halogen to xenon HEEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!

scandluz22 · 09-19-2007, 08:27 PM

I just did the halogen to xenon retro fit and I have problems. I turn the lights on and they both turn on.......after about a minute one of them goes out.....it's not always the same one........Let the car run and leave the lights on and which ever one went out comes back on after a few minutes.......now not only do I get a bulb out error but I get a service car error...This happens everytime I turn them on. Any help??

bk20627 · 09-19-2007, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scandluz22

I just did the halogen to xenon retro fit and I have problems. I turn the lights on and they both turn on.......after about a minute one of them goes out.....it's not always the same one........Let the car run and leave the lights on and which ever one went out comes back on after a few minutes.......now not only do I get a bulb out error but I get a service car error...This happens everytime I turn them on. Any help??

maybe u swap the diffenet wire or something. go pm to ADHD. he did it mine as welll...ask him about your situation.
btw mine .same as your halogen to xenon. but only only few not even few..maybe juss 1 time..my right side headlight on but then left side off but after i turned off and turn back on both headlight came
but yea like i sai ask ADHD or longtran

mds82 · 09-19-2007, 09:30 PM

Get these Fixed.... sorry i cant help

scandluz22 · 09-19-2007, 09:39 PM

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Get these Fixed.... sorry i cant help

LOL I'm trying.

longtran · 09-20-2007, 12:04 PM

make sure your ground is good.

scandluz22 · 09-20-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by longtran

make sure your ground is good.

I'm pretty sure its good I'll recheck it though.....Hey long, If I start driving the car right away I don't get a problem. Does that mean I'm not getting enough power to them when the car is at idle? If so how do I fix that?

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 05:38 PM

Ok so this morning I rechecked and redid the ground wire on each light. That seemed to work all day. I would start my car and see how it went a few times during the day. So after 4:30pm, after I detailed my car I decided it was good to go and I put all the tools and everything else away. When I was dont with that I went and tried it again...........The passenger side went out!!!! I redid the ground wire and it still went out. Redid it again....out again. So I started the car and went for a drive and it stayed on. Can this still be a ground problem? I'm going crazy trying to figure it out. Somebody has to be able to give me some help.

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 05:42 PM

why must you post posts that deter me from getting xenons? lol anyways i have no idea try redoing most of the wiring....after all theres only 4. and what kinda connectors did you use? or did you hook up ground to the chassis thing?

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jetblk328i

why must you post posts that deter me from getting xenons? lol anyways i have no idea try redoing most of the wiring....after all theres only 4. and what kinda connectors did you use? or did you hook up ground to the chassis thing?

LOL, you still better get them. It's so worth it when they are on. I do suggest maybe Osram 6000k bulbs though. Anyway I use the chasis ground on each side. I only have those 2 grounds hooked up because the other wires are only for the shutter and and don't care about that right now. I did have it hooked up, but it kept getting screwed up everytime I pulled the plug off, it didn't make any difference if it was hooked up or not. It won't make the lights not work. I know the passenger side ground is pretty good because I found a connector that fits in the plug. I don't know what else to do.

dmm325 · 09-21-2007, 06:20 PM

do you have stock bulbs or aftermarket??

cause i did the halogen to xenon conversion and when i had stock bulbs it worked fine but then down the road i tried changing to mcculluch 8000k bulbs and it was doing the same thing your talking about.

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dmm325

do you have stock bulbs or aftermarket??

Stock, why?

dmm325 · 09-21-2007, 06:23 PM

look up, sorry i edited my post above yours..

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 06:23 PM

uh make sure ur wire into teh conenctor for teh grounds are good as in tehy are not frayed, and spread it out so that more power etc. really? no shutter wire splice=work?!?!?!? also uh what kinda of connector fits in teh terminal? if all fails
then just take the existing ground from the halogens and connect that using a squeeze/snap connector withe the new ground and take it off the chassis? might as well check if the bulbs and ballast wires ans such are in good working condition....

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dmm325

do you have stock bulbs or aftermarket??

cause i did the halogen to xenon conversion and when i had stock bulbs it worked fine but then down the road i tried changing to mcculluch 8000k bulbs and it was doing the same thing your talking about.

Seriously?? You went back to stock?

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jetblk328i

uh make sure ur wire into teh conenctor for teh grounds are good as in tehy are not frayed, and spread it out so that more power etc. really? no shutter wire splice=work?!?!?!? also uh what kinda of connector fits in teh terminal? if all fails
then just take the existing ground from the halogens and connect that using a squeeze/snap connector withe the new ground and take it off the chassis? might as well check if the bulbs and ballast wires ans such are in good working condition....

Yes the shutter wire is just for the shutter and only gets powered when you put on the high beams so Not necessary right now. What do you mean by "if all fails then just take the existing ground from the halogens and connect that using a squeeze/snap connector withe the new ground and take it off the chassis?"? I tried to splice into the ground that is already in the plug. That didn't work either. I was think maybe I can take off the lights and splice the ground wires inside the xenons themselves. Not sure if that will work though. As for the connector , I found a female wire connector that fit in the plug.

dmm325 · 09-21-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by scandluz22

Seriously?? You went back to stock?

I went back to the stock bulbs, the 8000k bulbs could of worked i just didnt have the patients to deal with it.

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 08:36 PM

yea thats what i meant splice into current ground using butt splice, squeeze/snap connector, because u are using the 6k bulbs be sure that the bulb is on properly as well as the the ballast to bulb part...i would not recommend taking apart the xenon, i have been told that there are about a billion wires in there all in funny different colors. if the splice wire 2 and 4 (halogen ground +xenon ground) for each light didnt work then i guess it must not be the ground, or this female connector isnt 100% or you need it crimp it into place soem more? btw what AWG wire are you using?

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jetblk328i

yea thats what i meant splice into current ground using butt splice, squeeze/snap connector, because u are using the 6k bulbs be sure that the bulb is on properly as well as the the ballast to bulb part...i would not recommend taking apart the xenon, i have been told that there are about a billion wires in there all in funny different colors. if the splice wire 2 and 4 (halogen ground +xenon ground) for each light didnt work then i guess it must not be the ground, or this female connector isnt 100% or you need it crimp it into place soem more? btw what AWG wire are you using?

12 AWG

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 09:09 PM

hmm thats all correct.....i wonder whats wrong....you say that whenever at drive it works? hmm

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jetblk328i

hmm thats all correct.....i wonder whats wrong....you say that whenever at drive it works? hmm

Yup when I drive it works.......

tinobw · 09-21-2007, 09:17 PM

got similar problem! every time I start the car, both light went on, and low beam error warning came up, for about 30secs passenger side went off for about a minute, then went on again with service warning came up, so if the service warning on, both light will works fine. This happened everytime car restart.
Anybody have any idea whats wrong? BTW I got the adaptive lights.

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 09:24 PM

!!! you have OEM FACTORY EQUIPTED xenons and it has the same problem? or did you do the DIY?

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scandluz22 Captain 20 Rep 650 Posts Drives: 2006 330xi Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY iTrader: (12) Garage List 2007 328XI [0.00]	halogen to xenon HEEEEELLLLPPPP!!!! I just did the halogen to xenon retro fit and I have problems. I turn the lights on and they both turn on.......after about a minute one of them goes out.....it's not always the same one........Let the car run and leave the lights on and which ever one went out comes back on after a few minutes.......now not only do I get a bulb out error but I get a service car error...This happens everytime I turn them on. Any help??
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09-21-2007, 05:38 PM	#7
scandluz22 Captain 20 Rep 650 Posts Drives: 2006 330xi Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY iTrader: (12) Garage List 2007 328XI [0.00]	Ok so this morning I rechecked and redid the ground wire on each light. That seemed to work all day. I would start my car and see how it went a few times during the day. So after 4:30pm, after I detailed my car I decided it was good to go and I put all the tools and everything else away. When I was dont with that I went and tried it again...........The passenger side went out!!!! I redid the ground wire and it still went out. Redid it again....out again. So I started the car and went for a drive and it stayed on. Can this still be a ground problem? I'm going crazy trying to figure it out. Somebody has to be able to give me some help.
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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	why must you post posts that deter me from getting xenons? lol anyways i have no idea try redoing most of the wiring....after all theres only 4. and what kinda connectors did you use? or did you hook up ground to the chassis thing?
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09-21-2007, 08:36 PM	#17
jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	yea thats what i meant splice into current ground using butt splice, squeeze/snap connector, because u are using the 6k bulbs be sure that the bulb is on properly as well as the the ballast to bulb part...i would not recommend taking apart the xenon, i have been told that there are about a billion wires in there all in funny different colors. if the splice wire 2 and 4 (halogen ground +xenon ground) for each light didnt work then i guess it must not be the ground, or this female connector isnt 100% or you need it crimp it into place soem more? btw what AWG wire are you using?
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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	hmm thats all correct.....i wonder whats wrong....you say that whenever at drive it works? hmm
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tinobw Private First Class 17 Rep 144 Posts Drives: My Car Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mission Viejo, CA iTrader: (1)	got similar problem! every time I start the car, both light went on, and low beam error warning came up, for about 30secs passenger side went off for about a minute, then went on again with service warning came up, so if the service warning on, both light will works fine. This happened everytime car restart. Anybody have any idea whats wrong? BTW I got the adaptive lights.
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09-21-2007, 09:24 PM	#22
jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	!!! you have OEM FACTORY EQUIPTED xenons and it has the same problem? or did you do the DIY?
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