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original2k
09-28-2003, 06:22 AM
hey hey hey, yeap me and my friends did it, yesterday we turned my H4 projectors into angel eyes! for now i only have pics of the work in progress, we did actually finish them (minus some wiring to clean up) but i don't actually have pics of them at night, becuz my camera phone isn't the best hehe, but today we're gonna make them bigger (in circumference) and clean up the wiring, also i didn't take any pics cuz the led's i used weren't bright enough anyway, but here we go with the initial pics, expect a lot more today....

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/11.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/22.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/33.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/44.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/55.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/66.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/77.txt

stay tuned....

Vdawg
09-28-2003, 08:11 AM
cool

original2k
09-28-2003, 08:18 AM
here's another...

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/88.txt

3G Jester
09-28-2003, 08:25 AM
bad ass man

Mike's89AccordLX
09-28-2003, 08:30 AM
sweet can't wait to see them at night. Are you planning on selling sets? B/c if they look nice I would buy a set for my accord and lude.

i.c.
09-28-2003, 08:49 AM
yeah man, get some pics when you get it done

88accordhatchdx
09-28-2003, 09:06 AM
Thats so great, angel eyes are awesome. Pics when your done would be great and a how-to would be cool too.

PortugalFocus
09-28-2003, 09:27 AM
looks nasty........ I love it! gotta see pics of it on the accord

PogiLXI
09-28-2003, 11:12 AM
ahhhhh, Love the home Made stuff!!! It looks awsome! I would like to make\buy some my self, Its koo cause those crappy Angel Eyes they sell for the Sealed beam Conversions are square and shitty. but urs is SAAAAAWWWEEEEEEETTTTTTTTAAAAAA!!!

badmanferg
09-28-2003, 03:23 PM
wow, good shit...def gotta come through with a 'how-to' tho....



bless :D

od2681
09-28-2003, 03:38 PM
hey i want r4 shirt

HostileJava
09-28-2003, 04:20 PM
They look good

*EDIT by markmdz89hatch*
I PM'ed you with details why.

original2k
09-28-2003, 05:47 PM
http://www.geocities.com/original2k/12.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/13.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/14.txt

http://www.geocities.com/original2k/99.txt

badmanferg
09-28-2003, 05:51 PM
!!!!!!! wow those lights look fuckin awesome!!!! son, you gotta hit me (us) with a how-to....MUCH PROPS on the lights homie



bless...:D

bboipinoy112
09-28-2003, 07:38 PM
"Accord"........we are one........

MarioBurke
09-28-2003, 07:46 PM
those headlights are sweet man, i would really like to know how you did that. im ready to go do it myself. !!!

Andrew
09-28-2003, 07:56 PM
Those lights look pretty good, good job.

Here's a How-To I found on the web aways back http://students.washington.edu/ashis/Creating%20Custom%20Angel%20Eyes.htm

bboipinoy112
09-28-2003, 08:00 PM
what color LED's were you using? .. and how did u make them man?! that is so FRESHHHH haha . . but that is dope . i was thinkin red would be koo .. but i think they might come out kinda pinkish dont u think? but maybe blue would be sick .. was it hard to put the ring in the lamp ? is it easy to change the LED's once in ? but GOOD WORK MAN ! KEEP IT UP!

blazin3gen
09-28-2003, 08:01 PM
hell ya man!! those lights are so fckn badass man!!!!!

Just one tip though man BIGGER PICS!!!!! lol and night pics too plz :D damn O2k!! u did good man!!

original2k
09-28-2003, 09:00 PM
well i enlarged the new pics i posted last on the first page, as for the color, it's yellow, goes with my theme, i have amber marker lights and foglights, and gold H4 bulbs, as for the "how to" that other guy posted the link, i used that crx one myself, i could mock up some sorta detailed one tho, i wouldn't mind, but this is just a prototype version, right now the angel eyes themselves aren't as bright as bmw 5series one, which is the look i'm goin for, which is mainly due to (in theory) the reflective housing, so me and my friends are trying to come up with a way to make it more visible, thank you guys for your comments, they are much appreciated :wave:

PogiLXI
09-29-2003, 04:41 AM
What LED did you use???? maybe using 3 or 4 led lights on the ring would brighten it up.

original2k
09-29-2003, 05:47 AM
i used led's from radioshack, see they have them in different intensities which we didn't realize at first when buying them, so we bought some that were like 50mcd or something like which was too dim, almost like the parking lights u see in cars like the lude, so we went back and noticed they came in different one's so i got the yellow 1900 intensity one's, but i might go back and get the white one's if they are brighter, but we were thinking of putting something behind the ring itself, like a piece of black paper or something just so it can stand out more

mykwikcoupe
09-29-2003, 05:55 AM
is it desined so that the ring is only it on the top portion? I thought that the ring was upposed to go the entire way around? Looks good.

original2k
09-29-2003, 06:46 AM
Originally posted by mykwikcoupe
is it desined so that the ring is only it on the top portion? I thought that the ring was upposed to go the entire way around? Looks good.

that made absolutely no sense, lol i'm gonna assume u mean the angel eye ring going around the projector itself, well the one's u buy are ebay that encompass the entire outside of the housing are crap, i bought them before and they look crappy and are crappy in quality, besides true angel eyes like the bimmers just go around the projector circle, that was the look i was going for

HaccordR89
09-29-2003, 07:37 AM
well..those are dope lights...if you go with the white you should post pics of that too, or anything you do, just to see the differences..im starting mine today

markmdz89hatch
09-29-2003, 08:02 AM
OK guys, I cleaned up this thread. I really like what 2K has done here, and he's obviously a valuable member here. Let's keep all of the off-topic comments off of this thread. 2K, hit me up on PM if you want me to take any action on this, and posts made, beyond just deleting them.

2k, love the mod. They look sick. I think that the white would look a little better though, only b/c the yellow makes it look like on of the older, sealed beam colors. I like how you just have the angel eye around the projector, but is there any way to get a longer/larger ring so that it can go all the way around the projector itself instead of like 80%? Just curious, but seriously man, bad-ass.

HostileJava
09-29-2003, 08:40 AM
Can you notch almost all the way around? I think that would look alot better.

PogiLXI
09-29-2003, 09:08 AM
hmmm....... Two White LEDS on the ends would probly be best.

mykwikcoupe
09-29-2003, 09:48 AM
what i meant to say was- The ring that goes around the projector only, although it does totally encompass the projector, it only looks lit on the top portion from the picture. It doesnt look like light comes from the bottom half of the angel eye. Does that clear it up a little more?

A second way to ask the same question would be. Does light come out of the entire angel eye circle? Sorry if it sounds like a stupid question. Mike

original2k
09-29-2003, 05:20 PM
i c i c, and thanks mark for doing that for me, yeah well like i said, this is a "working prototype" model, next we're goin to make them larger, cuz i think they are too small myself, and i think that the white prolly will look better too cuz the amber is just a dim color altogether, well if any of u guys improve on the model please add to this thread so that we can blow this thing up!!!! but it feels good to be the first :pimp:, as for the "happy" look of my angel eyes, that was actually a mistake, my friend was putting the notches on one and he accidently broke it, so we just broke the other to make them look the same, but i wanna make bigger one's anyway

PogiLXI
09-29-2003, 05:28 PM
wahhhhhhhhhhh:crying: :crying:

zero.counter
09-29-2003, 05:34 PM
I thought I had seen that custom angel eye how to somewhere:
http://students.washington.edu/ashis/Creating%20Custom%20Angel%20Eyes.htm

Anyways, good job! First time that I have seen to be done on a 3G.

I PMd you BTW ORIGINAL. :)

89AccordLvr
09-29-2003, 05:48 PM
did u get it wired to light up itself and how did u do it

original2k
09-29-2003, 07:16 PM
lol nope, hehe well since their led's (and we were also lazy) we just hooked them up to the battery, so YES they are running 24/7....lol me and my roomie are comming up with version .02 pretty soon, so be on the lookout!!! ;)

markmdz89hatch
09-29-2003, 07:32 PM
original, you've inspired me! I just picked up some of the materials I need to make this happen. Just hope I can make 'em come out as nice as those did. (fingers crossed). Now all I need, and perhaps the most difficult of all things, is some time to do this.

original2k
09-29-2003, 08:27 PM
well here's a tip for any1 who's trying this out, for 1 make sure u make the grooves pretty thick, like 3/4 of a millimeter, and make them really close, or even a millimeter, we used a knife first just to get the concept down, even the slightest scratches appear on the other side and the image refracts along the octagonal shape, i think the fact that our etches were too small is why mine aren't as bright as they should be, cuz the guy who did the crx only used 2000mcl output led's, and i'm using 1900, so keep that in mind, also i think the reflective background diminishes the effect as well, cuz if u look on those 5 series and on that crx, the housings are all black, just something to think about

p.s.- make them about 1/2 millimeter deep as well

if any1 else is trying this and has some input PLEASE do not hesitate to speak your mind, i really wanna know what methods u guys think could improve this design! 3geezp0w4!!!

toastyghost
09-29-2003, 09:17 PM
dope is an adjective and those lights are definitely it

87AccordsterLx
09-30-2003, 09:41 AM
You can buy a relay at Pepboys for $4-6. Get 2 of them and wire it to the headlight, then to the battery. When the headlight comes on, the relay will switch the battery lead on and then you are set. Here is the schematic for wiring corner markers. What you need to do is run the wire that goes to the "sidemarker (+) {87}" to the angel eye / LED. Then ground the (- neg) side of the angel eye to the battery’s (-) terminal. Run the wires that go to the "blinker / marker" {85,86} to the (+) and (-) on the headlight. Run {30} to a fuse if you want to be safe, then to the battery’s (+) terminal.

http://www.87accordlxi.com/hosting/1-wiring.gif

87AccordsterLx
09-30-2003, 10:09 AM
I had always wanted to hook up some LEDs in my car just for fun... they are cheap and easy to use... thanks for reminding me that I needed to do that...! :D These are the ones that I will use...

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F011%5F006%5F002%5F000&product%5Fid=276%2D316

I'm going to hook up 4 of them on the floor. One where each person’s feet will be... front and back. Then wire them to a single relay then to the ACC lead so when my parking lights come on they will also... I already wired my front blinkers to my corner markers through a relay so when the parking lights go on, the front blinkers come on, and stay on. They look like built in fog lights. I think I might wire in a clear LED to the front blinkers to make them brighter... :D

http://www.radioshack.com/images/ProductCatalog/ProductImage/276/276-316.jpg

original2k
09-30-2003, 06:12 PM
post a pic of how those look, i wanna use some 2900's myself

NeonSQUARED
10-01-2003, 10:44 AM
i am ORIGINAL2K's gay lover
mwahhaha
shudup mike
yhea dude we need to make verison .02 soon
and yhea i was gonna suggest the white led's
because when you guys were following me outa my crib
i noticed that it was just allitle dimm and yhea we nee to cut
the groves pretty thich too

well peace out yo
ill chatch up on you later on

spooooooooooooooooooon!!!!
but no forking!

original2k
10-01-2003, 06:57 PM
lol, that's my peep all, he doesn't have a 3g, but a sweet red neon, i think, spoon2win...........hehe