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"FBNE" > wrote in message ... Snip > I am the second owner, bought it in 2004 with 9K now has 59K I > pulled the entire headlight assembly yesterday and the adjustment > rod is pooched. It is jammed and will not rotate at all. This is > the large gold/bronze colored rod. I see a torx head on the the end > of the screw it drives (inboard) it drives, but it is frozen as > well. I never noticed a problem until I put the silverstar bulbs in. > Thought maybe I just didn't seat them correctly, but that wasn't the > issue. Most of the after market Corvette outfits like Zip http://www.zip-corvette.com sell replacement parts like the motor and the internal gear, if that's what failed. Not sure how an adjustment rod would fail or what you have described. Could it be the drive shaft for the internal gear that won't move? |
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:30:44 -0500, Dad wrote:
> "FBNE" > wrote in message > ... >> Merry Christmas all. Either I am getting older or the headlights on >> my C5 seem to be too dim for me. It is especially troublesome on the >> low-beam side. It looks like the beam is "hitting" the road about 20 >> feet in front of the drivers side and only slightly better on the pax >> side. I have the silverstar bulbs in there now and did not see any >> improvement. Anyone running better LED bulbs or street legal HIDS? Te >> lights look fairly good on hi-beam, but practical in traffic. Thx >> >> -FBNE >> Dad's spot-on with the relays. Did direct feed from a new fuse for both the C4 and C5. C4 voltage at the headlamp socket improved from 10.8 volts to 14.0. C5 from just under 12 to over 14.2. Plenty of light on the road now! Silverstars in both cars. > First off I'd align what you have and then put them on a direct power > feed. A good site to read is > http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html I'm not sure he still sells > a relay kit but they are not hard to make... |
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