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Old 07-23-2011, 12:43 PM
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Wiring solution please

Hi guys,

I had my Depo headlights installed a while back and have now found that my LED angel eyes flicker when the car is running and the light switch is off. No big deal, as I run my side markers (park lights we call them in Australia).

There are no codes at all, however there is an intermittent flicker in the left HID which I am thinking is caused by this wiring job stuffing the system around some.

I checked today on all the wires and have found that the installer has basically cut the side marker lights wires and shoved them onto the angel eye wires.

I have spoken to the installer and no joy, so am hoping to do this myself.

So I have been looking at buying a relay from the States, but the time it will take to get here will be a while, so was wondering if I can make my own harness etc?

What size relay do I need, and what size fuse? Can somebody give me a diagram of what to connect it to, both sides (+ and - of the AE)

Furthermore, with my wiring all up the s*%t, I wouldn't mind setting the AE up as DRLs. Will there be a conflict between the DRLs and the first position of the the light switch?

Mine is a 2002 4.4. Cheers guys, hope you can help.

Brett
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Old 07-23-2011, 03:53 PM
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whatever the guy did on your beemer is f$%@d up take it to a different shop see if they can give u an estimate to do it right the first time and then go back to the other shop and tell them that the shop down the street will charge x amount to fix the mess they made, and they have an option to reimburse you, fix it or u will take them to the court.
I live in USA and if somebody is going to operate a business here i want the best of the best for my money...and if shops are ripping people off, doing crappy work and shady stuff..i dont think they deserve to stay open...that's my rant
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Old 07-24-2011, 08:12 AM
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Ok, I sorted it. Made a relay from all the pics on the net and it is good to go.

Next question. My angel eyes come on when the car is switched to 'on' which is great. How do set it up so that the AE are also connected to the parking lights? The small wedge type bulbs usually. As it is at the moment, with the car off and the parking lights running, no light to the front. No big deal, however it might be a registration issue. At present the bulb holders are just behind the headlight running as usual, I have tried all sorts of wiring to try and bypass it, however they all cause codes on the dash.

I'm pretty sure someone on here has done the bypass, I just can't find the post again.
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