hi,just got a bugeye on 02 reg the main headlight on one side is not working i have put new bulbs hids in and still only one side comes on ,is there a fuse/relay i should look at or could it be the ballast thats gone.thanks.

 

could be ballast or fuse, have you checked for a blown fuse?

 

were would the fuse for the lights be as looked at fuse box under the drivers foot-well and can'nt tell which is which .lol.thanks.

 

Im going to bump this thread as im having a the same issue.
My drivers side normal beam no longer works nor do my high beams.
I've check the fuses under the bonnet, but are there any in the car i should be checking?

I've cleaned all connections for the morrettes but still no joy.
The passenger side works fine other than the high beam which is link to the drivers side.

Any advice would be greatly appriecated!

 

There's a fuse box inside, right hand side of the dash, just below the headlight height adjuster circular switch, its called a 'coin box' open it and there will be a key pad for the standard alarm, this lifts out and there are fuses behind it.

 

ive also had this problem, there is a fuse box in the engine bay right hand side as you look into the engine, fuses 9 and 10 are left and left head lamp hope this helps

 

I noticed the fuses in there but couldnt see any to do with the headlights or am i missing something

 

I checked these fuses and all seems fine.

 

As the oem wiring is from a switched ground (if im correct) where does it ground too?
as i want to check this also.

 

OE headlight bulbs on my old bug were very difficult (tight) to get connectors off and it removal bent the flat connectors in the plug causing a poor connection. Inspect the plugs and bend in a bit with a small screwdriver or pointed nose pliers to restore good contact.

 

Update:

Before messing with the lights i thought i would check fuses, upon inspecting the fuses in the engine bay, the passenger fuse had blown. so i replaced it.
Once replaced the headlights worked but as soon as i flash or put on the high beams, it blows the fuse

I can only get one side working at a time, plug them both in an something shorts it and blows the fuse.

Also ive noticed that where the high beams have the only little power source from the morrette loom, it seems that on the passenger side its wired for example : Red = Positive / Black = Neg
Well on the drivers side its the oppostie way round

- On morrettes, when you put on the high beams are the low beams meant to stay along side the high beams (so both are on?)

Anyone shed any light?

 

That reversed wiring sounds like the key to it all.

I have no experience of Bugeye Morettes ,so can't just say, "Do this and you'll be OK......"
However, we can work with what you have:

Do you have, or have access to either a circuit tester or a multimeter?
What we need to know is, which of the main beam wires IS live and which return.

If you have access to neither, you could start by reversing the wires, red/black, that you spoke of on the PASSENGER side only, and report back what effect, if any, it has.

 

I have a multimeter not great with it though.
All wires are getting power and earth.

- Silly question but should bulbs work no matter what way the wires are connected? eg : If the earth and the power were reversed, should it still work?

I can only get one side to work at a time.
When it is all connected like it should be, you hear a buzzing coming from the drivers side, which to me sounds like the relay doing overtime.

Something is shortering out, possible not a good enough earth?

 

Did you reverse the wires, like I asked?

 

Ive reversed the wires like said with still no effect.

So my only option is to start over and try rewire it with one relay rather than the 2 it has as the wiring is just comfusing the hell out of me

So i know how to wire the main beams through a relay and loop it to the passenger side and connect the relay to the H4 top slot pin but how are the dip beams wired?

Are they connected direct to the other 2 slot pins on the OEM H4 socket?

 

Right, Jay, lets have some detail:
1. What bugeye lights do you have, standard, Prodrive, Morette etc?
2. Do you know what sort of bulbs are in, H4 etc?
3. Are they converted to HID, or just standard halogen?
4. How many relays are there, and can you tell what they do? Are they fused or not?

 

ok here goes, My car is a 2001 bugeye wrx thats looks to have been converted from H4 to Morrette H7

1. Morette H7
2. H7
3. Now convert to H7 HIDS by myself
4. 2 Relays on the drivers side and 1 on passenger side
Because the drivers side has to its confusing and i've been told there isnt really need for the 2 relays.

 

AFAIK, an H7 bulb is single filament, yes?

So I can only see a use for ONE relay, unless the HIDs need one as well, that makes two.

Some HID kits run without one.

 

Thats correct h7 is a single filament.
So i can wire up just one relay in the circuit.
My hids run without (plug and play)

How does the dip beam connect up in the circuit? direct to the H4 OEM loom or through the relay as im guessing the relay only has the high beams running through it.

 

The relay should be triggered by selecting high, (main), beams. TBH, if you have TWO bulbs, one ought not to be needed, but if you have one, find the wire at the old H4 connector that is ONLY live when main beam is selected, (use a simple circuit tester), and tap into it with a Scotchlok, or similar, take it to the relay terminal 85. Take an earth to terminal 86.

Now take a wire from battery via a fuse to terminal 30 and from terminal 87 to the high beams. Don't forget earth from both high beams.

 

Ok i get that part
I have ONE high beam in each headlight unit.
What then happens with the dip beam wires?

 

The dips need to be controlled direct from the dipswitch/stalk, as normal.

Again, find the wire at the OE connector that is ONLY live when dip is selected......

 

Ok so as its a H4 OEM connection, how many wires on the 3pin H4 connection should be live, when dip is selected?

Is it a live as in positive or ground?

Does both the positive and negative wires from the dip beam bulb have to plug into the OEM H4 plug? Or only the positive does then just ground the other wire?

If any if that makes sense!