Hello guys,
I'm having some issues with my euro smileys. It's been a while (years) since I worked on the car, it's been in storage since then, so I don't remember every last detail.
I had acquired some 9005/9006 adapter from an HID kit. The plan was to have some sort of adapter to plug into the OEM plug/harness of the US headlights and into the smileys, so that I wouldn't have to butcher the original wires.
Cut the female ends on the adaptors, connect the male end with the euro wiring sourced from BMW directly.
Soldered the OEM wires for the smileys with the 9005/9006 male pigtail from the HID kit and I'm left with what you see in the picture.
Also, two new fuses, two new H1 bulbs. Still nothing. Using a multi-meter, there is connectivity but I get 8.5 volts directly at the car's harness, but only 2.2 at the end of my home-made adapter. Seems like the adapter, or my soldering, is crap.
The result from all this is that the smileys don't work and I don't know how I could sort this out without hacking the original wires on the car.
Hopefully, I can get this sorted quickly once I get access to my car, because once I have the car, I have about 3 hours to sort a few things then drive it 3 hours to my new home.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I'm having some issues with my euro smileys. It's been a while (years) since I worked on the car, it's been in storage since then, so I don't remember every last detail.
I had acquired some 9005/9006 adapter from an HID kit. The plan was to have some sort of adapter to plug into the OEM plug/harness of the US headlights and into the smileys, so that I wouldn't have to butcher the original wires.
Cut the female ends on the adaptors, connect the male end with the euro wiring sourced from BMW directly.
Soldered the OEM wires for the smileys with the 9005/9006 male pigtail from the HID kit and I'm left with what you see in the picture.
Also, two new fuses, two new H1 bulbs. Still nothing. Using a multi-meter, there is connectivity but I get 8.5 volts directly at the car's harness, but only 2.2 at the end of my home-made adapter. Seems like the adapter, or my soldering, is crap.
The result from all this is that the smileys don't work and I don't know how I could sort this out without hacking the original wires on the car.
Hopefully, I can get this sorted quickly once I get access to my car, because once I have the car, I have about 3 hours to sort a few things then drive it 3 hours to my new home.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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