The Exclusive Angel Eyes Club

[Hotride]

Well after a very very long weekend with a dremel and a couple of sets of headlights, I have finally joined the Angel Eyes club!! and managed to finish de-gingering my car while I was at it.

I used two sets and went the full CJ method more or less, by saving one lens and cutting the other my lights fit together like OEM. However I attached both Angel Eye's to the front cover not to the headlight reflectors, just to make sure I dont overheat them, as going back in would require use of the dremel again

anyways time for the pics...
originals dis-assembled

test fitting

Testing they work

testing on car

finally got em together

time to sit back and look at the car with big feeling of satisfaction


Hard to see but they are very visible in the middle of the day, will take a few more pics at dusk as the sun fades.

[PawnSacrifice]

Nice work mate, looking good

[oo7ml]

Cool, looks very well... can someone enlighten me on what is involved to get the same on a 2008 Coupe... i thought i read before that these could be purchased and fitted easy but that does not seem to be the case above...

[Hotride]

Cool, looks very well... can someone enlighten me on what is involved to get the same on a 2008 Coupe... i thought i read before that these could be purchased and fitted easy but that does not seem to be the case above...

To fit the angel eyes, you need to cut the lenses off by using a dremel and cutting between the lens and black backing, takes a good 1/2 hour for each light. Then you need to clean out all the dust - which took me a good few hours with brushes/ micro fibre clothes etc.

Next is fitting the angel eyes in place and glueing them in, then you need to mount the angel eye ballast inside the headlight and wire it into the wires inside the headlight, I used a soldering iron to ensure permanent connection. FYI the grey wire is the positive wire, and the brown wire is the negative wire. Once that is done test it and then test again to make sure it's working. Then put everything back together with a strong heatproof waterproof adhesive.

Not exactly simple, and consumed a whole weekend for me lol, see this link for some detailed instructions http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2953 and good luck if you attempt it

[Hotride]

Oh did I mention the angel eye club is much more exclusive then the infamous coupe club?

[oo7ml]

Ha ok... i thought it might have been easier... i won't be trying anything just yet

[Taz]

Oh did I mention the angel eye club is much more exclusive then the infamous coupe club?

[th30d0r3]

Very nice lights, I'm tempted...

coupe ftw

[Taz]

Oh did I mention the angel eye club is much more exclusive then the infamous coupe club?

I think you should form an Exclusive Angel Eyes Coupe Club, are you the only member?

[Hotride]

Well I have a roadster - so I think I may have cj, pawn sacrifice and gookah on my team as a minimum

Did you not see the soft top in my above pics

[Taz]

er not very observant of me, why do you have a coupe in your avatar

[billygilly]

Very very nice

[Hotride]

er not very observant of me, why do you have a coupe in your avatar

lol I just like the body kit on that car , and its like the race car version of my roadster

Also thanks for the kind comments everybody

And a big thanks to Pawnsacrifice for his tips and wisdom along the way, and to CJ for the initial inspiration! well inspiration to spend more money at least lol

[WLH]

Nicely done....

[tomTVR]

Meee!