Headlight bulbs

[davidrbroder62]

So then, if mine, which are aftermarket, go out after a few minutes with the engine off; then there's something wrong.

 

[Mint]

So then, if mine, which are aftermarket, go out after a few minutes with the engine off; then there's something wrong.

Without knowing how your aftermarket lights are supposed to work, it's hard to say.

 

[t-tony]

With it having a HID kit, it could well be that the fan ( in the light kits) keeps running to cool them before they turn off?
These kits are far more trouble than they’re worth!

Tony.

 

[Pond]

It could be that the lights are coded differently for the market the car was made for? Different markets have many different requirements and 'functions'.

 

[t-tony]

Coding? This is a 1990s Z3, not an E89.

Tony.