Quick question that perhaps some of you have run into. My low beams do not function if I pull the headlight switch out to the on position. If I push forward on the stalk and turn on my high beams, all 4 lights come on. At first I thought I had an underlying wiring issue, but the more I discover about this car, the more I wouldn't put it past the PO to have changed the wiring to this configuration on purpose.
Car is an 86' 325e, "I" swapped with all associated swap parts. When all lights are on, I have zero issues with light output. No slightly dimmer lights than others. Could it be my headlight switch? The reason I am questioning myself on that theory is because to the best of my understanding, when you flip your highs on, the lows are supposed to go off until the highs are turned back off. Correct? Which would mean that low and high are on the same circuit currently. The more I try to wrap my brain around why the lights work in this fashion, the more I feel like I'm drifting off into the twilight zone or some shit. Am I overthinking it and just need to replace my headlight switch? Or did the PO wire the low beams into the high beam wiring? Any other alternate realities that could be possible? Some sort of relay jumper?
Thanks in advance for whatever help comes,
-Brandon
Car is an 86' 325e, "I" swapped with all associated swap parts. When all lights are on, I have zero issues with light output. No slightly dimmer lights than others. Could it be my headlight switch? The reason I am questioning myself on that theory is because to the best of my understanding, when you flip your highs on, the lows are supposed to go off until the highs are turned back off. Correct? Which would mean that low and high are on the same circuit currently. The more I try to wrap my brain around why the lights work in this fashion, the more I feel like I'm drifting off into the twilight zone or some shit. Am I overthinking it and just need to replace my headlight switch? Or did the PO wire the low beams into the high beam wiring? Any other alternate realities that could be possible? Some sort of relay jumper?
Thanks in advance for whatever help comes,
-Brandon
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