go from dip to main that the extra brightness was due to both dip and high being on at the same time. Then when I released the stalk that I was only high beam left on. But no I have both running, just dimmer than with the stalk held back. Also the blue high beam warning light in the dash is brighter with the stalk held back, strange eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted November 18, 2012 just high beam will be dimmer than high beam AND main beam on as there's less lights on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ralphead 0 Posted November 19, 2012 Yes but what I'm saying is that when I switch my high beams on the dips stay lit as well. And when I'm holding the stalk back they are still both on but brighter, with the blue dash warning light getting brighter too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
