For anyone trying to contact me I'll be away until sunday but will be checking my laptop when I get a chance or can still be contacted by phone on 0403596123 if needed.
Cheers Mick.
For anyone trying to contact me I'll be away until sunday but will be checking my laptop when I get a chance or can still be contacted by phone on 0403596123 if needed.
Cheers Mick.
Hey Mick, sorry if this is a stupid question but whats an angel/devil eye? Is it just a cosmetic light? Looking at your pictures I couldnt quite figure it out.
Cheers,
Irvs
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1990 Ford Maverick, 4.2 Carby, 2" SL, 2" BL, Dual Batts, 33" Maxxis Big Horns
Hi Irvs no thats not a stupid question and your right there only cosmetic. The angel eye is just another name for a parker really which goes around the outside of the projector. A devils eye is a coloured bulb that goes behind the projector giving you a red, blue, yellow, green or purple eye.Originally Posted by Irvs
These are angel eyes.
This is a devils eye. If I was fitting these I'd have them on a different switch so there isolated totally from your parkers or headlights
If you have anymore questions please let me know.
Cheers Mick.
Last edited by mick.; 25th November 2012 at 08:30 AM.
The LED angel eyes have finally arrived. I'd bought about 4 different brands and had done a bit of testing before finally sticking with these. They are a really even colour all the way around and orange is actually orange plus there very bright.
This is one thats in a cover.
This is also in a cover.
These ones aren't in a cover.
Installed one of Micks kits in my GU8 over the weekend, 3 inch projectors with Osram bulbs and 55w ballasts.
Job was a bit bigger then i initially thought, could easily be done faster having done it once now. I think most people would be okay with it as long as you have a slightly technical/mechanical aptitude and know how to crimp or solder wires together. These new LED angel eyes will definitely be the go, i got the little fluorescent tube ones as wasn't willing to wait for the LED's and managed to snap one, so ended up pulling em both out and am just running without em.
Once installed just had to jack the lights up a bit with the adjusters as the cut off was about 4m in front of the car. Boy do they make a big difference once adjusted, low beams is crystal clear white light with a really nice even spread, As in Micks photos of his car the cut off is very defined. High beams are amazing, no need for spotties with em i reckon, projects the beam right down the road and also lights up the sides very well for spotting roos, emus and even cows where i live.
Ill try and get some photos in the next few days and post them up.
2012 GU8 Polar White Auto ST Patrol, Factory Bull bar, Scangauge 2, EGR blanked, Milford cargo barrier, Outback ideas recovery points, Micks retrofit HID 3 inch projectors with Osram bulbs and 55w ballasts, GME TXE3420, Sidewinder dual battery with monitor, Windcheetah 2.0m alloy rack, Suspension Stuff 2" Flexy lift with SS Monotubes, MT ATZ 4 ribs 265/75R16 on black Dynamic rims, Custom rear draws with fridge slide.
Thats good to here is got it all fitted with minimal dramas Tim. The first time I fitted a kit it took me pretty much all day to get it right. I think it's only a matter of time before the LED angel eyes make the CCL rings obsolete.
The Osram bulbs really make a huge difference to what from what i've seen too.
Cheers Mick.
Is the shroud also a cosmetic thing Mick and are your projectors different to just a globe and if so how?
cheers,
Irvs
1990 Ford Maverick, 4.2 Carby, 2" SL, 2" BL, Dual Batts, 33" Maxxis Big Horns
does the original reflector still do anything to focus these HIDs, apart from locating the projector etc, or is the focussing and low beam/high beam thing all done within the 'projector'?
Fascinating toys, these :-)
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There's no comparison one is just a bulb fitted to a reflector which throws light everywhere and but where you need it on the road. These kits replace the bulb with a HID projector which the bulb sits in which controls the light and aims the light and gives a clear cut off. So you don't annoy oncoming traffic. You get the same light quality as a new BMW or Lexus. If you read my first post it explains it better.
On the shrouds yes they are cosmetic but without them you see an exposed projector and wires plus there is no way of holding angel eyes.
No that's why a lot of people ask me to paint the reflectors black. All the light goes threw the projector only. The reflector is no longer used.
The projector is fixed and the adjustment is done by the headlight adjusters just like they are from factory. There is no need to focus them the low/high beam is controlled by a solenoid which opens and shuts an eyelid inside the projector.
Cheers Mick.
Last edited by mick.; 20th August 2012 at 06:21 AM.
Irvs (23rd August 2012)
thanks Mick.
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