Trigger Angel Eyes to Come on/off When Unlock/Lock
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:48 pm
So this a DIY i wrote a while back for my E46, that i have adpated slightly,
Unfortunatly i dont have any pics of it, as i done this in a E46
SO here goes, hopefully it helps some people out
This guide is for when the angel eyes only have one wire to pick up a +ive feed from and will work weather they eyes are running as DRL's or off of the side/dipped head lights.
This will let you AE come on with the footwell lights and go off when they go off
So for this you will need:
I then ran my new trigger wire from my side lights into the engine bay you need to split the wire in to two. I used a straight connector crimp with one wire in one side and two on the other. So that you can run one to your left head light and the other to your right headlight, once you have your wires run to your head lights cable tie it all in place.
You will need a diode to prevent your angel eyes from turning your interior lights on when you dont want them on, and anouther diode to stop you interior lights from turning on your side lights
You will have to excuse my shoddy wireing diagram in paint lol but it does the job,
So the Key:
yellow box- interior light
Yellow Circles - angel eyes
red - +ive
black - -ive
green - New trigger wire
Pink - Main trigger wire (that comes from either side lights or switch live)
Blue - wire connecting angel eyes together
dodge black triange - Diode
So the as you can see from the diagram a diode needs to be placed on your new trigger wire faceing your angel eyes
Also anouther diode needs to be put into your main trigger wire, to stop your interior lights lighting your side lights up
REMEMBER DIODES HAVE A POLARITY AND WILL NOT WORK BACKWARDS
Next we are going to make the part with the diodes in:
Now you need to cut off a section of your thing wire, your gonna need about 8inches
Cut it in half, then cut it in to four 1 inch lengths and then strip all the ends of the wire
take a straight connector crimp and push two 1 inch lengths into the same end and crimp
Now on the other end of each of these wires you need to solder the -ive leg of your diode
On the other side of you diode, the +ive you need to solder the other two one inch wire you cut, then using two more straight connector crimps connect these to the ends
So you now have a Y shape
Put some heat shrink over the diodes
You will need to make this again for the other side, So you should have two Y shapes
So back on the car now you need to connect you Y in looking at one side at a time, Im gonna assume most people have CCFL's and are using there side lights to turn them off and on, but if you are running them as DRL's or from the dipped beams this is fine.
Starting on the drivers side:
So you have a wire that comes from the +ive of your side lights to your inverter. Your gonna need to cut this about 1-2 inches away from the inverter and strip both ends of the cables.
Now take the Y you just made using the crimps you crimped on connect the end with two wires in one crimp to the inverter wire and either (it dosent matter) of the other two wires to the wire that goes to your side light, Now you have one wire left over this should be connected to the wire that you run from your interior lights crimp it in,
Do this for the other passenger side too
Now you can connect up the wire to your footwell lights, I used a scotch lock to tap into the +ive feed of the light, i cable tied my wire so it didnt get caught up any where.
Test by locking and unlocking your car
Unfortunatly i dont have any pics of it, as i done this in a E46
SO here goes, hopefully it helps some people out
This guide is for when the angel eyes only have one wire to pick up a +ive feed from and will work weather they eyes are running as DRL's or off of the side/dipped head lights.
This will let you AE come on with the footwell lights and go off when they go off
So for this you will need:
- A few meters of thin wire
- 1 scotch lock
- 4 diode's
- heat shrink
- Philps screw driver
- Side cutters
- cimp tool and crimps
- stanley knife
I then ran my new trigger wire from my side lights into the engine bay you need to split the wire in to two. I used a straight connector crimp with one wire in one side and two on the other. So that you can run one to your left head light and the other to your right headlight, once you have your wires run to your head lights cable tie it all in place.
You will need a diode to prevent your angel eyes from turning your interior lights on when you dont want them on, and anouther diode to stop you interior lights from turning on your side lights
You will have to excuse my shoddy wireing diagram in paint lol but it does the job,
So the Key:
yellow box- interior light
Yellow Circles - angel eyes
red - +ive
black - -ive
green - New trigger wire
Pink - Main trigger wire (that comes from either side lights or switch live)
Blue - wire connecting angel eyes together
dodge black triange - Diode
So the as you can see from the diagram a diode needs to be placed on your new trigger wire faceing your angel eyes
Also anouther diode needs to be put into your main trigger wire, to stop your interior lights lighting your side lights up
REMEMBER DIODES HAVE A POLARITY AND WILL NOT WORK BACKWARDS
Next we are going to make the part with the diodes in:
Now you need to cut off a section of your thing wire, your gonna need about 8inches
Cut it in half, then cut it in to four 1 inch lengths and then strip all the ends of the wire
take a straight connector crimp and push two 1 inch lengths into the same end and crimp
Now on the other end of each of these wires you need to solder the -ive leg of your diode
On the other side of you diode, the +ive you need to solder the other two one inch wire you cut, then using two more straight connector crimps connect these to the ends
So you now have a Y shape
Put some heat shrink over the diodes
You will need to make this again for the other side, So you should have two Y shapes
So back on the car now you need to connect you Y in looking at one side at a time, Im gonna assume most people have CCFL's and are using there side lights to turn them off and on, but if you are running them as DRL's or from the dipped beams this is fine.
Starting on the drivers side:
So you have a wire that comes from the +ive of your side lights to your inverter. Your gonna need to cut this about 1-2 inches away from the inverter and strip both ends of the cables.
Now take the Y you just made using the crimps you crimped on connect the end with two wires in one crimp to the inverter wire and either (it dosent matter) of the other two wires to the wire that goes to your side light, Now you have one wire left over this should be connected to the wire that you run from your interior lights crimp it in,
Do this for the other passenger side too
Now you can connect up the wire to your footwell lights, I used a scotch lock to tap into the +ive feed of the light, i cable tied my wire so it didnt get caught up any where.
Test by locking and unlocking your car