*DISCLAIMER: You perform this mod at your own risk! You assume sole responsibility of execution and outcome of this mod. I will not be held responsible if something goes wrong...

But if you follow these directions, you should do just fine!

Ok, heres the run down on how to install a set of angel eyes, either from umnitza or oznium. This install requires that you bake your headlights, so if you're not comfortable with subjecting your headlights to 225 degrees for 15 minutes then I dont suggest this mod. Another thing, if you do decide to do this mod, work SLOWLY! These rings are very, very fragile! If you bend or stress them even the slightest little bit, they will snap! If it feels like the rings arent going to fit the way you're trying to put them in then STOP! REthink how you're trying to mount them, your patience will pay off.

Tools: You'll need a flathead and phillips head screwdriver, 10mm socket, needlenose pliers, 1/8" drill bit and drill motor, wire snips (dykes), wire stripper, and an oven that will fit a headlight. You'll also need some silicone caulking.

First: To get the headlights out, you have to first remove the entire front bumper facade. To do that there are a total of 11 bolts (10 mm) and 5 plastic push pins. There are 7 bolts (10 mm) along the bottom edge of the bumper, remove these. 5 of them are black and the other 2 are silver in color.

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There is a bolt, like the black ones from underneath, on the edge where the bumper meets the fender well, remove it.

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Once you've got that bolt out, pull the inner fender well back and inside you'll see another bolt, you've gotta take this one out too. Its easier to use a phillips head screw driver on this one rather than a socket or wrench.

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After you've got all the bolts out from underneath and from the fender wells, move to underneath the hood. There are five plastic push pins you've got to take out. 2 on either side right next to the head light and one right in the center.

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Use a flat head screwdriver to pop these up and pull them out. 2 of them have rubber tops on them and are a little harder to pull out, but use a little elbow grease and they'll come out. Once all the pins are out, pull the two upper corners of the bumper away from the fender on either side. The bumper should now slide out pretty easy. (if you have foglights, be sure to disconnect the wires to them.)

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Now you can start to take out the headlights, the procedure is exactly the same for both sides. First disconnect all the bulb connections. I found it easier to leave the bulbs in the housing rather than pulling them all out and leaving them hanging. There are 3 bolts (10 mm) holding the headlights into place, two on top...

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and one on the side...

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once these are out the headlight should slide right out. It might take a little force, this tab might have to be pried up a little bit...

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Once you've got both headlights out take them inside and preheat your oven to 225. DO NOT go any higher than 225! you will melt the housing! dont think that putting the housing in under broil will allow you to only have it in the oven for 5 minutes. It wont, the heat becomes too concentrated and will melt the housing instantly!

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I chose to work one headlight at a time. First by removing all the bulbs from the housing then second, removing the 4 screws that hold the back to the lens and third removing this plastic bracket...

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You'll need some small needle nose plyers to pinch the two fastners...

Once you've got all the screws out you can toss the housing in the oven. But before I made sure the lens was doubly clean. I hit it with some glass cleaner real quick.

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Then I put the housing on a cookie sheet. (I used a towel on the cookie sheet just to be sure nothing melted.) Put the housing in the oven for 15 minutes.

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While the first one is baking, you can work on taking apart the second headlight. Take the first housing out of the oven after 15 min and toss the other one in. Dont forget the oven mits, its gonna be hot!

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You need to work quick, but gently here. Use a flat head screwdriver the pry apart these tabs...

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I found it easiest to start in the turn signal corner of the housing and pull apart from there. It will be tough to pull it apart, but just be sure you're not forcing anything, aka breaking any tabs. Be careful that none of the sealant gets on the lens, its pretty tough to get off.

Once the two halves are apart, you can set the back aside.

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There are two screws holding the black cover to the lens...

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take those out. The black cover is where the rings will be mounted.

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Now you'll need a 1/8" dill and a drill motor to drill holes to run the wires for the rings through. first you'll want to test fit the rings then mark where you'll need to drill... (the best way for you the drill the holes for the small ring is so the wires will stick straight up through the cover versus turning 90 degrees and coming straight out the back like the large ring'd wires do, you'll see in the pictures below...

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Once you've got the holes drilled you can mount the rings. This is where you'll want to take your time! DO NOT put pressure on the rings, even the slightest crack and the ring will be useless. I used clear silicone to hold the rings in place, it isnt as rigid as super glue or epoxy and wont yellow in the sun. (depending on where you drilled your holes for the wires, you may or may not have to use silicone near the ends of the rings. I had to use a small dab at the bottom of the ring. The ends of the ring at the top hold the ring sufficiently)

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I put a small amount of silicone on the back side of the cover around the wires as well...

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(edited 12/15/07)Sorry I dont have pics of this step but I've found it is best to mount the converter box on the inside of the headlight housing. There is a perfect spot right in between the high and low beams on the back half (black in color) of the headlight housing. It sits right along side the high beam housing. Not sure if this makes sense, but you should see where it is when you have the headlight apart.

Now you can put the cover back in the lens. And reattach using the same screws you took out.

You'll need to drill holes in the headlight backing to run the wires through. the positioning on this is up to you. Just make sure you dont drill through a reflector or anything.

After you've got the holes drilled through the backing of the housing, put the two halves of the housing back together. Run the wires through the holes you drilled, and sandwich the pieces back together. Get as close as possible to actual fitment, then toss back in the oven again at 225 degrees for 15 min to soften the sealant. Once everything is warm and soft, pull the housing out of the oven and press the two halves together. Make sure all the tabs click into place, and put all four screws back in. You'll need to put silicone around the holes you drilled for the wires to make sure the headlight stays sealed. Now comes the wiring...

Wiring is another thing that i'll leave up to you, some choose to run it on a separate switch, some want to wire it to the running or "city" lights. I chose to wire to the running lights and have them replace the small bulb that sits at the bottom of the low beam housing. This is how I altered the stock harness...

Cut out the bulb holder

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and wired in the ballast box...

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I'm pretty sure all the colors are the same, but I'm not making any guarantees. On mine the green wire was hot (+) and the white w/ black stripe wire was groung (-).

Here's some alternative wiring diagrams provided by DASKID. One is if you have an aftermarket alarm installed and the other is if you want to wire it to a switch...

Disclaimer:

Okay. This requires logic and keen observation.

Angel Eye Wiring

You'll need:

Two automotive relays from any electronic or automotive store.
Wires
Electrical Tape
20A Fuse
Fuse Holder

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Remember that the RED and BROWN wires are positive (+) and the BLACK wires are negative (-).

The BLUE and GREEN wires are positive (+) too but it goes in between components.

The CYAN wires are the WHITE wires you'll see dangling from the transformers with a terminal at the end. Just connect the angel eyes to them.

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What happens to this circuit is:

The angle eyes won't turn on when only the parking lights are on. This prevents the angel eyes from turning on and off together with any aftermarket alarm. They will only turn on when you have your key on the ACC switch and when the parking lights are on. Thus, making the angel eyes turn on when you're keys are inserted to ACC. I hope that made sense...


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Angel Eye Wiring with Switch

You can use this circuit if you wish to turn off your angel eyes whenever you want. Still has the same principle but a Toggle Switch is inserted inline with the ACC (+) wire.

You'll need:

The same items as the circuit above. Just buy a toggle switch.

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PM me if you have questions. I hope this helps.

I mounted the ballast box underneath the headlight with some double sided tape. There's a spot underneath the highbeam housing that fits perfectly. But you can mount it wherever you see fit.

**You may want to be safe and run a bead of silicone around the ballast box to make sure its completely sealed. And depending on how you've wired up the halos you might want to silicone the connections to be really safe.

Once everythings wired up, its just a matter of reversing the removal steps. Put all the bulbs back in, connect all harness connections, install headlights and put the bumper back on!

Here are the night pics finally! They still dont do the lights justice...

Just the angel eyes...

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Far away shot with Angel eyes and 6k HID's

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Close-up with Angel eyes on and 6k HID's

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From start to finish (if i wouldnt have had any distracions, i.e. dinner, family etc..) I would say this took me about 3-4 hours to complete. Dont be in a rush though, patience is the key here!

GREAT DIY so far. I wished this was available when I installed my Anzos, couldn't find a decent DIY on how to remove the front bumper, but yours is perfect.

NOTE!!!

MAKE SURE TO RUN SILICONE AROUND THE POWER INVERTER FOR THE ANGEL EYES (the black box wiht the white, red and brown wires coming off it)!!

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. because if water gets in there thats it, the angel eyes wont work, and you wil lhave to get new ones. its a pain in the asss to deal with that. and make sure to cover all connection with either black silicone, heat shrink, or electrical tape to ensure that they are all waterproof.

also to prevent any form of condensation i ran a bead of black silicone along the edge of the headlights (outside) after i sealed them back up. no problems yet and i did it a few days ago, washed my car and it poured :D

btw this is an awesome DIY :clap: just wanted to add a couple points that i came across on my way

:bow: :clap: :bow: :clap: :bow:

I got my halos from umnitza, there ballast box is pretty well sealed. But yeah, if the box from oznium doesnt seem to be sealed then definately run some silicone around it!

very nice and informative DIY

same things I would point out after having done CCFL on my car (before I have my anzo's) and my brothers IS300..

- be VERY careful handling them
- seal up ballast
- test run before putting headlights together (see if it works)
- seal up headlights with silicon (no fogging)
- patience is key

and also great DIY for ppl learning how to bake headlights.. while its open.. paint them eyebrow and maybe smoke/clear out them sidemarkers :P

Great DIY :clap: Now if I can muster the balls to do this :nails:

added to tech as the *better!* one :)

haha, thanks! My 2nd tech article! woooo

you got these from umnitza? or oznium? if umnitza why would you pay that much for the same kit? (unless you got them before you saw the oznium kit...)

got them before i saw the oznium kit, and i was to anxious to get them in! didnt want to have to wait to return them and get my money back!

boo, i would have waited and returned them :P umnitza is WAY over priced. plus they have horrible customer service (at least when i dealt with them...) :( oznium is always helpfull

off topic, but do u like He Is Legend? :P

yes i know about their customer service, haha! trust me, i've had the horrible experience of doing business with them! it took 20 days for these to get to my house! thats nearly 3 weeks to get from the bay area, ca to so cal.

anyway, yes i like HIL. Hence the name... :wink:

haha yea, i thought so HIL is sick. i saw them live a few months back... maybe thanksgiving time... w/e when ever they were in NY with senses fail lol. but im adding you on mspace if ya dont mind :)

Ha! Thanks to you! I'll use this DIY to install mine this weekend. Good stuff! :clap:

Thats what its here for! enjoy, pm me if you have any questions!

Hey Hollywood, if I screw up this weekend on the install, would you be able to help me out? :P

I might be able to, out of school for the summer so I've got free time! but its not too difficult really. Just be VERY gentle and VERY patient. i cant stress the gentleness enough!

LOL! That's the reason I might screw up. I'm not that gentle with fragile materials. And me knowing that it's fragile, makes my hands shake like with Parkinson's. :nails:

haha, if you need, i can help you. did you buy your kit from oznium?

Yeah from Oznium. I'm still waiting for the kit. It should arrive prolly tomorrow or Thursday.. or Friday. As long as it arrives before this weekend, I'll be totally happy. :P

I'll PM you before this weekend.

I'm totally threadjacking your thread. Sorry. Back to topic. :D

i want to see some ragehalos vs these...side by side..to compare brightness and visibility

I think these are brighter. atleast from the ragehalos I've seen...

CCFL's are brighter, end of story.

Great work dood.

I love the Scion community!

^ x2, CCFL's are way brighter, I almost got the Rage Halos but was glad that I stuck with CCFL's.

great write up Chris!!
cant wait to see them thursday!
:]

Oh BTW, do you think it's necessary to put silica gels inside the housing?

Silica gels?

Like to absorb moisture.

Here click this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica_gel

Oh like in advil and medicine bottles? Haha, never heard of that. But there's room for one...

LOL.

Did you still remove the black dust cover and any rubber-like material at the back so that it won't melt?

No, I left the bulb holders in and everything, they were fine

awesome DIY!

Alright... Cause on the other DIY, the guy did. I guess it's not necessary.

I felt it was unnecessary to take them out. Nothing happened to mine... but if you want to be safe... by all means.

when you were taking apart your headlights to bake them did you bother taken out all the screws and rubber that was on the housing of the headlights. like were the bulbs are held in place and all that.

i have to take my headlights apart this weekend and its goin to but a adventure.

about how long did it take you too do all this once your headlights were out of your car.

when you were taking apart your headlights to bake them did you bother taken out all the screws and rubber that was on the housing of the headlights. like were the bulbs are held in place and all that.
I felt it was unnecessary to take them out. Nothing happened to mine... but if you want to be safe... by all means.

good deal i just so worried about all this i dont want to mess anything up.

Yeah I'm worried with mine too. If I get my kit, I'll do it this weekend and I hope all goes well. Good luck with your install. :D

thanks. i only hope for the best. so you know about how long it takes to do it all.

Did you read any of the post?

double post

I don't really care about the time I'll spend in doing this. I just want mine done slowly without braking anything. Just take your time...

xIxAMxHOLLYWOODx, could you get some dusk/night shots? Thanks!

looking to do this when i find a spare set of lights to mod up. wanna do this and spray tint the amber reflector and maybe figure a way to color match the chrome eyebrow area to see what that looks like under the lens cause i dont like the way vinyl overlays look...
i wanna wire mine to a separet switch or piggyback the parking light wires though cause i like the parking light and wanna keep it.

good job on the write up dude! :clap:

Great job. That's an excellent detailed write-up, xIxAMxHOLLYWOODx! I also drilled into my housing to run the wires through. It's much cleaner that way but I have to admit I was pretty scared during the drilling process!

I'll have to agree with davedavetC on applying extra silicone to the power inverter (especially if you are attaching it beneath the high beams), all connectors, and an extra bead around the entire housing. I have the Umnitza ones and thought everything was good to go until I found out otherwise the first time it rained. Luckily I disconnected them quickly and it didn't short out the inverters. I just let them dry out, siliconed everything and moved the inverters to a safer location. No problems or condensation now for the past year (knock on wood).

i'll add a note to add extra silicone around the ballast box and on any exposed connections for safety. But the way I see it, the ballast under the headlight wont have a very good chance of getting wet. Unless you've removed your inner fender wells... the whole thing is pretty safe from getting wet. but I guess extra silicone couldnt hurt.

as for around the housing itself, the headlight has more than enough sealant around the edges, and its not going anywhere. (unless you removed it for some unknown reason) I havent had any problems with condensation and we've gone through a wide range of weather patters here in So Cal this week. 100+ temps during the day, 60 and below at night, rain/fog in the morning, etc... and no condensation in the headlight...

Just in case the factory sealant went to the clear glass housing, what can I use to wipe it away?

dude GREAT write up!

Just in case the factory sealant went to the clear glass housing, what can I use to wipe it away?

Try to get it off while its warm is my best bet, after you've pulled the two halves apart go over them real quick and make sure nothings got on the lens. (There some overlap with the back half so there's a little room for error here) another idea is maybe wait til the sealant is cool to pull the black cover off the lens. This will help keep sealant off of the eyebrow as well...

i finish my lights today when i can put my bumper back on i will post some pics up.

And while your at it, add clear corners!!!

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http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p66/jehoo/Mine/Angel/DSC01528800.jpg

Looks awesome!

Thank you sir!

those clear look. nice that is what i did to mine. i will have to put some pics up so that everyone can see them

Updated wiring diagram and night pics coming in 2 hours (once its dark here in so cal)

All Predator ThinLine halos with harness are $50 off.

Use code "scioneyes" <-- reuse it if the redeem code doesn't work.

So correct me if I'm wrong , but you put silicone around both halves when putting them back together, put it in the oven for 15 minutes and then sandwiched the 2 halves together?

So correct me if I'm wrong , but you put silicone around both halves when putting them back together, put it in the oven for 15 minutes and then sandwiched the 2 halves together?
Well, what I did was:

1.) Sandwich both halves together
2.) Bake it for 15 mins
3.) Sandwich it more until the clips around the headlight lock together
4.) Put the screws back in for a tight seal
5.) Apply tons of silicone around the headlight, make double layer application if necessary
6.) Let dry

no. Bake it in the oven, then if you want put silicone around after. Its not needed though

Does the same apply to the silica gel packets? Not needed if not wanted?

Thanks!

If you seal them the right way, you don't need the silica gel packets.

yes

Thanks for the orders Sam and David.

We'll be including 1 extra ring in each box for the next 10 shipments which are all $7 total shipping.

how much for one ring umnitza?

Email us, we'll be happy to help:)

pm'd

haha, still waiting for a response...









typical.

We dont' do PMs that regularly. Please EMAIL us through the web site - contact us.

yea, that makes sense...

















wait, no it doesn't. You can read a pm but not reply to it? Seems pretty lazy to me...

yea, that makes sense...

wait, no it doesn't. You can read a pm but not reply to it? Seems pretty lazy to me...

per your signature, we had already emailed you. We never received a PM however for some reason, but it may have been accidentally deleted - we clear them out every few days.

Please feel free to email us we'll respond.

emailed me about what?

i have emailed you, still waiting for that response as well...

Chris, email received, was caught in spam.

okie doke

Damn, that's a good writeup! Looks good too.

i love the outcome of this project. i can't wait to buy my pair of angel/demon eyes and install em

Just finished my install, everything went smoothly except the fact that one of the of the larger low beam ccfl's went out after baking the headlights back together. Fortunately, I installed 8k HIDs along with them and they nearly drown out the low beam halo anyway. I will probably just unplug the other low beam halo that works so its matching until i feel like replacing the dead halo. Looks great on the high beam housing with blue CCFL's. I will post pics in a separate thread after a vrd fog install and TBL.

Great DIY tutorial. I have never done anything like this in my life and with this referance there was nothing I encountered that wasn't covered here. Thanks!

^^thanks man! I appreciate that! Told you those rings were fragile...

ya lol i broke the back up one they sent me and had to order more. the last one went in without a hitch, not sure where it decided it wasnt gonna work anymore. anyway, oznium has already told me they will replace it, im just bummed i gotta take em apart again. its like 95 degrees in my kitchen when i bake them :(.

on another note, i took the car out for its first run tonight. went to mcdonalds and the guy at the window asked me if i had neon rings in my headlights and said they were real cool. :P

i stupidly broke a ring. 3 of them :( but i got the technique down and i need 1 more. oznium won't sell me an extra. i emailed back begging, but i have a feeling that they won't budge. anyone willing to sell me an extra??

very nice and informative DIY

same things I would point out after having done CCFL on my car (before I have my anzo's) and my brothers IS300..

- be VERY careful handling them
- seal up ballast
- test run before putting headlights together (see if it works)
- seal up headlights with silicon (no fogging)
- patience is key

and also great DIY for ppl learning how to bake headlights.. while its open.. paint them eyebrow and maybe smoke/clear out them sidemarkers :P

yeah i should have tested them out before sealing them back up. i just assumed it would work. it wasnt until everything was sealed, wired and put back on my car before i realized that one of the low beam rings did not work, i ran out of the spare ring because it cracked. the fitment wasnt perfect but it sure looks good. i just ordered a spair ring. maybe ill just buy some new head lights as well and just do a project with those.

i stupidly broke a ring. 3 of them :( but i got the technique down and i need 1 more. oznium won't sell me an extra. i emailed back begging, but i have a feeling that they won't budge. anyone willing to sell me an extra??
Which ring do you need. i managed to break the spare set they gave me. i just happend to NOT break one of the small rings. thats the only one i have. let me know if thats the one you need.

thanks, but i got it taken care of. i needed a large ring anyways.

looking to do this when i find a spare set of lights to mod up. wanna do this and spray tint the amber reflector and maybe figure a way to color match the chrome eyebrow area to see what that looks like under the lens cause i dont like the way vinyl overlays look...
i wanna wire mine to a separet switch or piggyback the parking light wires though cause i like the parking light and wanna keep it.

Just wanted to add, I tried to piggyback the parking lights and kept blowing the fuse. I think you will have to cut off either the reflector light or the parking light.

yea, you have to choose between on or the other. or put a larger fuse in that circuit.

yea imma wire it to a new switch

First, excellent writeup.

I will be attempting this soon, and was wondering if anyone knew a good line to tap for ACC+ when using the dual relay configuration?

First, excellent writeup.

I will be attempting this soon, and was wondering if anyone knew a good line to tap for ACC+ when using the dual relay configuration?

I have done these a couple of times..

Here are a few tips for you.....
1. Make sure you are VERY careful taking the headlamps apart.
2. Depending on your oven, when these things come out make sure you work at taking them apart ASAP. The epoxy that holds them together gets sticky fast.
3. Use Silicone around around the WHOLE halo, something that wont contract when it dries like super-glue. When it contracts, it will break them.
4. Attach the ballast to the INSIDE of the headlamp. So it won't get moist. If not, you will be hating life the first time you run your car through the car-wash.
5. Use a Heat Gun when you put them together AFTERWARDS. So as to not break the Glass or melt the Ballast inside the headlamp. Make sure you silicone the SCHITE out of it. so you don't get fogging.
6. If you are using H.I.D.s you will break em. The inside of the Headlamp gets way to hot for that glass to handle. So make sure you own a few to replace before shows or Major EVENTS.

I hope I have been some help. Post pix when you get done! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

nice

Awesome DIY. I might consider on doing this

Made a few edits to the DIY. Had to replace a converter and a large ring. Instead of mounting the converter box on the outside of the headlight housing, it is probably best to mount it on the inside. The is a perfect spot right in between the high and low beams. It sits right along side the high beam housing.

Sorry I dont have any pics of the new mounting spot though...

awesome DIY right up man, wish it would have been up back in '05 when i did mine, i like the idea of drilling the holes for the wires to go through, mine kinda go around the corner, lots of stress to the ring.

Great work :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

looking to do this when i find a spare set of lights to mod up. wanna do this and spray tint the amber reflector and maybe figure a way to color match the chrome eyebrow area to see what that looks like under the lens cause i dont like the way vinyl overlays look...
i wanna wire mine to a separet switch or piggyback the parking light wires though cause i like the parking light and wanna keep it.

Just wanted to add, I tried to piggyback the parking lights and kept blowing the fuse. I think you will have to cut off either the reflector light or the parking light.

piggy back the parking light and just don't put the bulb in the parking light, thats what the rings are for :lalala: otherwise you just have that stupid little bulb adding more light and taking away from the angel eye

First, excellent writeup.

I will be attempting this soon, and was wondering if anyone knew a good line to tap for ACC+ when using the dual relay configuration?

I have done these a couple of times..

Here are a few tips for you.....
1. Make sure you are VERY careful taking the headlamps apart.
2. Depending on your oven, when these things come out make sure you work at taking them apart ASAP. The epoxy that holds them together gets sticky fast.
3. Use Silicone around around the WHOLE halo, something that wont contract when it dries like super-glue. When it contracts, it will break them.
4. Attach the ballast to the INSIDE of the headlamp. So it won't get moist. If not, you will be hating life the first time you run your car through the car-wash.
5. Use a Heat Gun when you put them together AFTERWARDS. So as to not break the Glass or melt the Ballast inside the headlamp. Make sure you silicone the SCHITE out of it. so you don't get fogging.
6. If you are using H.I.D.s you will break em. The inside of the Headlamp gets way to hot for that glass to handle. So make sure you own a few to replace before shows or Major EVENTS.

I hope I have been some help. Post pix when you get done! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
1. agree
2. agree
3. agree
4. agree
5. disagree, you do not need to use a heat gun the oven does not get hot enough to melt the ballast inside the headlights or the rings. just an fyi. (proven with 3 times of installing these).
6. disagree again, HIDs will not give off too much heat for these lights, i have been running them on at the same time for about a week now, no problems, before this set i had another one in about 6 months ago, had HIDS with them for about a mmonth, reason those died was because i had the ballast outside of the headlights and water leaked into them, and 2 of the connections came loose.

all in all you have a lot of good pointers but i just had to let people know you CAN use the oven to close them back up (not everyone has a heat gun), and you CAN run HIDs with these :D

true and true. The heat gun may be a little to much concentrated heat. You run the possibility of melting the housing with it. The oven is still the safest bet. Also, ive been running hids since day one with my halos and have never had one problem with the "heat" the hids put out. If the plastic of the headlight housing can withstand the heat, I'm sure the glass of the rings will have no problem...

yup

! YA

lol

i have gone through 3 sets of the bigger rings and i seem to have issues putting on the larger ones....

to me, it seems like the big rings are too big! is that pretty common? is there a trick to it? it doesnt seem like it wants to fit and i have to wedge it in there... and i'm just getting frustrated... if anyone has a GREAT tip then ill give it another shot bc i know itll look good.

Oznium or umnitza? Oznium seems to have fitnent issues...

Hi there. I'm still convinced there's no fitment issues. But yes, they are super fragile and you've got to be careful

yeah i dunno phil,

it seems like its maybe like 3 or 4 mm too big...

all of them seem to be that way... for one that i did, i had to cut into the eyebrow to make a slit for it...

i say maybe 3 mm off both sides of the large ring will make it fit perfect... it doesnt need to be completely snug... i mean the small rings are very small but you cant tell the difference and it actually looks good but the big ones are too big...IMO

yah i broke one set of the large rings when i did my install. what i ended up doing was drilling the holes one size larger than 1/8"

^^hmm

what i meant was how did you get the ring to fit in there? just bent the soft rubber ends of the glass?

Hi there. I'm still convinced there's no fitment issues. But yes, they are super fragile and you've got to be careful

the large ones are off a tiny tiny tiny bit but definatly enough to break them. put it this way, it took me almost 2 hours to figure out how to put them in w/o breaking and its the 3rd set i've installed (no knockin you at all man, just some constructive critism, you know i love your products, i wouldnt have baught 2 sets of tehse if i didnt, and no i didnt buy the 2nd because the first one broke, i wanted to do a cleaner install.)

^^hmm

what i meant was how did you get the ring to fit in there? just bent the soft rubber ends of the glass?

yah that's what i did for the larger ones.

so what do you think i should do bc i wanna do the bigger rings?

when you install the larger rings, drill out the hole 3/16 (i think is the size) and bend the rubber ends to fit into the hole. the larger hole will allow for more play room when you push the bigger rings into place

does anyone know if oznium is planning on coming out with a set for the OEM 08 projectors?

ok well for anyone with an 08 tC, I just called oznium and they said that the angel eye kit for the 08 tC projectors should be out in about a month. I can't wait.

how long do i preheat the oven for before putting the headlights in?

until it gets up to temp...

i have a conventional oven.....i can put it to 225 degrees....but how do i know if its ready to have the headlights put in...and also, wont the towel catch fire?

not if the towel is moist, and even if it was dry, no it wont catch fire, unless you put it on the heating element.

dont you have an alarm on the oven that beeps when you get up to temp?

if not wait 10 min

i need help just removing the glass outer because my turn signal bulb poped out and its just laying inside the headlight unit please help????????????????????????????????

you'd still have to bake open the whole housing to remove the plastic lens.

you could also try a piece of tape on the end of a length of wire or something.

you need to bake them

Awesome DIY. Helped me a great deal in taking the bumper off to install some VRD fogs.

To do an '08 would all the directions be the same?

not sure, I'll try and find out

i suck at wiring. >.<

Thanks for this sweet write up! I used it to just paint the inside of my wifes tC just now. She loves me for it now, lmao!!!


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Everything on her car is in the process of going bronze to match her wheels.

i keep blowing my transformers...what the heck am i doing to do that?

Do you have them wired correctly? Do you have them sealed properly?

does anyone know if the right and left harness for the o8 headlights are the same? Like can they be switched from left to right. I installed HIDs a few weeks ago and now it seems like the harness might be fried. I dont know how to remove the harness so I am going to remove the bumper and try to munkey around with it for there.

thanks for the write-up! will be doing this as soon as I can track down some infinity/acura projectors...