Angel Eyes all the time

[SLX5]

does anyone know how to rig the angel eyes to be on all the time when the vehicle is running. I have read all the posts about it but can't seem to find anything. is there anything in the engine bay itself i could tap into without bringing the wires to where the fuses are. Please help

[ARTRIGA]

Depends on the year of your X and what kind of AE kit you have. Mine is 2002 the AE kit has a + and a - , running from each ring, so I wired the +'s to ECU box...see below, and negatives to the body. The tapped wire is hot when you turn your ignition key in position I. ... so your eyes will be on all the time.

[Weasel]

I tapped into that same wire for mine, but not to directly power the ballasts, just to activate the relay to power the ballasts.

[rayxi]

Connecting the ECU power to the relay is the preferred method. It isolates the ballast from your ECU. You don't want a ballast malfunction to knock out your ECU.

[SLX5]

Appreciate all the responses. It works great. Love the way it loks and worth the trouble. Thnaks again
SLX5

[Gixxerboy63]

Relay? What relay? Where? I only have the 2 wires from the ballast to deal with

[SLX5]

Gixxerboy63,
when you are facing the vehicle, on the left back corner of the engine bay, U will find all the relays and so forth. You need to take off the platic cover near the cabin filter, then you will see this

[Yii]

on the 05 x5 would it be the same? this sounds nice and i might do this. what do i need to do?

[Gixxerboy63]

Originally Posted by SLX5

Gixxerboy63,
when you are facing the vehicle, on the left back corner of the engine bay, U will find all the relays and so forth. You need to take off the platic cover near the cabin filter, then you will see this

I understand where the wiring is located in the engine compartment and can identify the one dipicted in the photograph. My question; If I connect the pos lead of the angle eye wiring to the wire identified in the photograph, would this connection be inline with the relay (preferred) or would it be connected directly to the ECU?
Thanks

[ARTRIGA]

That would be direct to ECU. You can have a relay between the wire in the pic and your ballasts. I didn't use a relay. So far so good, but I have to aggree with Weasel and Rayxi, a relay makes it safer.