Angel Eyes

Discussion in 'High Tech for Old Iron' started by wormwood, Sep 1, 2009.

  1. wormwood

    wormwood Dare to be different

    anyone install "angel eyes" headlights in their rides? if so, how? where did you get them? was it easy?
     
  2. otter

    otter It'll be done someday.

    Not sure what you mean. Angel eyes? Can you post pics of them on another vehicle?
     
  3. DaWildcat

    DaWildcat Platinum Level Contributor

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    You can get bolt in "angel eye" replacements for our old sealed beam headlights at www.summitracing.com .

    Devon
     
  4. bignastyGS

    bignastyGS Maggot pilot

    Aren't those referred to as Halo lights?? Putting HID'S in was accomplished by a board member,but I forget just who..I may entertain the HID's for my car sometime..
     
  5. GotTattooz

    GotTattooz Well-Known Member

    I've been wanting to put BMW ellipsoid projector beam headlights in my 67 Skylark for the longest time. I found a set on E-bay and won them for $20, $45 w/shipping. I knew they were 5 3/4 inch assemblies, so I wanted to cut out my headlight buckets and have the cool looking headlights. Well, if you'll notice from the e-bay page here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/89-9...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

    The projector beam housing are long, like 6 inches long. I wish I would have taken progress pics during the whole process. I did a lot of cutting on the core support to get them to fit, but they're in there. I still have to take them back out and wire up the bulbs and such, plus there's no engine or battery in the car right now, so I can't light them up yet. When I take them back out, I'll get pictures of all the metal I had to cut away to amke them fit.

    -Josh
     

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  6. nelson20

    nelson20 Well-Known Member

    Those looks great Josh, I did it on my car, but dont have them wired yet, ill post a pic tomorrow
     
  7. nelson20

    nelson20 Well-Known Member

    Here are mine

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  8. slolark

    slolark Well-Known Member

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  10. slolark

    slolark Well-Known Member

    are H1's HID? I thought they were just halogen. HID's have a separate ballast.
     
  11. BWINN519

    BWINN519 Big B

    "WOW", Worm !! I was just looking those up the other day, considering them for my 68. Saw some on a 64 impala and they look good.
     
  12. GotTattooz

    GotTattooz Well-Known Member

    If you notice the small print under the ad, it says the following:

    Matrix's Angel Eye Diamond headlamp conversions bolt right on in place of your 7 in. round and 4 x 6 in. and 6 x 7 in. rectangular OE headlights. Their most recognizable feature, of course, is the bright, highly visible halo that outlines each of the light units. They're hard to miss and they'll give your ride a distinctive, eye-catching look.

    There is no indication of being for the 5 3/4 inch headlights used in the 4-bulb system. There may be another page with the bulbs for the smaller round headlights, but that ad isn't it. Also, I've used these cheaper "diamond" headlights before. They are bright, if you're looking at them, but they don't focus the light where it needs to be down the road. I've found them great for high beams, but for low beams, they're only good for finding stuff in trees as you drive around at night.

    -Josh
     
  13. GotTattooz

    GotTattooz Well-Known Member

    You are correct. H1's are just halogen bulbs, mostly used for fog lights. They have HID h1 bulbs, too, but they have ballasts. The BMW lights I have on my 67 are aftermarket BMW lights, and use the H1 bulbs for low and high beams. I ordered H1 HID bulbs to plug into my ballasts so my low beams would be HID projector beam lights. When I get them in and all wired up, I"ll post pics.

    -Josh
     
  14. slolark

    slolark Well-Known Member

    Sounds like my Bbody lights.... They made me want to eat a bullet when it rained. If a truck pulled up behind me I was stuck in a shadow.
     
  15. slolark

    slolark Well-Known Member

    so your lights came with ballasts, or you bought them separately? I'm very interested in this swap... Halos are F'n sick (and so is seeing well)!
     
  16. GotTattooz

    GotTattooz Well-Known Member

    I got my BMW lights off Ebay, and they came with HIDs, but they were 9006 bulbs (stock BMW bulbs) Some guy pulled them off a BMW in a junkyard and posted them. The Halo Projector beam lights I have use H1 bulbs, so I ordered the H1 bulbs to use with the ballasts I got with the BMW lights.

    -Josh
     
  17. slolark

    slolark Well-Known Member

    cool, thanks!
     
  18. GotTattooz

    GotTattooz Well-Known Member

    Well, I told you guys I'd post updates when I got my new H1 Bulbs. The first 2 pics are the havok I wreaked on the core support to fit the BMW headlights. The third pic is what's left of the headlight bucket. As you can see, there's not much left. I basically cut the top off about 1/8 inch below the lip of the ring, and then notched it about every 1/2 inch. Then I pressed it around the body of the new headlight. Pic #4 is what a real HID setup looks like, with the bulbs and the ballasts. And the last pic isn't very good, but it shows how bright they get in the projector beam.

    -Josh
     

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  19. GotTattooz

    GotTattooz Well-Known Member

    Ok, they're all in and wired up. Here's the final install pics. Mine use 4 194 bulbs for the "halo" rings per light, and 1 194 bulb for the city light, located in the high beams only. I bought all superwhite L.E.D. 194 replacement wedge bulbs.

    -Josh
     

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  20. cstanley-gs

    cstanley-gs Silver Mist

    That looks awesome! :kodak: :laugh:
     

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