ash59fifty-uk
MB Enthusiast
As above, I'm at a brick wall with these now
Purchased some facelift headlights, with HID's built in... from another country
you're thinking I know, but that's not my issue as they are pretty good.
I just can't get them to power on at all. The only side I have tried, is the drivers side for now. As the passenger side connector is a right ***** to get out with what available space is there, and I only want to test them to see if they work. To fully fit these I will need a facelift bonnet, which I don't have fitted yet. So for the time being, I just want to see them powered up.
So these are plug and play as the seller stated, they come with the HID bulb pre-fitted with the ballast mounted underneath. The 'cornering' light is a normal halogen bulb which is purely there to turn on whilst main beam is selected. Everything is wired internally, nothing hanging out the back of the headlight. Regarding the LED C-parking light all the wiring is within the units also, I'm assuming the correct resistors are built in within. All is powered via the 8-pin connector, which I simply plug my cars connector into, which is a pig to get out without a hook tool (or removing the headlight and bumper for more space)
So anyway, I'll stop waffling. They don't power on when connected. I've tried with ignition on, engine on, I've tried the indicators, high beam, low beam, nothing powers on as if there's no current going to them at all. Whilst these are plugged in, my cars OEM lights on the passenger side work as they should, so I know it's not my cars connector like the seller cheekily suggested. I have very basic knowledge of electrics within vehicles so I wouldn't know how to test them to see if anything powers up.
When they are plugged in, all I get on the dash is "check drivers parking lamp". As I say everything on the passengers original lighting works during all this, but nothing turns on in the drivers side facelift lamp. I then unplug them and plug the connector back into my cars original lamp, and they work straight away. The connectors on the facelift lamps are exactly the same as my cars connectors, and the aftermarket lamps are for halogen models only. Not Xenon, so... plug and play it's meant to be.
Is there a way I can just take a powered single wire and touch it to the pins on the connector to the headlamps to see if each pin powers up separately? I just want to make sure each separate element powers up- the indicator, the C-parking light, and preferably the HID itself but I understand the ballast needs extra power just at the start-up period.
Is it because I'm only plugging one side in and leaving my passenger side OEM lights on in the circuit? Do I have to plug both facelift headlights in or something?
Regarding taking the car somewhere to be hooked up to STAR to set 'Xenons=present', would that make them work? I was under the impression I didn't need to have that done just to test them out before fully installing. I don't want to get this setting done on the car now while I haven't yet committed to the full physical install with a facelift bonnet... Or if I had the car set to Xenons=present now, could I still use the original halogen headlamps for the time being till I make the full conversion up front?
I won't need a facelift front SAM for these lights, I would if I installed OEM facelift xenon lamps from the ILS package. That much I do know, I've sat and done my research for these... it's just something basic not working somewhere along the line
Apologies for all the questions, but I'm out of ideas with them. The seller suggests to take them to a garage to get tested and made to work, and said will cover the cost but he assures me they were tested before delivery, and I like to have a degree of trust with people as they do have some great recommendations and I've seen them tested on other forums before they've fully installed them and they work plugged in to just test they work, but mine just don't!
What's more annoying is back when I bought these, I couldn't find any place in the UK that sells them, but now there's a seller in Bradford which sells them for slightly cheaper than I paid and offers a fitting service. In which case I'm thinking, I could've just bought them from there and they could of sorted out any issues there and then during fitting.
Well, if you haven't fallen asleep yet after my essay, I've included some pictures of them below. Any ideas or suggestions would be most gratefully appreciated.




Internal shot of the parking light and halogen bulb side

Internal shot of the HID side

The connector that powers everything up internally, which is the same as the cars original male connector

Purchased some facelift headlights, with HID's built in... from another country

I just can't get them to power on at all. The only side I have tried, is the drivers side for now. As the passenger side connector is a right ***** to get out with what available space is there, and I only want to test them to see if they work. To fully fit these I will need a facelift bonnet, which I don't have fitted yet. So for the time being, I just want to see them powered up.
So these are plug and play as the seller stated, they come with the HID bulb pre-fitted with the ballast mounted underneath. The 'cornering' light is a normal halogen bulb which is purely there to turn on whilst main beam is selected. Everything is wired internally, nothing hanging out the back of the headlight. Regarding the LED C-parking light all the wiring is within the units also, I'm assuming the correct resistors are built in within. All is powered via the 8-pin connector, which I simply plug my cars connector into, which is a pig to get out without a hook tool (or removing the headlight and bumper for more space)
So anyway, I'll stop waffling. They don't power on when connected. I've tried with ignition on, engine on, I've tried the indicators, high beam, low beam, nothing powers on as if there's no current going to them at all. Whilst these are plugged in, my cars OEM lights on the passenger side work as they should, so I know it's not my cars connector like the seller cheekily suggested. I have very basic knowledge of electrics within vehicles so I wouldn't know how to test them to see if anything powers up.
When they are plugged in, all I get on the dash is "check drivers parking lamp". As I say everything on the passengers original lighting works during all this, but nothing turns on in the drivers side facelift lamp. I then unplug them and plug the connector back into my cars original lamp, and they work straight away. The connectors on the facelift lamps are exactly the same as my cars connectors, and the aftermarket lamps are for halogen models only. Not Xenon, so... plug and play it's meant to be.
Is there a way I can just take a powered single wire and touch it to the pins on the connector to the headlamps to see if each pin powers up separately? I just want to make sure each separate element powers up- the indicator, the C-parking light, and preferably the HID itself but I understand the ballast needs extra power just at the start-up period.
Is it because I'm only plugging one side in and leaving my passenger side OEM lights on in the circuit? Do I have to plug both facelift headlights in or something?
Regarding taking the car somewhere to be hooked up to STAR to set 'Xenons=present', would that make them work? I was under the impression I didn't need to have that done just to test them out before fully installing. I don't want to get this setting done on the car now while I haven't yet committed to the full physical install with a facelift bonnet... Or if I had the car set to Xenons=present now, could I still use the original halogen headlamps for the time being till I make the full conversion up front?
I won't need a facelift front SAM for these lights, I would if I installed OEM facelift xenon lamps from the ILS package. That much I do know, I've sat and done my research for these... it's just something basic not working somewhere along the line

Apologies for all the questions, but I'm out of ideas with them. The seller suggests to take them to a garage to get tested and made to work, and said will cover the cost but he assures me they were tested before delivery, and I like to have a degree of trust with people as they do have some great recommendations and I've seen them tested on other forums before they've fully installed them and they work plugged in to just test they work, but mine just don't!
What's more annoying is back when I bought these, I couldn't find any place in the UK that sells them, but now there's a seller in Bradford which sells them for slightly cheaper than I paid and offers a fitting service. In which case I'm thinking, I could've just bought them from there and they could of sorted out any issues there and then during fitting.
Well, if you haven't fallen asleep yet after my essay, I've included some pictures of them below. Any ideas or suggestions would be most gratefully appreciated.




Internal shot of the parking light and halogen bulb side

Internal shot of the HID side

The connector that powers everything up internally, which is the same as the cars original male connector
