DDE install, need help a-sap

[Nathan]

hi i think i got everything plugged in correctly..
but my dde's just aren't lighting up

first ..the power ..
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6035.JPG
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6036.JPG
is that where it goes?

the ground
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6037.JPG
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6038.JPG
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6039.JPG

now the parking lights
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6040.JPG
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/...e/IMGP6041.JPG

i re plugged the two lightbox plugs in again like the instructions said, and still nothing..
my parking light wire's colour may look different cuz its a canadian spec.. also the car is a e36 1996 328i

i just disabled my parking lights and it was the same wire that i tapped into w/ the blue wire.

any1 kno whats wrong? i shook the bulb in the light box and its fine..


thanks
-nathan

edit: i took out the pics for inc in browser friendlyness

[baller26]

Your power lead is wrong. It's supposed to attach to the bult inside of the positve housing... You can disconnect the top of the plastic case and attach the lead, then just file a little hole so that the wire doesnt get pinched

[Nathan]

thx for the quick reply =)
got em working.. thx
will post pics when im done

-nathan

[Nathan]

ok so got the DDEs working.. now the ZKW are acting up..

well they're working and very beautiful.. but how come i have Day time running lights on?

the high beam bulb is on, not at full (so its not on full beam) but its on a day time running thing.. my LED for the city lights is not on..
i never wired in the city light plug.. #2 on my connector is empty..

i just want the DDEs on when im in the first click of my head lights switch.. but right when i start the car right now, the high beam bulb acts as a day time running light, as the Stock US spec headlight would do..

any1 know whats going on?

thanks
-nathan

[baller26]

can you take a picture of the wires going into the connectors? or did you use PnP?

[Nathan]

more pics for clarity
http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/home/dde/wires/

ive pluged the yellow/green (low beam) into #3,
white w/ green (high beam) into #4
and brown + brown into #1

-nathan

[Nathan]

i saudered all the pieces together. so connections shouldn't be a prob..

?? help pls

any help is appreciated

thanks
-nathan

[Nathan]

the city light plug #2 doesn't needed to be wired in right?
it should be independent of the high beam..

-nathan

heres a pic of what i mean, w/ the high beam bulb acting as a day time running more here http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/home/dde/pics/

[baller26]

Hmm, it seems as though the pins arent pushed far enough into connectors. I got this at first when I was installing my ellipsoids, make sure the pins go way into the connector, a little past flush on the headlight side. Connect it and start the headlights... if you are getting the same problem, just take your finger and wiggle the wires a bit... also, you know that the numbers go counter clockwise looking from the wireside, meaning 2 is on the right not the left.... post again if you have more probs

[Nathan]

did the same for passenger side
#1=2 grounds
#2=empty
#3=low beam
#4=hi beam..

same thing, the hi beam acts as a day time running light..
i don't understand.. the connector has 4 prongs.. 1 for every source of power.. why would they send power to the hi beam when i havn't turned on the high beam?
when i take the #4 out,, the high beam is out..



more pics here http://www.members.shaw.ca/simon138/home/dde/pass_side/
-nathan

[baller26]

Are you switching 2 and 4 maybe? Check out my post above yours too... if you can post a pic of the wires into the connector also

[Nathan]

hmm i used plyers and held the wire,, then pushed the connector down.. hoping to get the pins higher up..
didn't really move.. .. i pluuged em in hoping it did move up.. and nothing..



or are u refering to the actual Copper wires that went into the connector pins? because i bought the pins and then crimped copper wires into them myself.. the dealer only had the pins..

-nathan

[Nathan]

heres what i mean by the pins..
i sauderd it myself..

[Nathan]

Originally posted by baller26
Are you switching 2 and 4 maybe? Check out my post above yours too... if you can post a pic of the wires into the connector also

when i installed it on the passenger side i switched 2 and 4 by accident..

the day time runing light did not come on.. and i was like WOW case closed, my driver side was wired bad/wrong.

but , the LED was on (the city light) and when i put my high beams on.. nothing came on from the passenger side..
but the driver side did (which has the Day time running)

[baller26]

Those look good... try sliding the pins farther up so they are sticking out a bit past the plastic. Sometimes when you connect the plug, the pins slide down and dont make a good connection. Once you do that, just wiggle the wires with your hand from the inside of the hood when its connected.....