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[tomsbluemini]

Hi Gang

Finally got a pair of angel eyes for Millie yesterday.

I tried fitting them with a friend (thanks tomf) but we couldn't get them to work.

came with no bulbs, so, local bloke suggested a set of bulbs which I had a pair of.

got them wired up, sides worked fine, but no dipped or main.

what do I have to do to get those to work?

Regards

Tom

[Retro_10s]

How about checking the 'how to' for fitting these, it's in the FAQ section.

[Tomf]

We did exactly as it says in the FAQ! the side light but wirks but when wh plug the H4 bulis in they dont seem to want to work

[cowboy]

plug your old light in, if that works then your bulbs dont.

if your light still doesnt work check your fuse.

cowboy

[Grayedout]

plug your old light in, if that works then your bulbs dont.

if your light still doesnt work check your fuse.

cowboy

Headllights are not fused !

You may have disturbed the bunch of bullet connectors under the slam panel which supply live and earth to the headlights and are prone for getting dirty and not working !

[Tomf]

Yea we plugged the original lights back in and they worked, we then tested both of the new bulbs and neither of them worked.

[hoggy]

Well you know the lights are getting power if the old ones work, did you have to rewire the lights to fit the new halogen bulbs?

I had to cut the wires on mine to fit the new halogen bulbs, as the bulbs on it were the old sealed beams. Could be you've got the wiring mixed up? Or the new bulbs could be faulty? Try with new H4 halogen bulbs to see if that cures it.

[Dan]

I had to cut the wires on mine to fit the new halogen bulbs,

???
Sealed beams and H4s use the same connector.

You may find that you end up replacing the master light switch soon having fitted H4 lamps to the car. It's always a good idea to get the headlamps running on relays as the lightswitch is barely up to running the standard system (in fact it isn't really) and even a slight upgrade can melt the thing. The rocker switches in Minis are rubbish.

Oh and did you touch the glass of the H4 bulbs when you were fitting them? That can stop them working (although it generally makes them explode rather than just fail). Could just be bad bulbs.

Do you have metal or plastic headlamp buckets? If you have metal ones the new lamps (which are longer) could be shorting on the casing which would stop them working. Do they work if they are plugged in but dangling out of the car?

Edited by Dan, 10 January 2007 - 03:29 AM.

[Tomf]

Nope the have plastic bowls, and they didnt work with bulbs in or out. We also took special care, to make sure we didnt touch the bulbs glass.

[tomsbluemini]

I had to cut the wires on mine to fit the new halogen bulbs,

???
Sealed beams and H4s use the same connector.

You may find that you end up replacing the master light switch soon having fitted H4 lamps to the car. It's always a good idea to get the headlamps running on relays as the lightswitch is barely up to running the standard system (in fact it isn't really) and even a slight upgrade can melt the thing. The rocker switches in Minis are rubbish.

Oh and did you touch the glass of the H4 bulbs when you were fitting them? That can stop them working (although it generally makes them explode rather than just fail). Could just be bad bulbs.

Do you have metal or plastic headlamp buckets? If you have metal ones the new lamps (which are longer) could be shorting on the casing which would stop them working. Do they work if they are plugged in but dangling out of the car?

There isn't anything wrong with the bulbs - they dont appear to be blown. they were H$ super brilliance bulbs.

perhaps buying some bog standard bulbs might make them work?

what else could we try?

Regards

Tom

[Jimmyarm]

Have you got a multimeter and tested that there is actual current coming through to the connectors of the new lamps ?

You have ruled out pretty much everything else so it looks like there is a fault with the units rather than anything else.

Are you sure the bulbs you have work ?

Those angel eyes look quite 'cheap' and its possible that there is an internal short that has been present since manufacture.

Edited by Jimmyarm, 10 January 2007 - 11:03 AM.

[Tomf]

Dont think that its an internal short as the bulbs dont even work when they are removed from the angel eye unit.

[Jimmyarm]

So the bulbs dont work at all then ? That means you need new bulbs !

[tomsbluemini]

So the bulbs dont work at all then ? That means you need new bulbs !

Could try new bulbs... the ones i conveniently had (watch tomf laugh now,) didn't appear to be blown though...

definately H4 472 bulbs???

Regards

Tom

[Tomf]

We did try both of "tomsbluemini" H4 bulbs but neither of them worked, so i guess we will have to try some new bulbs.