stefan15
02-05-2006, 05:24 PM
EDIT: 02/11/06: Successfully installed... Scroll down to later post
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I bought some Depo angel eyes for my e36 from tunerworks (basically stock w/ the angel eyes).. and I'm having difficulty wiring them.
http://img24.imagevenue.com/loc299/th_18b7d_Picture_006.jpg (http://img24.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc299&image=18b7d_Picture_006.jpg)
Firstly, the corner lights had the wrong input on them, but they didn't fit anyways (possibly made for 4dr) so I didn't use them. They were a two-prong type attachment whereas the current corners are 3-prong type.
But the real issue is wiring the back of the headlight housing. There are four attachments in the back.. similar to the ones here:
http://www.logun.org/ellipsoidinstall.htm
with this picture: http://www.logun.org/images/e36info/ellipsoid/MVC-557F.JPG
I've got the brown on the top, yellow on the bottom, grey to the outside (nearest corner light), and white on the inside (nearest engine). Yellow/brown and White/brown go to the existing wiring harness on the e36. As for the grey wire, I am not sure where to patch it. It does not attach to a wiring harness, it's just loose. I tried piggybacking onto the grey/purple wire on the corner lights... I don't think it worked.
Basically I am getting less than specatcular results, with seemingly random arrangements of low-beam/high-beams. So I am not sure if I am attaching everything in the proper orientation.
Lastly, there are cyan and red hookups (below the 4-prong attachment area) that are supposed to attach to an incuded wire that grounds as well as attaches the headlights to the battery (including a fuse near the battery). However, it was made for a car with a front mounted battery as opposed to the e36's trunk type... It goes from the cyan connector on one headlight, to the cyan AND the red on the other, and from there to the battery.. [w/ black + red cables] but it must be in the front. So I cannot use it and I'm not necessarily sure that I have to.
--- original post ---
I bought some Depo angel eyes for my e36 from tunerworks (basically stock w/ the angel eyes).. and I'm having difficulty wiring them.
http://img24.imagevenue.com/loc299/th_18b7d_Picture_006.jpg (http://img24.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc299&image=18b7d_Picture_006.jpg)
Firstly, the corner lights had the wrong input on them, but they didn't fit anyways (possibly made for 4dr) so I didn't use them. They were a two-prong type attachment whereas the current corners are 3-prong type.
But the real issue is wiring the back of the headlight housing. There are four attachments in the back.. similar to the ones here:
http://www.logun.org/ellipsoidinstall.htm
with this picture: http://www.logun.org/images/e36info/ellipsoid/MVC-557F.JPG
I've got the brown on the top, yellow on the bottom, grey to the outside (nearest corner light), and white on the inside (nearest engine). Yellow/brown and White/brown go to the existing wiring harness on the e36. As for the grey wire, I am not sure where to patch it. It does not attach to a wiring harness, it's just loose. I tried piggybacking onto the grey/purple wire on the corner lights... I don't think it worked.
Basically I am getting less than specatcular results, with seemingly random arrangements of low-beam/high-beams. So I am not sure if I am attaching everything in the proper orientation.
Lastly, there are cyan and red hookups (below the 4-prong attachment area) that are supposed to attach to an incuded wire that grounds as well as attaches the headlights to the battery (including a fuse near the battery). However, it was made for a car with a front mounted battery as opposed to the e36's trunk type... It goes from the cyan connector on one headlight, to the cyan AND the red on the other, and from there to the battery.. [w/ black + red cables] but it must be in the front. So I cannot use it and I'm not necessarily sure that I have to.