Depo Headlight install ?

[brodee]

What is needed to install the Depo euro elipses in a '92 525? Do I have to splice the wiring or are adapters needed?

[mikell]

It's up to you. I bought plugs compatible with the stock socket fittings, and soldered them to to the Depos wires, so mine plug in to the stock wiring. I got them from rallylights.com. I forget what the stock bulbs numbers are, but you can look on those to help you know what number plugs to buy.

[Incantation]

yea i had to mess around with the wiring for mine. nothing difficult.. would have been easier to use harnesses though

also.. the relay that came with the unit was a piece of shxt.. i live in a rainy climate and the humidity/rain got to it after only 1 month.. rusted and wouldn't work. i paid 30 bucks for a nice one and it has worked fine now for a year or so

pretty straightforward job.. give yourself the better part of an afternoon to do it

[phildg2000]

Could you post pics of these headlights? I'm curious as to what they look like.

Thanks,
Philip

[Paul in NZ]

if they take "euro" bulbs they are H1.People have posted that the wiring can be purchased from the dealer...Don Mcadam has a complete write up on installing a set of euro hellas,the procedure would be identical,if the depos are euro copies.

[PatrickPGH]

I bought Depo headlights a month or two ago. Install was fairly straightforward. Remove grill and headlight surronds, remove old headlights, install new ones and hook up wiring.

I had trouble removing the driver's side headlight assembly due to the lack of room in the 530 engine bay. Also, I have yet to hook up the eye features yet. But - there are instructions on the board to do so easily without using the supplied harness.

The H1 headlights allowed me to use Narva Rangepower +30s which have dramatically improved my low beam visibility.

Patrick

[brodee]

I bought Depo headlights a month or two ago. Install was fairly straightforward. Remove grill and headlight surronds, remove old headlights, install new ones and hook up wiring.

But having a '95 you already had elipsoids, where I have sealed beams. I think there is a wiring difference between the 2 isn't there?

[PatrickPGH]

But having a '95 you already had elipsoids, where I have sealed beams. I think there is a wiring difference between the 2 isn't there?

Do the sealed beam headlights use the 9005 and 9006 bulbs? If so the wiring plugs directly into the bulb. My Depo lights came with 9005 to H1 adapters.

Patrick

[Incantation]

these are them.. except the depo ones are circles and not real eyes so i installed carbon fibre eyelids and shadowline tape so they look aggressive and not gay

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