i got the remote on for my DDes and I cant figure out what its telling me to do in the instructions. i know its telling me i have to hook it to an interior light but which one and which wire? can anybody help?

 

update...OK now i get what they want me to do...use a wiretap and tap the white DDE wire into the 2 wires of an interior light...right? ok now what i dont understand is if its hooked up to that, can i still turn them on/off normally with the parking lights?

 

perhaps I'm unclear about what the 'remote' is, but why would you need to turn them on/off via remote?

apologies in advance for the stupid question.

 

- Does this power wire go to a relay?
- What does this wire power?
- Why not just splice into the headlight power wire?

I would suggest splicing into the glovebox light, which will be quite the PITA to get to, but will have the least noticable effect on your interior lights, if any.

 

i think he wants his angel eyes to come on when he unlocks his car.....hence tapping into the dome light.

?....does this "remote" come with a relay attached?

 

Or the corner lights.

 

I'm going to try to resurrect this thread. I can't believe I can't find an answer to this original question anywhere online. The Umnitza DDEs come with a secondary remote wire, but I'm looking for input for what the best thing to do with this wire is. I'd really love to be able to turn them on as I approach and unlock the car. It sounds like the dome light is probably the best option. Can you wire directly to the relay? Anyone? This can't be too hard can it??

 

How it works on the BMW DDE kits is that the SPDT relay has a secondary trigger. The main trigger, slot 87 is used for something like the parking lights, which turns on the rings when the parking light switch is turned on. The secondary, slot 87a, taps into a source like the dome light, so when you press lock/unlock it'll again send a signal for the rings to be lit. In the case of E46s, it taps into the passenger footwell light, and in our case, our dome light wire.

 

Where do you pick up the dome light wire? i've looked around a little bit.
Also, does this mean that whenever the dome light is on (whether it be switched on from inside the car, or from opening the car door) that the DDEs come on? Because that would be kinda silly. Whatever causes the blinkers to flash when you lock or unlock using the factory remote, must be able to be used to flash the DDEs too??

 

I wish I knew where the dome light wire is, I would have many uses for it. And yes, the rings will lit whenever the dome light is on.