Headlight Removal & Installation: BMW E36

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1 Headlight Removal & Installation: BMW E36 Disclaimer: Buyer assumes any and all risk and liability from the installation and use of this product. Seller, author, or any of their affiliates assume no liability for injury, loss, incidental or consequential damages deriving from installation and/or use of this product. Tools Required: 3/8" or 1/4" drive socket wrench 3/8" or 1/4" socket extension (6" length) 8mm or 5/16" socket Flathead Screwdriver Phillips Screwdriver Special Tips Must Read When installing our DEPO Headlights, it is recommended that you heat up the tabs on the headlights with either a heat gun or blow dryer to slightly heat the tabs to make them moldable/pliable with your corner lights. Do NOT overheat it this is due to the plastic on the corner lights (whether stock or aftermarket) being made of stiff plastic that can easily break the tabs off the headlight during installation. Therefore, heating the tabs, just slightly enough to mold them, will help make room for both the headlights and corner lights for proper installation and usage. Pushing the corner light straight in might or might not work, but it certainly might break the tabs and please note broken tabs are NOT considered manufacturer defect. Therefore, it is recommended to follow our tips here to install.

2 1. You will first need to remove your headlights. Start by first removing the plastic cover piece in order to remove the headlights. The 4 screws/nuts must be removed, as shown below. 2. Once the plastic cover is removed, you will have to remove 4 nuts/screws from the headlight to get the headlight out of its housing. The nuts/screws are shown below (Figure 1) one is located towards the inside of the grill (for each headlight; shown in Figure 2) and one is located behind the headlight shown in step 3). You will have to remove the corner light to get to the 4 th screw in the back of the headlight. Figure 1

3 Figure 2 3. Before removing the 4 th screw, gently pull out the corner light from its railing. This will make removing the headlight much easier. Disconnect the 2 light bulb plugs and carefully pull out the corner light by removing the bulb from the corner light and only pulling out the corner light housing. Remove the remaining 4 th screw from here now (shown below).

4 4. Begin to pull out headlight carefully. It may be helpful to pull slightly upwards to help the headlight clear the bracket beneath it. 5. Once the headlight is removed, you will see 2 connectors 9005 (Black Connector) and 9006 (Gray Connector) and 4 different color wires on the NEW headlight. Please follow the wire color configuration from the new headlight correctly in order to connect the proper functions properly: Yellow = Low Beam (Positive) White = High Beam (Positive) Gray = Parking Light / Angel Eye (Positive) Brown = Ground wire (Negative)

5 6. You will now need to power your angel eye rings. Be sure to use a wiretap (T-tap) to borrow power from your parking light to power your angel eye rings. You will use the GRAY wire coming from the headlight for this function. The US models have 3 wires 2 positive (+) (one for parking light and one for turn signal) and 1 negative (-). You must use your parking light feature (GRAY wire with YELLOW Strip) and NOT your turn signal light feature (blue wire with brown strip) here (or your angel eyes will blink when turned on). You may need to test each positive wire to ensure you are tapping into the proper one. So, basically you use tap splices to tap the GRAY wire from headlight to GRAY with YELLOW strip from the corner light. 7. *Remember to test connections and lights before fully reinstalling your headlights* Once everything is working correctly, you may reinstall by reversing steps. Push headlight back in, CAREFULLY reinstall and push in the corner light, connect wires properly, replace plastic cover, etc.

6 8. Enjoy your NEW headlights!!

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