HID INSTALLATION HELP

[xsn0wridax]

So I just purchased my DEPO Projectors with angel eyes and HID bulbs.

My dilemma is that from the directions I cant figure out how to wire them. I have everything connected except the ballast to the lights, and the ballasts to where ever the other end goes. Also my headlights are fogging up. Can anyone help?

[xsn0wridax]

ANYONE PLEASE!!

[RacerJames666]

My depos not only fog up, but build moisture. It looks like its crying all the time
Ive been told that when you install the housings, if you tighten down the bolts that fasten it to the car, it can slightly warp the housings, lifting the front glass away from the seal ever so slightly. I havent confirmed this yet, as Im just getting new apexcone housings with HID and seeing if its not just bad seals on the old ones etc.
As far as wiring, what exactly do you mean?
Maaybe this will clear up the air a little.(this is all available at Pelican Parts - Porsche Parts & BMW Parts - Automotive Parts and Accessories - Porsche & BMW along with lots of other useful tidbits FYI)

Shown here is a typical HID conversion kit for European ellipsoid headlamps. A: Bracket for mounting the ballast. B: Hella-manufactured ballast unit. C: Battery ground connection. D: Battery positive lead connection. E/F: H4 connector (taps into the car’s original lamp harness and reroutes power to the relay). G: Plugs that tap into the original lamp connector. H/I: Plug to provide power to the ballast unit. J/K: High-voltage wires that supply the bulb. L: HID bulb. M: High-voltage wire harness. N: Inline fuse. O: Relay.



Most of the HID kits I have seen include hard-to-read wiring diagrams, so I created this easy-to-follow schematic. The voltage from the battery supplies the HID ballast unit, and its on/off function is controlled by the relay integrated into the harness. This connection is also protected by an inline fuse. The relay that triggers power flow to the ballast is powered by the voltage from the original H4 plug located inside the headlamp housing. Because of this wiring arrangement, the relay is powered on (and turns on the HID system) when voltage is applied to the plug where the old H4 bulb was located.



THERE......IS THAT BETTER
-JP

[xsn0wridax]

OMG THANK YOU.

[xsn0wridax]

And my setup that I bought from DDM Tuning was Apexcone and the directions felt like I was reading Chinese. Also it definitely didnt come with a relay which is where I'm having problems. And solutions on getting my "tears" out of my lenses?

[RacerJames666]

ummmm silicone? Or a heat reactible glue so you can heat em up and remove the lenses if you need to in the future

[xsn0wridax]

so i have to take them out again?

[RacerJames666]

Only IF you have to take em out again...
And I talked to Paul (i think it was) at ddm, he told me the "benjamin box" lights with the HID upgrade dont have the relays, but he told me that the e36's dont have much trouble firing off the ballasts without them....we shall see anywho....see just how sucessful I myself am with the install....

[xsn0wridax]

well as of now i still have no working headlights...

[RacerJames666]

Check your fuses.
The 7.5 amp ones sometimes have a tendancy to burn out, so I hear the fix is run 15A in place of the 7.5A.
Also, e36 dont need em' relays. I guess they are all built from the get-go(I shoulda guessed that one)
Put up some pictures of just where you are in the wiring process, and ill try to guide you.

[xsn0wridax]

i will tonight, but when i was initially installing, there was only a high beam relay and now low? but i played around with all the fuses that controlled lights and got the lows to turn off from fuse #25 if i remember correctly.