dim dip healights

[bazil]

i know my gsi has the relay and small black box for them but ive never seen them working?

has anyone else seen or had these working?

[Bubba]

is this where the dip beam glows dimly like a side light??

if so try taking both sidelight bulbs out

the golf i borrow had this and id never seen it before

[bazil]

Yeah that's it, the main buld is on at about 25% as the side light. The box sits on the drivers side shelf under the steering wheel on the gte.

[Guderian]

Dim dip had a fairly brief production run, and as i understand it just went out of favour after the regulations changed back. Example- absent on D plate Cav, E plate Cav had it, but i have never found it on later Nova, Es*ort, etc.

A big resistor drops the voltage to about 10. to give an orangey headlight when engine and s/lights on.

You might even find your car, although it has the black box, does not have the dim dip wiring loom. Stranger things have happened.

[bazil]

Time to get out the old wiring diagrams then lol

[mowgli]

it was put on all mk1.5 novas and mk2's. my g reg has it. f reg astras had them.. basically if it doesn't work, then don't worry. if it is faulty, then disconnect it & it will be fine.

[bazil]

it was put on all mk1.5 novas and mk2's. my g reg has it. f reg astras had them.. basically if it doesn't work, then don't worry. if it is faulty, then disconnect it & it will be fine.

lol i actually want it to work lol

[Jack]

My 1992 J reg Mk2 didn't have it; my 1991 H reg Mk1 did; my 1988 E reg Mk1 didn't. lol

Don't ever recall it working on my H reg one though. The unit is in the Haynes wiring diagram though, so shouldn't be too hard to check the wires and connect up if they're disconnected.