AFL retrofitted

Hello everybody,

Some of you may remember me and my Corsa Sport from my previous retrofitting works, such as trip computer, ESP-off switch, HSA, DDS, and heated seats.

Lately I have completed another big project named Touch & Connect, all with its original equipment and functions like original GPS antenna and USB socket.

But that's another long story, today I'm gonna write about AFL

I bought the original AFL headlamps as new here in Turkey. I found the AFL control unit as second-hand from Germany, and the connector & its pins as new from Germany also.

First I installed the headlamps. The parking lamp, main-beam, long-beam and turn signal indicators have all worked without any problem, because their pin positions are the same with the standard headlamps.
I changed positions of two pins for the headlamp leveling function and it worked perfectly too.

Then I waited for the control unit and the connector to arrive from Germany.
Finally they arrived and I started to work on the car, with the help of a friend.
We have drawn following new wires :

- Three new wires (total: six wires) from each headlamp (One for cornering lamp, two for the headlamp leveling)
- One wire from the X1 (headlamp leveling input signal from the headlamp switch).
- Two more wires from the X1 (Hi-speed CANBUS +/-signals).
- Two ignition voltage wires from the rear fusebox.
- A ground wire from a grounding point near X1.
- Also another ignition voltage wire is needed. Its correct source is X2 connector in the engine compartment, coming from the front fusebox, same fuse with the headlamps.
But we had no time left and we've pulled it from the same wire coming from the rear fusebox for now. That will be corrected later.

Then using the Tech2, we activated the AFL control unit's hi-speed CANBUS connections to other control units and, our work is completed.

We went for a test drive and they were were working perfectly!

Now the only function that does not work is the startup calibration movement of the headlamps and we know that it is because of that incorrect ignition voltage wire.
When we pull the fuse at the rear off and put it back on again, it *does* work!

I loved the cornering lamps. They are very bright and dimming off nicely.
Now I wonder about the curve performance of main beams at high speeds. I'm gonna test them as soon as possible, going for an intercity trip

This is it for now, cheers & best regards from Istanbul

Serdar

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Hello again,

I guess AFL retrofit is not so interesting

Anyway, I've got a question about it.

Hope somebody around here with an AFL-equipped car would come forward with a response.

There was an incorrectly wired ignition voltage, I fixed it now and all functions work perfectly.

This afternoon, when I parked the car and turned off the ignition, I noticed that both cornering lamps (left and right) get automatically turned on for 7-8 seconds and turned off again. I tried it several times and I thought that it is a feature of AFL.

I have a friend who once had a Corsa and he had retrofitted the AFL back then. I told him about this cornering lamp thing and he said he has never seen something like that.

Is there a function like that in anybody's AFL headlamps ?

Thanks & regards,
Serdar

Hi, thank you very much for the response

Do you mean AFLs fitted in the factory don't have this feature ?

I'm not sure how this is possible

Very interesting!
We're very lucky, then

Thank you very much, yours is great too.

OPC-Line 2 bumper is fantastic

Once I had ordered one from the Netherlands, paid the money, and they delivered the package to DHL.
But it was returned from the airport because the package was too wide and over the limits!
Damn! :wb:

Thanks again, and cheers!
Serdar