# s13 jdm headlights issue - any help !! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 27, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936 "2009-04-27T15:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![schwiin\_27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schwiin\_27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schwiin_27)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/1 "2009-04-27T15:05:37Z")
ok so i have an 89 s13 silvia it has the brick headlights i believe there called with the dual bulbs. any ways the outter portion of the headlights work the h4 bulbs, they are the dual high and low beam bulbs… but the two inner headlights, closest to the grill the ones that take the h3 bulbs dont work, first off what are they for if i already have highs and lows? and where to check ?! thanks for your time shawn ---
**Author:** ![CSK-240-R1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/csk-240-r1/32/5698_2.png) [@CSK-240-R1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CSK-240-R1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/2 "2009-04-27T15:18:28Z")
day time running lights? thats what mine are wired as ---
**Author:** ![schwiin\_27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schwiin\_27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schwiin_27)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/3 "2009-04-27T15:31:53Z")
so u rewired it then ?? what should it do from factory casue i just tried like headlights on/off parking brake up/down ign on/off. nothing ---
**Author:** ![CSK-240-R1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/csk-240-r1/32/5698_2.png) [@CSK-240-R1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CSK-240-R1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/4 "2009-04-27T16:13:21Z")
yea i got sil front end and wired the lights closest to the grill to be daytime runnig lights, i honestly dont know what they do from the factory ---
**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/5 "2009-04-28T01:10:03Z")
Talk to KEEZ he’s dealt with so may light probs, espessialy duals ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/6 "2009-04-28T14:42:51Z")
the inners are fog lights H3C dont run fog lights as DRLs haha thats retarded ---
**Author:** ![schwiin\_27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schwiin\_27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schwiin_27)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/7 "2009-04-28T16:12:12Z")
k so i plugged in h3 bulbs . . . whats h3c any diff? i just want them to lighttt upp hahah. any fuses to check - (fusebox in jap ) ---
**Author:** ![CSK-240-R1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/csk-240-r1/32/5698_2.png) [@CSK-240-R1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CSK-240-R1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/8 "2009-04-28T16:43:02Z")
> [@can anyone give me a compression test?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-anyone-give-me-a-compression-test/21595/26): > > the inners are fog lights > > H3C > > dont run fog lights as DRLs haha thats retarded lol thanks, didnt know what else to do with them at the time … oh wwelll ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/9 "2009-04-28T19:22:04Z")
h3c are different i forget exactly but the grounding is done differently… wire vs at the base or some shit google h3 vs h3c or h3c to h3 conversion you can convert them but it im not sure if it lines up 100%. some people say it’s fine, others say it’s fucked up. you can buy h3c bulbs at pac mall i think ---
**Author:** ![schwiin\_27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schwiin\_27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schwiin_27)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/10 "2009-04-28T20:13:06Z")
yea i grabbed a set of h3 bulbs that were at my shop to try them , and they have a lil cable for the possitive, so i plugged it into the power side of the plug , and it grounds through the base. however the old bulbs i had, had the two prong terminals… alrighty gonna search for some h3c bulbs ---
**Author:** ![schwiin\_27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schwiin\_27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schwiin_27)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-jdm-headlights-issue-any-help/123936/11 "2009-04-30T20:35:26Z")
success , the base apperently doesnt groung on anythign due plastic headlight, made a lil negative wire with a spade to fit from the current plug wired it to the base, viola! foglights , with highbeams on, nice tinge of yellow