found the problem, it ended up being the globes , somehow i got a set of 100W globes by accident , and they burnt themselves out. took them back to the parts place and told them the situation and they replaced the globes with 55W ones, (for free) cause the guy remembered me asking him for a set of the 55W globes ... thanks for your suggestions to those that replyed, i made it to the friday night cruise and all was well.:thumbsup: