Angel Eyes on a pre-facelift E53

[greymda]

this is my DEPO's back

[Ricky Bobby]

1) Where H7 bulb goes, I'm assuming you bought the halogen ones, bc I see a connector for H7
2) Can't see the plug clearly but that's probably the angel eye plug
3) High beam plug?
4) Looks the same as high beam plug, not sure.
5) Turn signal connector
6) Self level motor connection

Did you get any wiring harness with those angel eyes? I know with the European ones you can just plug into the parking light connection like our friend showed, however with the US/Canada models it doesn't exist on the car like you already know.

[greymda]

1. yes halogen headlight. and there goes a h7 bulb
2. yes, angel eyes connector
3. yes, high beam connector
4. low beam connector
5. turn AND parking light connector (2 in 1)
6. yes, self level connector. i don't have this on my car.

i own a USA model, so my problem is that the 5th connector takes both: turn and parking lights, so no existing car wiring for connector #2.

[powers1]

I have European car and Depos ,the ones which have the yellow bulbs!
Like Ricky said,we just connect the plug with the white/bluie wires ,to our parking lights.
Whats strange about your wires coming from the low high beam side,is that you have an extra plug (3)coming from inside headlight?Can you not see what this connects to on the inside of headlight?I dont have that wire!!!
Maybe it comes from angel eyes,too ?????

[greymda]

it's a bit complicated with this wire.

so, wire #1 connects to the high beam BULB and wire #3 is the wire that power its up. so basically wires 1 and 3 are in fact one wire

[powers1]

Originally Posted by greymda

it's a bit complicated with this wire.

so, wire #1 connects to the high beam BULB and wire #3 is the wire that power its up. so basically wires 1 and 3 are in fact one wire

3 is low beam and 4 is high beam.

[greymda]

yes

[Ricky Bobby]

I think that's because the halogen equipped X5's (pre-facelift) have 9006 connector on low beam and 9005 on high beam, #1 actually connects to the H7 bulb itself (which is used on Depo low beam), then outside the headlight you connect the car's low beam socket to #3 and the high beam (9005) socket to #4

And you're still stick with #2 for the angel eyes, I'm actually disappointed that Depo does not include a wire harness for the North American models that don't have a stock parking light plug.

[greymda]

so this is the final product:


thanks for your help guys

[Ricky Bobby]

Nice job hooking them up to the fogs, I really like the look!

The halogen Depo rings do look very OEM, my only complaint at times with the LED ring versions is they sometimes look somewhat aftermarket.