Hi guys,


been reading these forums excitedly recently, up until receiving my new 2003 Magna Sports 2 (will post pics soon).

went for a bit of a drive last night and it ended up going a lot longer than I had expected, out past Samford and Mt. Nebo where late last night I was overwhelmed by fog.. Whilst I found highbeam wasn't as effective as being able to get good visibility in the fog I did stumble upon an issue with highbeam..

Is there any method for keeping highbeam on permanently without holding the control yoke (yoke?) in?

I got a sore forearm last night trying to keep this up on the longer stretches of road and im seeking an answer!


I was unfortunate not to receive a drivers manual with my car :(

if you pull it towards you once it should stay on

does it have to like, "click in" or something?

I was pulling it towards me and having to hold it there to keep the highbeam on.

you should hear a click if its not doing that take to mits if is still under warranty.

:(


thanks for your help; I will have another go with highbeam tonight .. unfortunately my magna isnt under wty if I do find it to be at fault.


will post pics up soon anyway, thus far this has been my only gripe with my road machine .. what an awesome beast :D

Give it a good tug back! Like further than when you are just holding it back. Its a simple problem that often confuses a new owner. Took me a little while to figure it out as well...:P

Yeah unlike most cars (where you push forward), you pull the stick all the way back, it should click.

Whilst I found highbeam wasn't as effective as being able to get good visibility in the fog...
You should never use your high beams in fog. It creates a white out effect where the light reflects back off the fog and all you can see is a big, bright white patch in front of you :shock:

agreed, and whilst this was true .. there were spaces of open road not largely effected by fog and weren't well lit, calling for the necessity of high beam..

thanks for the tip though, will let you guys know how i go with the highbeam =]

you wern't driving with just your parkers on and the fog lamps as well???? i was wondering about the same thing once of hi beam not working and then realised my headlights weren't on, just foggies and parkers:nuts:

no, not my parkers .. in the OP i was referring to my "super highbeam must engage with another form of switching" type of highbeam.

thanks for the replies though.. was going to buy a skyline, but my magna came up at a good price, it's a great ride and the aussie magna community is far much more friendly to get into. woot!

yet to test the suggested method of flicking on the highbeams, will do this tonight.

update:

:cool:

it works! Sharkie had the "I win" button on this thread.

p.s. thanks!

update:

:cool:

it works! Sharkie had the "I win" button on this thread.

p.s. thanks!

You should not hold it in the soft position high beam for long periods of time as the current
going through the switches can melt the wiring in the steering wheel (had this happen in
my old KS). Basically, at the soft position, both the inner and outer high beams are on as
well as the outer low beam. In the second (clicked) position, only the high beams are on.
Note that this differs on the paras with single filament lowbeams.

Yeah unlike most cars (where you push forward), you pull the stick all the way back, it should click.


In all the cars i have driven (and i have driven a lot of different cars, my dad works at a dealership and pulls a different car off the lot most nights as his work car and thus i get to drive them) i have found that with most of em you have to pull back to engage full beams.

In either case i found that even if you have to push the stalk forward to turn on full beams in some cars, if you give it a decent pull back and let it flick back it usually moves so far forward that it flicks it on anyway. Probably not good for the car tho haha.

In either case i found that even if you have to push the stalk forward to turn on full beams in some cars, if you give it a decent pull back and let it flick back it usually moves so far forward that it flicks it on anyway. Probably not good for the car tho haha.


So, just quietly .. they calll it a "stalk" now?


yoke .. lawl!

So, just quietly .. they calll it a "stalk" now?


yoke .. lawl!
They've always called it a stalk. As in indicator stalk, wiper stalk etc.

A yoke is for controlling things, like a planes control yoke (aka joystick).

The stupidest thing is some people never turn on their lights and keep trying to have the highbeams on. :bowrofl:

It will stay only if your headlight are active.

So, just quietly .. they calll it a "stalk" now?


yoke .. lawl!
lol yes, yes they do