What Relay Controls the High Beams?

[ZiMMie]

i want to replace one of my relays but i dont know which one. Every time i turn on my high beams it automatically shuts off my low beams. In my 90 325is both Low and High beams stayed on. ive got some relays from my 90 jst wanted to know which one to replace on the 84..
thanx in advance.

[DanGillan]

yes

[ZiMMie]

yes wat?? lol

[87 325iS]

[royalflush313]

is it the same for all E30s?

[87 325iS]

I'm pretty sure.

[AndrewBird]

Re: What Relay Controls the High Beams?

In my 90 325is both Low and High beams stayed on.

I thought only some years did that? I could be wrong though.

[nando]

on sealed beam cars, both lights are supposed to stay on-the low beams have dual fillaments, low for normal lighting and high to go with your brights. on ellipsoid cars, the lows stay on with the highs, but the lows only have one fillament. in either case if his lows are shutting off then something is wrong, or he installed ellipsoids into a sealed beam car and hasn't jumped the relays yet.

[ZiMMie]

on sealed beam cars, both lights are supposed to stay on-the low beams have dual fillaments, low for normal lighting and high to go with your brights. on ellipsoid cars, the lows stay on with the highs, but the lows only have one fillament. in either case if his lows are shutting off then something is wrong, or he installed ellipsoids into a sealed beam car and hasn't jumped the relays yet.

u r right it didnt work. i swiched from sealed to Ellipsoids.wat do u mean but "Hasnt Jump relays"?

the low still goes off when the high beam is on.

wat could it be?

[nando]

you need to connect one of the pins on the low beam relay to a pin on the high beam relay.. I don't remember which pins off the top of my head, but you should be able to find that on Ryan's ellipsoid guide. I just stuffed a wire in the contacts and stuck the relays on top, works great. as a side effect, your fog lights will not turn off when you hit your high beams, but that's no big deal.

[Matto]

Connect pin 30 on each relay.

[ZiMMie]

connect it to wat?

[Ryan Stewart]

connect pin 30 from the low beam relay to the pin 30 on the high beam relay.

http://www.archercc.net/tech/lighting.htm

Its at the bottom of the page.