halogen to xenon HEEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 09:31 PM

cause if so......hmmm

tinobw · 09-21-2007, 09:31 PM

I did halogen to xenon.

jetblk328i · 09-21-2007, 09:42 PM

oh ok...got me even more worried there so....what method did you do did you splice the halogen ground into the xenon or did you do the chassis thing?

tinobw · 09-21-2007, 10:14 PM

sorry, not only passanger side, any other one, just random. The thing that bothers me, the beeping warning sound, approx every 10 mins. Yeah chassis ground, 5+6 spliced.

scandluz22 · 09-21-2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tinobw

sorry, not only passanger side, any other one, just random. The thing that bothers me, the beeping warning sound, approx every 10 mins. Yeah chassis ground, 5+6 spliced.

Yeah atleast I got it to just the passenger side.....Yours work if you start the car and immediately drive it? Or start it leave it at idle with the lights off and then start driving and turn them on?

tinobw · 09-22-2007, 12:39 AM

Mine doesn't matter at idle or start driving immediately. Always either one came off first for couple seconds and back on again with service engine light came on, than keep goes on till I shut the engine off.

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 03:55 AM

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Mine doesn't matter at idle or start driving immediately. Always either one came off first for couple seconds and back on again with service engine light came on, than keep goes on till I shut the engine off.

Recheck your ground. Make sure you have a good connection at the plug. Mine was doing that at first, then I redid the grounds and now it only does the one side. The side that goes out on mine doesn't come back on unless I restart the car.

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 04:30 AM

I'm so confused.....This morning I started the car and let it idle to let the windows clear up so I decided to turn on the lights just to see.....They worked perfectly. The error code came on for like 15-20 seconds and then went out and both lights stayed on. You think one of the ballasts or bulbs are bad? I wanted the Osram 6000k bulbs anyway so I'll try that.

dmm325 · 09-22-2007, 07:56 AM

if it keeps doing it. Maybe take them out and bring a friend over or someone else and do them over again. Maybe your looking at it hour after hour and maybe missing something tiny.

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 08:27 AM

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if it keeps doing it. Maybe take them out and bring a friend over or someone else and do them over again. Maybe your looking at it hour after hour and maybe missing something tiny.

Thats true. We'll see what happens.

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 09:33 AM

hmm yes and again i repeat - please check all ballast bulbs and their connections!!!!! plus perhaps instead of putting the lights on "AUTO" which perhaps some of you are doing, i have no idea, but put it to ON when you start the car, normally this will not give you an error!

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 10:45 AM

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hmm yes and again i repeat - please check all ballast bulbs and their connections!!!!! plus perhaps instead of putting the lights on "AUTO" which perhaps some of you are doing, i have no idea, but put it to ON when you start the car, normally this will not give you an error!

Did the ON thing doesn't work. Works better starting the car with them off then turning them on when I start driving, but like I said they worked this morning.

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 10:54 AM

do they work now?

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 11:07 AM

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do they work now?

yep

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 11:10 AM

hmm what did you do to them then? im guessing you fixed them good!

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 11:11 AM

and btw, without the shutter wire im guessing only the halogen bulb in there works? are you gonna do the shutter wire?

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 01:07 PM

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and btw, without the shutter wire im guessing only the halogen bulb in there works? are you gonna do the shutter wire?

yeah I will I just want to make sure they stay working.

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 03:45 PM

did you find out why it wasnt working yet?

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 04:01 PM

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did you find out why it wasnt working yet?

No, I'm at work.

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 05:33 PM

what kind of female wire connector? will any work as long is 12 awg and female? you are putting the connector into hole in the terminal correct? also whats then end look like?

scandluz22 · 09-22-2007, 06:20 PM

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what kind of female wire connector? will any work as long is 12 awg and female? you are putting the connector into hole in the terminal correct? also whats then end look like?

It has to be small enough to fit in the connector. It's called a female crimp-on quick disconnect like these--> LINK I took off the plastic insulation and it fit in.

jetblk328i · 09-22-2007, 06:23 PM

i see....isnt the plastic insulation good tho? im glad ur xenons work well now! are you gonna be doing the shutter? hows high beam without the shuter?

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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	oh ok...got me even more worried there so....what method did you do did you splice the halogen ground into the xenon or did you do the chassis thing?
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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)	sorry, not only passanger side, any other one, just random. The thing that bothers me, the beeping warning sound, approx every 10 mins. Yeah chassis ground, 5+6 spliced.
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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)	Mine doesn't matter at idle or start driving immediately. Always either one came off first for couple seconds and back on again with service engine light came on, than keep goes on till I shut the engine off.
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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	hmm yes and again i repeat - please check all ballast bulbs and their connections!!!!! plus perhaps instead of putting the lights on "AUTO" which perhaps some of you are doing, i have no idea, but put it to ON when you start the car, normally this will not give you an error!
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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	and btw, without the shutter wire im guessing only the halogen bulb in there works? are you gonna do the shutter wire?
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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	what kind of female wire connector? will any work as long is 12 awg and female? you are putting the connector into hole in the terminal correct? also whats then end look like?
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jetblk328i Colonel 309 Rep 2,458 Posts Drives: X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central PA iTrader: (1)	i see....isnt the plastic insulation good tho? im glad ur xenons work well now! are you gonna be doing the shutter? hows high beam without the shuter?
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