» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-28-2024 06:42 PM 1 Replies, 2,015 Views | | OMG!OMG! 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 0 Replies, 446 Views | | | | | | | 01-13-2009, 05:08 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 | Halo Rings Not Working When I turn on my headlights the passenger side halo rings don't turn on. The headlight turns on just fine. The angel rings and headlight on the driver side turn on just fine. Could it be the halo's are burnt out? | | | 01-13-2009, 05:32 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 | no dude. the transformer is out. it happened to mine before. you could get another one from DDM in like a day or two. but not sure how much he wants for them. it might be under warranty still. where did you get them from? __________________ -Theta Chi- Float like a cadilac, sting like a BIMMER .... my socket is just too thick and won't fit in the hole! damnit! Marv's 332ti is in the werks. Stay tuned ya'll ... Check list: S52 swap, manual transmission swap, 3.25 LSD with M Coupe diff cover, SuperSprint muffler, M3 style mirrors, AFE intake, ASC delete, M50 Manifold swap, UUC strut bar, ZHP lighted knob, Vaders, M-tech interior, OEM armrest, AC Schintzer front lip, AC Schnitzer rear spoiler, Roof spoiler, 18'' rims, M3 front drilled brakes, LED interior lights, 3 spoke Euro style steering wheel, OEM roof spoiler and bike holder, Thule fairing, Euro tail lights, oil pressure guage, carbon fiber hood painted to original paint (still showing CF weaving), what's next to do...? | | | 01-13-2009, 05:37 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 | Quote: Originally Posted by Marv17 no dude. the transformer is out. it happened to mine before. you could get another one from DDM in like a day or two. but not sure how much he wants for them. it might be under warranty still. where did you get them from? | What the hell is a transformer? I bought them from understeer. | | | 01-13-2009, 05:45 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 | its a lil white or black box thing. its like an ignitor i think. trust me. its that, what im talking about. call them up about it. see if its under warranty. cuz when i mentioned it to DDM when harold, bobby and I went down to San Diego the owner gave them to me for free cuz understeer probably ordered it thru them for us. its like 2 cents for him anyway. __________________ -Theta Chi- Float like a cadilac, sting like a BIMMER .... my socket is just too thick and won't fit in the hole! damnit! Marv's 332ti is in the werks. Stay tuned ya'll ... Check list: S52 swap, manual transmission swap, 3.25 LSD with M Coupe diff cover, SuperSprint muffler, M3 style mirrors, AFE intake, ASC delete, M50 Manifold swap, UUC strut bar, ZHP lighted knob, Vaders, M-tech interior, OEM armrest, AC Schintzer front lip, AC Schnitzer rear spoiler, Roof spoiler, 18'' rims, M3 front drilled brakes, LED interior lights, 3 spoke Euro style steering wheel, OEM roof spoiler and bike holder, Thule fairing, Euro tail lights, oil pressure guage, carbon fiber hood painted to original paint (still showing CF weaving), what's next to do...? | | | 01-13-2009, 05:45 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 | i can change it for you when you get it. i've done mine before. __________________ -Theta Chi- Float like a cadilac, sting like a BIMMER .... my socket is just too thick and won't fit in the hole! damnit! Marv's 332ti is in the werks. Stay tuned ya'll ... Check list: S52 swap, manual transmission swap, 3.25 LSD with M Coupe diff cover, SuperSprint muffler, M3 style mirrors, AFE intake, ASC delete, M50 Manifold swap, UUC strut bar, ZHP lighted knob, Vaders, M-tech interior, OEM armrest, AC Schintzer front lip, AC Schnitzer rear spoiler, Roof spoiler, 18'' rims, M3 front drilled brakes, LED interior lights, 3 spoke Euro style steering wheel, OEM roof spoiler and bike holder, Thule fairing, Euro tail lights, oil pressure guage, carbon fiber hood painted to original paint (still showing CF weaving), what's next to do...? | | | 01-13-2009, 05:47 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 | Ok kool. Where's that thing located at anyways? Its been bothering me! I can't drive with just Halo's on cuz only 1 side will light up. People gotta know there's a bimmer approaching them, lol. | | | 01-13-2009, 05:48 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 | its inside the headlight housing. its easy to get to and replace. you'll have to take it out of the car. and i remember that was a b!tch to put it in in the first place :-/ __________________ -Theta Chi- Float like a cadilac, sting like a BIMMER .... my socket is just too thick and won't fit in the hole! damnit! Marv's 332ti is in the werks. Stay tuned ya'll ... Check list: S52 swap, manual transmission swap, 3.25 LSD with M Coupe diff cover, SuperSprint muffler, M3 style mirrors, AFE intake, ASC delete, M50 Manifold swap, UUC strut bar, ZHP lighted knob, Vaders, M-tech interior, OEM armrest, AC Schintzer front lip, AC Schnitzer rear spoiler, Roof spoiler, 18'' rims, M3 front drilled brakes, LED interior lights, 3 spoke Euro style steering wheel, OEM roof spoiler and bike holder, Thule fairing, Euro tail lights, oil pressure guage, carbon fiber hood painted to original paint (still showing CF weaving), what's next to do...? | | | 01-13-2009, 05:53 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 | Ight. I'll call understeer tomorrow. | | | 01-13-2009, 06:29 AM | #9 | Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SoCal318ti Posts: 1,574 | Thanks for helping Hugo Marv! You Rock!! | | | 01-13-2009, 07:11 AM | #10 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Hugo, before you replace it, try swapping the right ballast with the left one. If the problem moves to the opposite side, you know it's a bad ballast, if it doesn't, then you have either dead rings or faulty wiring. The fact that both of the passenger rings went out at the same time would lead me to believe that it's either a bad ballast or the wiring came loose. Check all of the spliced wires on the passenger side, wiggle them around, maybe re-twist them. Also, since you purchased yours from understeer, the ballasts might not be "inside" of the headlight housing. Just look for a little black rectangular box with two white wires coming out of each end of it. It should be spliced into your corner light wiring. FWIW, don't listen to Marv, he doesn't know what he's talking about They're not caller transformers, they're called ballasts or ignitors Just make sure you're grounded first __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | 01-13-2009, 07:16 AM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 | Quote: Originally Posted by cooljess76 Just make sure you're grounded first | LMFAO!!! Oh sheet i have completely forgotten about that. Hahaha good times. Well if its a bad ballast why would the headlight still work. | | | 01-13-2009, 07:26 AM | #12 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by HuGo LMFAO!!! Oh sheet i have completely forgotten about that. Hahaha good times. Well if its a bad ballast why would the headlight still work. | Because the HID headlights use a separate ballast. HID ballasts have a metal housing while the angel eye ballasts are plastic. Take a look, you'll see what I mean. You'll see a thick wire coming out of the back of the headlight. It will be plugged into the HID ballast(metal), leave it alone. Then look at the wires coming out of your corner light. There should be a white wire spliced into the factory corner light wiring. Follow that tiny wire and it will lead you to the angel eye ballast(plastic box). __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | 01-13-2009, 07:27 AM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 237 | So just one of mine on the drivers side went out. the other one on the drivers side works. Bad halo or ballast? there aren't two ballasts are there? Sorry about the thread jack, but i figured its better than starting a completely new thread to find a solution to the same problem. | | | 01-13-2009, 07:30 AM | #14 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by John318ti So just one of mine on the drivers side went out. the other one on the drivers side works. Bad halo or ballast? there aren't two ballasts are there? Sorry about the thread jack, but i figured its better than starting a completely new thread to find a solution to the same problem. | Probably a dead ring, but try playing with the wires, sometimes they don't work in the cold. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | 01-13-2009, 07:32 AM | #15 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 237 | Quote: Originally Posted by cooljess76 Probably a dead ring, but try playing with the wires, sometimes they don't work in the cold. | Ok thanks Jess. 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