> Here's the latest problem... I've got an '87 GTI 16v with the Euro quad > round setup. I was on the highway, ~10hr road trip, nearing the end of the > ride. I noticed people started flashing their brights at me. Turns out my > brights were stuck on. I tried the turn signal/bright stalk, but the > brights would not turn off. Turning the lights off via the light switch > didn't help -- the brights stayed on. The only way to get them to turn off > was to disconnect the ground wire from the Euro setup's wiring. Did my > high-beam switch go bad? What's the problem here? Are you running high wattage bulbs? (55/60 watt are stock) If so, and you didn't use relays to supply the main current to the lights, you probably did fry the switch. It can't handle the increased current demanded by the high output bulbs.
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