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02 SL2 headlamp operation, (Normal)??

Old Jun 11, 2020 | 11:35 AM
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My 2002 SL2 headlights have me baffled. It may be normal. When I turn on the hi beams, the low beams go off. Drl's working fine, no other issues
 
Old Jun 11, 2020 | 08:05 PM
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My 2002 L200 work the same way, there are low beams and there are high beams. The high beams run at half power as daytime running lights.
 
Old Jun 12, 2020 | 10:19 AM
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I drive a lot at night and the lights are terrible. I just added LED driving lights, and i'm thinking of bypassing the DRL system. I prefer all lamps on. I took the bumper and nose off and fabricated brackets. I made a custom harness and cut out the bumper cover. I haven't had it out yet as i'm still wiring the switches. The LED lamps have a bright and dim setting. I made the harness with extra wiring to the headlamps if I choose to bypass the drl's.
Thank you for your quick response.
 
Old Jun 12, 2020 | 08:37 PM
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I agree the lights are not great. The set that I have in my car right now are great on high beam and only so-so on low. I had a perfect set of factory lights that were wonderful but that was two deer strikes ago. Welcome to the forum.
 
Old Jun 13, 2020 | 08:30 AM
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I always preferred deer hunting with a 30.06, Andy, but you get that venison any way you can!! LOL
 
Old Jun 13, 2020 | 05:47 PM
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There is usually not much left of the little black tail deer I seem to hit at 60 mph. They do seem to break stuff on my cars though. I don’t even stop unless the car is bleeding fluids so badly I can’t get home. LOL
 
Old Jun 14, 2020 | 07:02 AM
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Hmmm, I'm not familiar the black tail, so don't know what weight range you're dealing with. But at 60 mph, hitting a full grown white tail doe or buck will do some major damage to a car! And a lot of the time, the frigging deer will go miles deep into the woods before it dies from injuries. Not worth stopping unless it's a broken neck or direct kill. And you don't want to hit a 20 pound turkey at that speed either!
 
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