2xcite headlights help.
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I wired mines into the sidelight using T-Tap connectors and coded them to be always on using the carly app 
Good choice on the lights, they really update the front end IMO 
Good choice on the lights, they really update the front end IMO Sgr74 said:
I think you could get away with connecting the halos to the top sidelights and getting resistors that plug in to stop any warning codes, or code it out. I quite like the top eyebrow
I have connected to the side light strip up top though it’s a different colour. Did you change your top strip bulbs? If so, do they just pull out?Jamie-innes said:Sgr74 said:
I think you could get away with connecting the halos to the top sidelights and getting resistors that plug in to stop any warning codes, or code it out. I quite like the top eyebrow
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I wired the top 'eyebrow' sidelight strip, the HALOs and the small LEDs between them ALL together as my side lights. I changed the bulbs in the eyebrows for some much brighter LEDs from Halfords. The bulbs in the eyebrows need a quarter turn before you pull them out, however when the headlight is in position on the car there is absolutely no access to them...at all ! Not through the access panel in the wheel arch or from in the engine bay...it's impossible ! Unfortunately it's a front bumper off and headlights off job to replace them 
I fitted a pair to an 04 2.5, Great lights but some of the bulb holder connections are a bit dodgy. On mine the bare wire was just pushed down the side of the bulb holders to make contact. I only found this out when one sidelight started to fail intermittently. I endud up soldering the wires to the bulb holders.
It is worth soldering all the Eartth connections too as I had a dim indicator after a short while too.
It is worth soldering all the Eartth connections too as I had a dim indicator after a short while too.
They are sitting in the garage just now. So you are saying the sidelight bulb is just a quarter turn to take it out? It feels like a sealed unit. I don’t want to force it and break it.patriot66 said:I wired the top 'eyebrow' sidelight strip, the HALOs and the small LEDs between them ALL together as my side lights. I changed the bulbs in the eyebrows for some much brighter LEDs from Halfords. The bulbs in the eyebrows need a quarter turn before you pull them out, however when the headlight is in position on the car there is absolutely no access to them...at all ! Not through the access panel in the wheel arch or from in the engine bay...it's impossible ! Unfortunately it's a front bumper off and headlights off job to replace them
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Sgr74 said:They are sitting in the garage just now. So you are saying the sidelight bulb is just a quarter turn to take it out? It feels like a sealed unit. I don’t want to force it and break it.patriot66 said:I wired the top 'eyebrow' sidelight strip, the HALOs and the small LEDs between them ALL together as my side lights. I changed the bulbs in the eyebrows for some much brighter LEDs from Halfords. The bulbs in the eyebrows need a quarter turn before you pull them out, however when the headlight is in position on the car there is absolutely no access to them...at all ! Not through the access panel in the wheel arch or from in the engine bay...it's impossible ! Unfortunately it's a front bumper off and headlights off job to replace them
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I remember them being very tight but they will turn and pop out, I think i may have even used pliers for some extra leverage. The bulbs are used were osram LEDs as I didn't fancy getting cheap ones and them failing on me a few months later, as patriot says its a bumper off job to change them
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0088XET0S?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
You can just about turn mine with your fingers as I put some vaseline on the rubber o-ring but needle nose pliers will definitely be needed the first time. Get good quality/reputable name LEDs and the brighter the better as you don't want them to fail prematurely as it's a real drag taking the front bumper off for two small LEDs...not difficult but a real PITAJamie-innes said:Sgr74 said:They are sitting in the garage just now. So you are saying the sidelight bulb is just a quarter turn to take it out? It feels like a sealed unit. I don’t want to force it and break it.patriot66 said:I wired the top 'eyebrow' sidelight strip, the HALOs and the small LEDs between them ALL together as my side lights. I changed the bulbs in the eyebrows for some much brighter LEDs from Halfords. The bulbs in the eyebrows need a quarter turn before you pull them out, however when the headlight is in position on the car there is absolutely no access to them...at all ! Not through the access panel in the wheel arch or from in the engine bay...it's impossible ! Unfortunately it's a front bumper off and headlights off job to replace them
20200523_214411.jpg20200523_215909.jpg
I remember them being very tight but they will turn and pop out, I think i may have even used pliers for some extra leverage. The bulbs are used were osram LEDs as I didn't fancy getting cheap ones and them failing on me a few months later, as patriot says its a bumper off job to change them
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0088XET0S?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
