Xenon vs Halogen wiring
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I'm a bit stuck on retrofitting xenons to my E60.
My plan is to wire the xenon headlight as a halogen and use an aftermarket ballast on the dipped beam feed which eliminates all the warning lights on the dash.
The problem I have come across is on xenon headlights there is only one 10W bulb for the angel eye. On the halogen there are two 5W bulbs.
Can I put these two wires together and run the one bulb in the xenon?
As you can see from below I have sketched the way both plugs are. The xenon headlight has two earths (one extra for the ballast).
The only two Pins I question are on the Halogen wiring diagram are the gray and green one. This is because I am not sure how to remove the bulbs.
Thanks for any help as I'm no electrical wizard
My plan is to wire the xenon headlight as a halogen and use an aftermarket ballast on the dipped beam feed which eliminates all the warning lights on the dash.
The problem I have come across is on xenon headlights there is only one 10W bulb for the angel eye. On the halogen there are two 5W bulbs.
Can I put these two wires together and run the one bulb in the xenon?
As you can see from below I have sketched the way both plugs are. The xenon headlight has two earths (one extra for the ballast).
The only two Pins I question are on the Halogen wiring diagram are the gray and green one. This is because I am not sure how to remove the bulbs.
Thanks for any help as I'm no electrical wizard
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OK guy's, here's and update just thought i'd try plugging the xenon headlights in but took out the xenon ballast.
Everything else apart from the xenon part worked as normal. I also removed the plug for the light beam adjustment motor for the xenon.
The angel eyes, indicators, LED lights, hight beam were ok. Going to order the aftermarket kit and see what happen
Everything else apart from the xenon part worked as normal. I also removed the plug for the light beam adjustment motor for the xenon.
The angel eyes, indicators, LED lights, hight beam were ok. Going to order the aftermarket kit and see what happen
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Before you do that (order the kit) - take a look/listen here:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/featur...xenon_test.html
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/featur...xenon_test.html
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