Installed my brand new LUX H8 160 LED bulbs 1 doesn't work...
Hello all! I know this had been touched on multiple times but I just wanted to explain what I'm dealing with and see if my situation differs from anyone else's?
For starters, when I recently purchased my wife an 09' 4.8i there was a massive moth inside the headlight housing that the dealer said they would remove for us. Upon delivery of the X5, not only was the bug still there. But it looks like they attempted to remove the daytime running light to see if they could get into the housing. From what I can see when I was installing my new LUX H8 160's, the dealership more than likely pulled to hard on the wiring in an attempt to probably get there hands in there to remove the OEM H8 bulb. They weren't competent enough to remove the bug so they installed the daytime running light bulb back into place incorrectly and on top of that they installed an H11 bulb instead of the H8.
Upon the installation of my new LUX bulbs (on the side that had the H11 & wasn't functioning) that was when I saw that the wires going into the connector that plugs into the bulb itself had been pulled on too hard by the technicians and now about a quarter to half inch of both wires were not only exposed, but I'm sure that they had came in contact with each other. In a quick temporary fix situation, I was able to wrap both of the exposed wires separately with the use of electrical tape to prevent them from touching each other untill I can find an Indy shop the fix the exposed wire issue.
After that I plugged in the LUX and neatly tucked the extra wiring down into the back of the housing & turned on the headlights so that I could see the comparison to stock while the other light hadn't been touched yet. Well... No dice and I was disappointed to see that the new LUX wasn't working. So my next move was to swap over from the other (functioning OEM bulb) from the opposite headlight to see if there was power running to the light. Once again, it didn't work either which led me to check all three fuses related to the headlights that I could find in the bmw manual in the glove box.
After checking all the fuses to find them in perfect condition, I put a meter on the connectors for both headlights to see if they were getting power to them or if maybe the one wasn't getting enough. The amps on the functioning headlight connector read perfectly, however to no surprise the non functioning connector had zero power running to it.
So at this point is my only option to take the X5 to a shop and have them pull the box (can't think of the name at this time) inside the fender well out and reset it along with fixing the exposed wires issue? Or does anyone have some better advice for me? Thanks tremendously for any guidence/help that anyone can please provide for me! Hope you all have a great day and thanks for taking the time to read my post.
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