fixing broken angel eyes this in on an ef
 

tools u wil need are

1 flathead screwdriver
1 star screwdriver
1paint removal heat gun
4 new led's
1socket set

1st off remove the headlights from the car

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then i removed all the brackets atatched 2 the rear headlight all the bulbs and wires
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then go get the heat gun

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and prasead 2 warm up all the glue along the whole seem between the 2 parts of the light the black and the clear

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but dont do it 2 mutch in 1 spot or the heat cun wil melt the plastik

It may be an idea u use some gloves 4 this part i dident and i could hardly hold the headlight after heating it up :)


(or u could put it in the oven) i dident have that option here


once the glue is hot u can slowly pry the seem apart but it must be hot orit wont move


dont put 2 mutch preasure on the scrwerdiver if its 2 hard 2 open u need more heat

as u get 1 part open go along with the screwdriver opening the edges more whilst useing the heat gun 2 aid in the seperation

if the glue cools it wil become hard again

once u seperate the 2

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then remove the ring from the molded plastik and the 2 leds should easily come out


they are often cheeply made u can see the bad tapeing job that was done back in indaneezia or werever this crap was made


i got my led's from futurshop they were expensive but eh they were 25$ for 4 of them

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they come in many different colours most angel eyes come with white bulbs but they kinda look blueish whilst driveing

install the new led's u just purchased

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befor u put the headlight all back together u should test the led's 2 make sure u dident buy a dud

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repeat the process and test again

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then its a simple case of putting it all back together


some people use silicone wen puting it back together 2 prevent leaks and the lamp fogging up i dident do this i just heated up the glue again and then stuck the front lenz back on

i find the led's burn out prety fast depending on use and if u use silecone its a ***** 2 get apart again later :)


so im just going 2 run a small beed of silicone around the edge once its all cooled down just so its easy 2 remove later



and finaly test and install back in the car :)


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o yea if u are doing ihis on an ef ahhaha good ****ing luck geting the headlights out that screw underneath is a ****ing hore 2 get out :)

yea dont point the heat gun at the carpet :) it burns its freezin outside thats why im in the basement :)

would the LED halo thingie pop or shadder or break whatever if u put them in the oven for like 3 mins at 300F...im just wondeing if its easier w the gun or the oven but im scared that my halo ring will break form the heat form the oven lol cuzz my headlgith skeeps on fogging up liek a ***** its pissign me off now i got a layer of frozen water n ice inside of it

oh ya btw really nice DIY descrition

great DIY :thumbup:

no its made of plastik it wil not shatter :)


u just want the glue 2 be warm so its kinda a race against time be4 it cools off :) be4 u get it apart :)


what i forgot 2 do on this is its jeneraly the rezistor not the actual led that blows so if u can put the rezistor on the outside of the headlight then u can replace it wen it burns out without all this trouble :)



if u are realy afraid of it braking u can use the gun its less heat that wil go on the ring but im not woried about it this is the 2nd set i have done and the others went in the oven

lol thx alot man and i kow its a race agains time w the glue i did a pair of stock S2000 headlights using the oven lol it worked out just fine but the damn glue got all over the counter lol.....what kinda omh resistor did u use thx again

o **** i duno :) ahah i just go off colours :)


gold brown orange orange or red black black yelow red :)

the nerds at radio shack ot the sorce whatever u call it should know :)

quixk questions... i have a pair of projectors on a 99 civic... is it possible for all projectojrs to come apart...wanna paint them black they're silver (CHROME) curious to know if i take em apart that they will break?

most lights wil come apart just like these the sotck lights are just the same :)



they wil onmy break if u force **** 2 mutch warm it up keep it warm and slowly pry apart it wil come out eventualy :)


just take ya time and it should be good :)

couldn't you use this stuff for angel eyes ?


http://www.usacceleratorcorp.com/ima...FULL/rope3.jpg

aight thx bro

i have that xmass light rope underneath my car lol it hangs too much tho but it lights it up like a xmass tree this yr im oakrin my car in the living room n lightign it up lol

hahah i did the same thing with my old car i had the 12v to 110v converter hahaha :)


looked ok but it left gaps :) needs more leds in the rope :)



the thing nobody realises is that the under car neyons have 2 be super ****ing bright inorder 2 be seen all these led ones for 100$ and so on are absalute crap unless u are parked on a country road were there aint a light 4 30 miles u aint going 2 see it :)


its good 2 know im not the only getto car modder hahaha :)

yes true the LED lights under neath cars r super super bright the rope leds r not ass bright to give em longer life time n low power output lol we all have crazy ideas crazy ideas lead to amazing ideas lol

I've had my angeleyes for almost as long as i've had my car.....3 years now just about... and they havn't burned out since.... but i find that i don't use them all the time... i have my halos hooked up to a switch in my car.... i tend to have them off but when i feel like showing off alittle i turn them on... plus its good to turn them off when you see cops up ahead... cause i mean those kinda flashy things just attracts them like moths to a flame... but since they aren't always on at night and i have the option i think that is one of the reasons why its lasted me so long...

heres a pic of the switch... i made it myself... i tried to make it look stock as if it came like that in the car.... also heres a pic of the angeleyes... mmmm sexy... lol



http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6606/4hf1.jpg



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weres the switch on the left with the O in it ?? O for angel eyes

exactly... not very creative... lol... but it seemed to work best..

thast NICE...does anyone know where ic an purchase a pair of clear projectors for my EF...ive been looking around and couldnt find anything local...only on ebay adn shipping will cost almost as much as the product...

nice job dan.
that'll be the second time it was fixed now lol

how are the hids holding up?

good good they are stil working fine :)