Car body harness/position light on E34 - Depo Angel Eye

[everest]

OK, I finally got the front grill off and installed Depo eye lights that I bought on eBay.




But I can't figure out how to hook up the wiring harness that was included in the kit. The instructions say to plug it into the "position light of car body harness" What is that?

Is it this? The plug with a protective end cap on it, located right under the RH hood arm?



Or is it the plug located right in front of the washer fluid reservoir?




I've tried both and can't get either to work. What am I doing wrong? Anyone know? Am I not attaching the harness correctly to a power source. I can't wire the harness to the battery (under rear seat - too far), so I am assuming that the spot where I would hook the car up for a jump start is where I should attach the wiring harness for power. Is this the right spot?

[crashnburn80]

The instructions say to plug it into the "position light of car body harness" What is that?

so I am assuming that the spot where I would hook the car up for a jump start is where I should attach the wiring harness for power. Is this the right spot?

Looking at the last pic in your post, you have the lights hooked up to the correct power source (the remote battery post) connected to the fuse.

The position light as I remember needs to be tapped into you parking lights or headlights, depending on when you want you eyes to come on. This is not plug and play, it does not plug into anything. You will need to splice the wires to your headlights or parkinglights and add the wires from the eye wiring harness so it can draw some power to activate the relay in the harness.

BTW - where did you get the yellow connectors to plug into the back of your depo headlights? I looked forever and couldn't find them.

It wouldn't be a bad idea for someone to document and archive this Depo light install procedure, because it seems these questions come up alot.

[Mobius]

BTW - where did you get the yellow connectors to plug into the back of your depo headlights? I looked forever and couldn't find them.

They are part number 61 13 1 378 419 - wires that fit them are 61 13 0 007 445.

Everything should be mostly identical to the european light wiring. See http://e30m3therealm3.com/e34/

[willobmw]

Yes you can get all the connectors at the BMW dealer. The parts are getting very expensive. I spent over 75.00 with club discount just for the wires to convert my 535i to Euros. BMA is no help. Installation finally this weekend.
Willo

[Mobius]

Yes you can get all the connectors at the BMW dealer. The parts are getting very expensive. I spent over 75.00 with club discount just for the wires to convert my 535i to Euros. BMA is no help. Installation finally this weekend.

BMA is no help? Are you kidding me? I'm doing the same; I called them up last week and went through the whole thing. I'm waiting here with a hot soldering iron for the damn parts to arrive.

How did you reach $75?

6 plugs at $.75ea (high low and city)
2 city holders at $8ea
12 wire leads at $3ea
ends up at something like $56. It's the stupid terminated wire leads that eat you.

Even if BMA wouldn't 'help' - all the part numbers are here http://e30m3therealm3.com/e34/

I'm just surprised to hear anything negative about BMA. They're ****ing awesome in my book. They've always gone out of their way to help me out - even when it was looking for the right $.75 plug...

[everest]

I got the yellow connectors from www.makotoautotrends.com (http://www.makotoautotrends.com/stor...=onlinestoreDB). However, they did not send me the yellow connectors with my original ebay order. I had to call and email them 4 times total before they sent them to me. But, they were supposed to be part of my original order, so they didn't cost me extra. I got a sweet deal on eBay and paid $250 total with shipping. Now they are selling them for $299 plus shipping!!

[crashnburn80]

I got a sweet deal on eBay and paid $250 total with shipping. Now they are selling them for $299 plus shipping!!

Wuhahaha! I got mine sevral months ago from makotoautotrends on ebay for $199 shipped

[everest]

That's hilarious!!! I guess they've been raising the price on them.

[everest]

Are the bulbs for the eyes already installed in the Depo's?

[kngpen]

Are the bulbs for the eyes already installed in the Depo's?

Yes

On a different note..

I have the DEPOs installed on my car and have yet to get the Angel Eyes working. I talked with a few others who installed them properly and they explained that all you need to do is wire them to the parking lights. Those other connectors arent really needed so :x.