okay so I bought my car with some EM1 foglights and the guy piggy backed the wires off of the parking lamps. The foglights blew out and now I dont have any headlights, parking lights, or signals. My brakes do work when i press them. Any ideas on what the issue(s) could be? I checked my fuses and grounds.

 

30A hood fuse 48

 

I checked that one in the fuse box under the hood and it wasnt blown. What else could it be?

 

Check all wires for continuity , maybe u got a short some where

 

what point do I check the wires at? By the sockets?

 

bingo! same thing happened to me years back when i owned a 95 ex, the guy i bought it from had connected some m3 style mirrors with leds and the left one blew out and short circuited all the lights, we traced the problem back to a couple wires

 

Make sure installed 30A fuse 48 has voltage on both top test tabs. Click "Test Fuses" in my signature.

 

depends how there wired the bulbs could of been acting as a fuse disconnect the fogs and make sure that u splice and tape the wires back together and try them some bulbs are made with wires inside to prevent circuit breaks like that but if they were cheap they dont have that and the fogs might be wired in series and not parallel so no fogs no headlights

 

Yes u can

 

I replaced the entire head light harness with one off my SI parts car. So I should check the continuity at the sockets and plugs? Thanks for all the help everyone!
Also how to I locate a shorted out wire if there is one?

 

Not having continuity

 

Okay I took a test light to the parking light, signal, and headlight fuses under my dash and none of them lit up. I pulled the fuses and stuck the test light into the holder itself and it still didnt light. What could it be?

 

Was the light switch turned on during the test? How did you test for voltage on the fuse? Click the Test Fuses link in my signature.

 

And Yes the switch was on. With the key in the ON II position. I will take a multimeter to the fuse holders under the dash and post my findings. What setting should I set the multimeter on to test the fuse holders under the dash?

 

At the link I posted, you test for voltage at both top test tabs of the installed fuses. No need to have key on at all. Just turn on light switch.

Set the multimeter to read DC volts. Is your multimeter auto-ranging or do you need to select a voltage scale?

 

sorry to sound like a noob but how do I tell if mines is auto-ranging or not?

 

Post a picture of your multimeter.

 

I have this one:

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Etek-Digital-Multimeter-LED-Work-Light-NO-BOX-/00/$(KGrHqEOKiEE4mnIQz-uBOQCry00kg~~0_3.JPG

 

Your multimeter is not auto-ranging. Turn the dial to the 20 DC volt scale (see picture below) to make your measurements.

 

What readings should I look for?

 

Measure voltage across the two battery posts (= battery voltage). That's the approximate voltage you should read.

 

alright thanks for the help I post my readings tonight.