Angel Eyes

[ebidner]

Hi Guys,

Am looking at purchasing some Angel Eye projector headlamps...

Just wondering how the high beam works? Is it as bright as normal...im reading around the place that high beam is crap with angel eyes (the ones im looking at have regular halogen bulbs)

Also, if the LED strip lights blow...are they usually easily replaced?

Thoughts please....

eb :)

[lsvtec]

i got these and the high beams are quite good, cant complain and the LED strip is just 2 LED lights at the bottom of the halo, i dont think these blow easily.

[curtis265]

lolwut

U don't have any projectors on the highbeams, they're still reflector housings, so they should work the same (maybe slightly worse) than stock.

from liquid23's sale thread - is this what ur getting?
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6365/img0907m.jpg

the projector is for the lowbeams, but these are designed more for halogenbulbs than HID's. They'll be slightly better than stock at controlling glare (unless u can show me a cutoff pic that shows otherwise)

[ebidner]

hmm i think so...heres a pic...

http://www.nakawanet.com/angeleye/HU480E-02-1-J-012.jpg

on ebay

item no. : 180561668759

[TJHoolio]

Anyone know if there is anything like this for the FN2R?

[DuffyFD]

can someone please provide us a cutoff for the low beams?

[howy]

i'll have some pics up hopefully this weekend...

these are the ones i bought:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll2/h0wy/IMG_0560-1.jpg

[curtis265]

lol got ur cutoff pic yet?

[howy]

soon... patience is a virtue ;)

[curtis265]

obtw, how awesome do these look!!!
http://up203.siz.co.il/up2/wcd3zjngwnvm.jpg

[howy]

hmm... they look alright.
the car actually looks quite hot with the whole matt black

not digging the audi style led strip though.
probably why i went for the other ones instead.

[DuffyFD]

each to their own - I don't like the ccfl rings , I prefer nothing, or at most, the LED strip.

There's too many car's with the Bmw "corona rings" going around - the worst being the SMD circles inset into stock headlights

[curtis265]

I don't dig either, i'd prefer a clean projector retrofit without any of the LED business.,

[howy]

I don't dig either, i'd prefer a clean projector retrofit without any of the LED business.,

has there been any DIY guides posted on any of the forums?

also, any guides on taking out our stock headlights?
thinking of doing it tonight or tmr :)

[DuffyFD]

to take out the stock headlights,

take off grill, and then 1 screw in either of front wheel arches, then around 10 plastic plugs and pull the front bumper off.

then it's three bolts and angle the headlights out. Size 10 bolts.

[curtis265]

umm take a look at that service manual i posted up

U can't view it on firefox properly.
front bumper: http://civic.hondafitjazz.com/A00/HTML/00/SNB6E00J18513415011KDAT00.HTML
http://civic.hondafitjazz.com/A00/PNG/SNB6E00J32133100000KBAD01.PNG

[howy]

sweet... thnx guys.
will attempt to put it in tmr.

[ebidner]

dude! how am i meant to get the grill off? plastic clip holding the btm of the grill to the bumper bar won't budge! feel like they'll snap if i force any more! any tricks?

[MasterPHO]

I got the Audi style projectors and they work great I'll post a pic of the cut off when I get the chance :)

[toneeh]

how much is it to install?

[ebidner]

too much i spose!

only took me abt 2 hrs to install both and im hopeless with shit like this

[DuffyFD]

should take 40mins or so.

Bumper off, old headlights out, new ones connected and in, and then bumper on.

Anyone got a cutoff yet? Especially a cut off with HID bulbs in.

[MasterPHO]

how much is it to install?

I done it myself it's piss easy.


Today 12:49 PMDuffyFD
should take 40mins or so.

Bumper off, old headlights out, new ones connected and in, and then bumper on.

Anyone got a cutoff yet? Especially a cut off with HID bulbs in.


Yeah I got hid but I haven't imstalled it yet I ll take the cutoff of my normal halogens soon tonight I think

[MasterPHO]

hey guys here are the photos of the cut-off, I hope they help. (also uploaded photos of my eagle eyes)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_SAM_0094.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=SAM_0094.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_SAM_0093.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=SAM_0093.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_SAM_0092.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=SAM_0092.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_SAM_0103.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=SAM_0103.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_144.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=144.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_145.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=145.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_154.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=154.jpg)http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/th_1532.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/?action=view&current=1532.jpg)

[DuffyFD]

MAsterPHO - thanks alot for taking the time / effort

the beam levels seem quite lopsided, maybe the passenger side beam is pointed down more?

Also - is there a wall you can drive up to ( facing it like 3m away to show the beam pattern on the wall?

[MasterPHO]

Yeah will do that tonight. I know there seems to be a problem trying to lift the Angle on the passenger side. I'll will give it a go tonight see if it's better. Ill wait till night then I'll take a pic again. (with the wall this time lol)

[curtis265]

lolye cutoff pic means against wall.

these aren't designed for RHD applications are they....?
this is perfect IMO. i wish we could do this here.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4426361504_ec5f777282.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4426364024_77ca59c030.jpg

[DuffyFD]

buy a pair of headlights from wreckers and you can DIY, if you have hours spare and patience of a saint - unfortunately not for me.

Would love a set of xenon projectors with a black surround for headlight. *creampants*

[MasterPHO]

Hey guys these are the cut off with and without hids
Managed to fix the angle a bit. Just a reminder I have the Audi style projector headlights
Hope these help
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/2032951e.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Kazedragon/c27c6785.jpg

[curtis265]

ooh not much sidespread :(

[MasterPHO]

Yeah but yup be surprised how decent the visibility is :)

[DuffyFD]

thats because inside of the projector theres the metal cutoff piece which gives the cutoff.

Halogen has a cutoff like this \____

whereas proper xenon (HID) has one like this ____


I am picking up a set of angel eye projector headlights tonight for cheap and I plan to modify the projector to have the cutoff like a proper xenon.. xD

[MasterPHO]

So mine is not a proper xenon??? I'm confused now




I am picking up a set of angel eye projector headlights tonight for cheap and I plan to modify the projector to have the cutoff like a proper xenon.. xD

Picture!!!! Lol

[DuffyFD]

will do when I have camera + pics.

[DuffyFD]

okay I grabbed these headlights up for cheap 2nd hand, since the halos don't all fully illuminate, which is fine by my, the plan is to disconnect them and spray over them with matte black.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7240/126jc.jpg

See the cutoff inside the projector? It's meant for halogens, and it will give that standard halogen headlight cutoff - like the cutoff's MasterPHO posted up

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/403/130dw.jpg

A closer look at the cutoff.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2230/127tc.jpg

hope that makes sense.

Factory xenon projectors are a flat cutoff. like below.

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/6017/img0191xy.jpg

The plan is to convert the cutoff to flat, and disable / remove the rings. :)

[MasterPHO]

I get it now! that would make the HID look better... hmmm how do i go about doing that though? would love to see a DIY. Thanks =]

[curtis265]

*like*

Post results when ur done :)

looks like you know what you're doing - i've seen that before too somewhere, good luck.

[DuffyFD]

FYI -more info here

http://jvxdriver.com/hid_foglight_conversion.htm

http://www.diymybmw.com/e46/converting-halogen-headlights-to-oem-xenon-using-halogen-housings/

Getting excited about this - I'm not the best at headlight baking though - has anyone done it before?

[curtis265]

Here's another link for you. once again, good luck.

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/lighting/6623-diy-xenon-projectors.html

[MasterPHO]

wow, that's quite some info there.

good luck with the job. do post pics =] would love to see it!