E30 Angel Eye headlights

[Brice325i]

Hi, just got some used angel eye headlights but i can't figure out how to make them work right. i can get the inner lamps on low beam to work but the outer rings won't work on either high or low beam. both the inner and outer sets of lights do not work simultaneously. the fog lamps won't work either. i have an 87 that uses 2 three prong connectors on the old OEM headlamps. everything is pretty much prewired. if it requires me to cut wires from the original let me know because i don't want to do that. i also don't know where the fuse goes. really confused...Help!

[J.Rizo]

Hi, just got some used angel eye headlights

well theres your first mistake

[mjimport]

^ darn, I wanted to be first....

[Brice325i]

look I'm 18, its cool to me

[J.Rizo]

look I'm 18, its cool to me

damn, you really shouldn't have said that lol

[Brice325i]

chill man just trying to get them to work

[J.Rizo]

chill man just trying to get them to work

haha sorry sorry, I should at least help if ima fuck around.

looks like you have to wire them up the same way you would smileys? don't know how true that is though.

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1343859-E30-Angel-Eye-Installation-Help-Needed

smiley write ups vvv

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10086

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=132990

[Das Delfin]

You need to splice wires to get them to work. Though it's not the end of the world because a) who cares, and b) they have the same wiring as smileys so you can just swap when you get a set.

You need to tap into your parking lights to get the angel eyes to light up. And then you won't need one of the 3 tabs on the low beams. I think the yellow/white one. But I'm not sure. You def need to keep the brown wire.

[decay]

chill man just trying to get them to work

there is a general technical section...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=100

you did kinda ask for it by posting this to OT

[ELVA164]

I'll just leave this here...

Just to inform you, we all hate angel eyes for two main reasons. One, their whole purpose is to give a round headlight look to a BMW without round headlights. You have round headlights, making them redundant. Second (and more importantly), these NEVER end up making the car look better than it does without them. They come of as gaudy, ricy, and ugly.

As you can see, you're not the first. Also, being young isn't a good reason.

[JasonC]

Oh my.... I'll just move this to the correct part of the forum. Also I deleted the duplicate thread to this that was in the project forum.

[rcsoundn1]

duplicate FTL. 18 or not, just toss them out. If things go well for you, you will hate that you spent good $$ on them in a year or two, If the car lasts that long

[Panici]

I'm going to go against the masses here.
If you like the look of Angel Eyes on an E30, I say go for it!

Who are we to tell you how to modify your car? Build it the way YOU want it, so you can enjoy it.

I would suggest keeping your original lights as spares though, just in case you change your mind.

[roguetoaster]

I'm going to go against the masses here.
If you like the look of Angel Eyes on an E30, I say go for it!

Who are we to tell you how to modify your car? Build it the way YOU want it, so you can enjoy it.

I would suggest keeping your original lights as spares though, just in case you change your mind.

Most Canadian reply ever.

[Panici]

Most Canadian reply ever.

I'll take that as a compliment! :)