DIY - Euro Ellipsoid Headlight Installation

you wired your lowbeams wrong. stock sealed lowbeams are dual filament, they have a high and low built in, and each has it's own wire. you just used the wrong one. I think there are 2 grounds and 2 power wires, just figure out which one is for the lows and which is for the highs and rewire it. you wired your city lights to the sidemakers correct?

sorry, OT: one of my lowbeams is out, but when I switch on the brights, it works. That just means the low beam filiment is fried and I just need a replacement bulb, no messed up relays or anything?

[formula driver]

Thanks for the help guys. Yes I have wired the city lights to the sidemarker lights and they work fine. When I was wiring the lows I tested to see which wire was giving me 12 volts of current and I used that wire. On the highs there was two wires but the power wire had two different wires running into the same connector so I just spliced them together soldered the two wires to the one connector. Im thinking maybe that can be my problem. I would love to think that the lows are done correcty because I used the wires that were bring in 12 volts of current. What do you think? Could the way I have the highs wired be tricking my lows?

[King Luis]

if i'm not mistaken, it's 2 wires for the low, 1 goes for when just low beams and the other is when the highs are on. there is only 1 ground which is the brown wire usually. just switch the wires.
the city lights wire to the side markers (i see you have the euro trim) so you will need to find the wire for it.

[nando]

you wired your lowbeams wrong. stock sealed lowbeams are dual filament, they have a high and low built in, and each has it's own wire. you just used the wrong one. I think there are 2 grounds and 2 power wires, just figure out which one is for the lows and which is for the highs and rewire it. you wired your city lights to the sidemakers correct?

[formula driver]

I followed your directions James and my high beams arent working at all. My city lights work but my low's only work when I turn the high beams on. The highs dont work at all. The city lights stay on when the low are on (with the high beam lever on ). Does anybody have any idea what I did wrong?

[Ryan Stewart]

Yeah that pic is from my writeup. I drilled a second hole up close to the relay, wrapped the wire, and soldered it. I currently have the late model relay in and the wire jump below but that worked for a long time with no troubles.

[CGDoig]

Thats a good pic, the spacing it perfect for dropping them back in as well. It also looks like they're drilled, I just used single strand and soldered as close to the relay as possible.

[vt.bimmer]

Awesome, thanks for the visual. :up:

[asubimmer]

has anyone found pics of the pin #30 jump?
just need to see how it was done.
currently my lowbeams turn off when my highs are on...looks kind stupid with the city lights on only.

thanks.

there ya go

30 to 30

[nando]

Just jump pins #30 together from the high to the low beam relays. I used to have a full writeup with pics but I took down my site. Hopefully someday mike abrahams will host it.

that's what I did. I stuffed a 16 gauge wire into the pin #30 sockets and crammed the relays on top. I hope they don't die anytime soon though because they are a pain in the ass to get out. as a side benefit your fogs will stay on with your highbeams.

[King Luis]

has anyone found pics of the pin #30 jump?
just need to see how it was done.
currently my lowbeams turn off when my highs are on...looks kind stupid with the city lights on only.

thanks.

[CGDoig]

perfect thanks.

[Ryan Stewart]

Just jump pins #30 together from the high to the low beam relays. I used to have a full writeup with pics but I took down my site. Hopefully someday mike abrahams will host it.

[CGDoig]

Is there any way to make the lowbeams a double filament? I like how the low beams stay on when highbeams are on. I guess you can't just splice into the highbeam wiring to keep them on?

[cahomey]

Someone should also post how to jump the relay to keep your low beams on with the high beams.