Angel Eyes 450
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Angel Eyes 450
Fit angel eye halos to your headlights
Fit angel eye halos to your headlights
Below is what you will be fitting, you will need 2 rings and 2 inverters for 1 car.
To buy these angel eye kits just click on the SmartMods banner above.
They're not the crappy acrylic rings with an LED in each end, these are cold cathode fluorescent lamps. Thinner, brighter and have a much better colour than even the standard BMW halo lights.
Test that both angel eyes work before beginning this modification.
Put the ring in front of the indicator aperture and mark where the cables will go through the reflector using a permanent thin tipped marker pen.
Using a rotary tool like a Dremmel and some small files, make the hole for the
wires to pass through. If you plan to paint your front reflector, do it now.
Mark all the way along one of the wires attached to the ring with the marker pen you used earlier, this will help you later on when you have to cut and reconnect the wires.
Cut both wires halfway in between the ring and the connector. This is necessary because the hole you make will be too small for the angel eye plastic connector to pass through. The mark you made on one of the wires will help you when you come to reattach these wires back together.
Apply a small line of contact adhesive to the back of the ring
and to the headlight reflector where the ring will touch it.
Allow the glue to cure for about 10 minutes before pushing the wires through
the holes and gently pressing the angel eye into place. Keep light pressure on the
ring for about 5 minutes, try not to let the ring move as the glue dries.
You don't want these wires shorting out as the inverter creates thousands of volts.
The inverter is glued at an angle against the side wall just underneath the full beam headlight bulb.
Connect the inverter to the angel eye ring. A red and a black wire comes from the other end of the inverter, black is negative and red is positive. If you want the angel eyes to come on with your sidelights, you will need to
Test to ensure that it is functioning correctly, in other words, make sure it looks awesome.
Reassemble the headlight and refit to the car.
Refit the panels to the car, wait until dark and then try them out.
They look superb and at time of writing it is still very rare to see a smart with angel eyes.
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