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      03-26-2014, 04:07 PM   #1
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My headlight project (picture intensive)

Not a DIY but here are some pictures from my new headlights. I had pre-lci euro xenons and installed LCI xenon. I installed Umnitza rings and blacked out everything. Still need to align the headlights and fix the gap between headlights and hood. They have been installed for three weeks now. Hope you enjoy!

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Used original sealant to seal. let them dry then used sealant on top of that.
Took about 4 days only because I worked on them an hour here and there in between work.
I coded them to work with my car.
Yes, it was scary but worth it.

Original headlights. One had broken projector inside.



Into the oven.. my least favorite part.


They are opened



Sleeping with the angels... angel eyes glued with epoxy on top of original rings. sat for 24 hours. Also painted all housing black.


Angel eye connection to low beam.. I wish I could have found a picture of this somewhere!


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Testing angel eyes. side shot
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Directly in front of angel eyes. iPhone 5s focus could not see anything but angel eyes.


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Nice work!
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Good job man- you have balls of steel my friend- I could never do that. You're in Florida, why not drive down to Luis @ OSS and have him do a set for you?
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Good job man- you have balls of steel my friend- I could never do that. You're in Florida, why not drive down to Luis @ OSS and have him do a set for you?
satisfaction of doing it myself.
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this is on my to do list.
questions: you use oven cus you didn't have heat gun, or was it easier to separate?
why glue on top of old AE, is it possible to remove old AE and then place new LED AE in its place?
Now that new AE is on top of old can it be seen when it was installed on car. how it look?
thanks for your time
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this is on my to do list.
questions: you use oven cus you didn't have heat gun, or was it easier to separate?
why glue on top of old AE, is it possible to remove old AE and then place new LED AE in its place?
Now that new AE is on top of old can it be seen when it was installed on car. how it look?
thanks for your time
Oven heats everything evenly at the same time. You pry a little, then oven.. pry a little then oven and continue to repeat.

If you don't glue on top of old angel eyes, there is nothing to hold them in place. There is another way to do it but requires more work.

Can't really be seen when on the car unless you are looking for it. See this picture
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did you wire them to the original spot. so they can be DRL? or to the parking lots
where you get the LEDs AE? 60 or 120 bulbs?
sorry for all the annoying questions. but appreciating your time.

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did you wire them to the original spot. so they can be DRL? or to the parking lots
where you get the LEDs AE? 60 or 120 bulbs?
sorry for all the annoying questions. but appreciating your time.
I have 2006 pre-lci. The angel eyes can't be set as DRL because it has FRM1 aka FRMA. They are wired to the low beam. I didn't put a bulb in the low beam and just coded out the warnings.

Here are the specs on the angel eyes and link to purchase them.
http://www.umnitza.com/predator-orio...on-p-5680.html
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Looks really good man!
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