Help w/ HID's and Euro Smiley's

[Low Level E30]

Oh, also, do I need one of those relay harnesses? I see some kits come with them, with a fuse and relay in a wiring harness --- do I need that?

[JasonC]

Is these going into a sealed beam car or a ellips light car? cause if it is a ellips car from the factory you don't have to do the relay mod. And you souldn't need that harness your talking about.

[Low Level E30]

Is these going into a sealed beam car or a ellips light car? cause if it is a ellips car from the factory you don't have to do the relay mod. And you souldn't need that harness your talking about.

These are going into a sealed beam car - '88 M3.

I figured it was easier to ask all my questions in "phases", rather than bombard everyone in one post w/ all my questions, and get none answered.... :D

Do I need that harness for a sealed beam car?

This is what I was looking at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120119751612&rd=1,1

That the right one?

[JasonC]

Mines a sealed beam car and my HIDs did not come with any thing like that. I have had my HIDs in for about 6 or 7 months now with no problem. And you will have to do the relay mod for your lows to stay on with your highs.

[Low Level E30]

So I just run a wire from the #30 pin on the low beam relay to the #30 pin on the high beam relay?

Is that -safe- ? Don't want to burn up the fusebox...

[JasonC]

Thats what i did to mine and a few other people has done it to with no problems.

[Low Level E30]

Ok, fair 'nuff.

Finally --- what about the city lights? How do I wire those up, on a sealed beam car?

[JasonC]

Ok, fair 'nuff.

Finally --- what about the city lights? How do I wire those up, on a sealed beam car?

I wired mine off of my front parking lights, or you can run them off of your side marker lights too.

[Low Level E30]

Awesome - thanks! I owe you a beer, or ten!

MUCH appreciated.

[backtrail69]

Sorry if I was confusing all I was saying is that the factory 9006 plug for US ellip should plug into the ballast instead of cutting and splicing wires together, for some reason I thought you had US ellips.

[JasonC]

And when you do the relay mod, you may want to drill the holes and run the wire through them and then solder them into place. Cause mine will come lose sometimes and then i will only have high beams on instead of both high and lows.

[Low Level E30]

And when you do the relay mod, you may want to drill the holes and run the wire through them and then solder them into place. Cause mine will come lose sometimes and then i will only have high beams on instead of both high and lows.

Got it. So drill holes in the pins, and solder the wires into place on the pins.

Thanks for all the good info!

[JasonC]

Yes and keep the holes close toward the relay cause if they are drilled to low you'll never get the relay back into its connector.

[Low Level E30]

Yes and keep the holes close toward the relay cause if they are drilled to low you'll never get the relay back into its connector.

The Oracle of E30 Lighting!

[skidplate]

E=3
D=2
C=1
A= hot wire off of your factory harness
B= ground wire off of your factory harness

precicely. I had HID's in my gti before I did the rallye lights and I didn't even cut any wires to hook mine up. I was just poking around to see what bulbs these use to see if I can use my HID's in them.