Help Hella Dot Headlight Installation.

[blacklabelskim]

I found an old pair of Hella Dot headlights at my local pick n pull and snagged them for cheap. Only problem is that when i go to install them the plugs dont match. I have a 1989 325i which has a 2 prong connecter system and the ones i got have 3 prongs? Is there someway i can still use them?

[Cabriolet]

NO!


throw them out.



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[blacklabelskim]

NO!


throw them out.



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Let me add something on the what i had posted earlier. Since i have just cleaned them up there actually Hella Dot headlights. With a 3 prong connecter

[blazinxpk]

are they the h4 ones like so:

http://www.verrill.com/car/lights/e30_hellah4upgrade.shtml

ive been told that going from a two to three prong is not worth the time and effort.

something about running a wire from the third prong back to the relay and so on...

[Cabriolet]

Let me add something on the what i had posted earlier. Since i have just cleaned them up there actually Hella Dot headlights. With a 3 prong connecter

oh ok. are they projector or the reflective type?

[blazinxpk]

oh ok. are they projector or the reflective type?

eric, arent all projectors two prong??

[blacklabelskim]

Still a noob when it comes to the technical words so ill just post the pics up.


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I do have all the wires that came with the new lights just have them disconnected.


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[blazinxpk]

those look like ebay halos to me. i dont think those are hellas.

i wouldnt waste me time installing those. youre better off buying some used projectors or even depos for that matter.

[blacklabelskim]

They say Hella Dot on them. I tried taking a picture but it comes out really blurry

[mr ilia]

The lights looks like h4, judging the bulb shape and the connectors from the back of the lamp. Should be plug and play from the sealed beams.

[blacklabelskim]

That what i was hopping for but i believe these were for the earlier e30 models and i have an 89 which only has the 2 prong system not the 3 like these lights any ideas

[JasonC]

I can see the pictures just fine. And don't see Hella on them anywhere? But they have a H4 bulb in them thats ment for the outer low/hi beam. The inner light should have a H7 bulb thats two prong. They should be a direct plug in with your sealed beams, unless someone changed out your lights to some other setup. Also, Looking at the back of the lights. There are two holes there for something else. My suspicion is that they take two smaller bulbs and it does light the outer part of the glass to give it a Halo effect.

[JasonC]

Quick search of google,

[blacklabelskim]

So... I have more pictures the bulb itself does not say hella on it. but on the outer black rim that holds the light bulb in says hella dot on it.
Your also Correct on the outer 2 holes for 2 other lights.


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This is all the wires for one pair of lights.


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and this is what it looks like when the lights are installed.

[JasonC]

Take the plugs off that go to the headlight itself. Unless your wires don't reach, cause all they are is extensions. And like i said, if someone didn't mess with your cars wiring. The stock sealed beam plugs will work. But you'll have to get a H7 bulb for the high beam.

The low beam will have 3 wires going to it since the low is a duel filament bulb. The high beam is a single filament bulb so only 2 wires will be going to it.