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problems
hey what's up everyone? i'm new to this board 
anyway i have two problems with my car.. i have a 98 gsr.. i'm not much of an electrical expert so here goes.. i just bought a new pair of 9005s (modified them for my headlights) and it's not even two weeks that my driver side blew.. prior to this my driver side bulb blew too.. should i switch back to 9006s? what could be the problem?
also.. when i bought my car used back in january '02, already installed was this aftermarket alarm system.. it's gots the basics.. k-9 i think the brand is? whenever i would turn off my engine, my doors would automatically unlock.. now they don't.. and now when i go to disarm my alarm, my doors don't unlock as well .. they lock when i arm it.. but not whenever i try to disarm it
.. it was never like this before.. so i have to disarm it, then use my key to open the door.. if anyone has any solutions, please walk me by step by step, as i am not familiar with electrical stuff.. thanks for your help guys!
anyway i have two problems with my car.. i have a 98 gsr.. i'm not much of an electrical expert so here goes.. i just bought a new pair of 9005s (modified them for my headlights) and it's not even two weeks that my driver side blew.. prior to this my driver side bulb blew too.. should i switch back to 9006s? what could be the problem?also.. when i bought my car used back in january '02, already installed was this aftermarket alarm system.. it's gots the basics.. k-9 i think the brand is? whenever i would turn off my engine, my doors would automatically unlock.. now they don't.. and now when i go to disarm my alarm, my doors don't unlock as well .. they lock when i arm it.. but not whenever i try to disarm it
.. it was never like this before.. so i have to disarm it, then use my key to open the door.. if anyone has any solutions, please walk me by step by step, as i am not familiar with electrical stuff.. thanks for your help guys!
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I'm thinking that you may have touched the glass on the bulbs while you were putting them in, which is why they blew so fast. You can run 9005s in your headlights with no problems, I know many people (including myself) on this board have done it without a problem.
As far as the alarm thing...no clue, you might want to ask in the audio/electrical forum
As far as the alarm thing...no clue, you might want to ask in the audio/electrical forum
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On the alarm thing, if you can hear it TRYING to unlock them or something similar to that, then take off your door panel...
There are two rods going TOWARDS the edge (the handle) of the door, they're held onto another bar that's connected to the inside handle/lock by this simple little clamp thing. Just take off the door panel and look at that, tighten it to make sure it's not just sliding back and forwarth.
That would explain it locking but not unlocking. Mine did it for a while (and now my driver side lock is actually siezed, I have to get a new LOCK assembly, FUQ).
Anyway.
If you aren't hearing it even try then it's probably your actuator (sp?). Take ti to the shop that installed it and ask them to look at it for free and see if they agree that it's the actuator, if they do; try to get them to replace it at their cost since it could be a warranty issue.
There are two rods going TOWARDS the edge (the handle) of the door, they're held onto another bar that's connected to the inside handle/lock by this simple little clamp thing. Just take off the door panel and look at that, tighten it to make sure it's not just sliding back and forwarth.
That would explain it locking but not unlocking. Mine did it for a while (and now my driver side lock is actually siezed, I have to get a new LOCK assembly, FUQ).
Anyway.
If you aren't hearing it even try then it's probably your actuator (sp?). Take ti to the shop that installed it and ask them to look at it for free and see if they agree that it's the actuator, if they do; try to get them to replace it at their cost since it could be a warranty issue.
