[godzllla85]

Hey guys,

I've always been a huge fan of the OSS style Angel Eyes but I definitely did not want to ship my healights out and pay the 800+ shipping which I think is rediculous. I started reading a lot of DIY threads on this forum and after researching and looking through other people's DIY thread I was confident enough that I could do it myself.

I ordered a set of the Orion V2's a couple of weeks ago and they came in last Thursday. Sunday night when I got home from my trip I took my headlights off and spent most of today (Monday) taking the headlights apart and doing the LED rings with the full blackout headlights. I decided to go with the V2's rather than the V4's because I was afraid that the V4's might have been too bright to where it would look like the HID Angel Eyes which I am not quite fond of, also I like the beaded look of V2.'s

The entire project took me approximately 9 hours or so and I still have to put the new sealant on and put the cover back on. I forgot to buy the new sealant today so I guess I will have to do it tomorrow after work.

I decided to follow a fellow member's DIY thread which I found to be the easiest and most helpful thread in my opinion.

Here is a link to his DIY thread.
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=739301

Here are some step by step pictures that I took while doing this project. Enjoy!

Stock Head lights


Tools that I used



Headlight taken apart after Baking for 8 minutes


Internals removed


Cutting OEM angel eyes rings after measuring to retrofit to the Umnitza's LED rings


Lining everything up to add the new LED rings to the cut parts of the OEM rings.


The new LED ring with the parts of the OEM rings put together with Epoxy


New rings with the Epoxy sanded down and painted black with wires also painted black


Sanded down and ready for primer


Primed and ready for Paint


Re-assembled cover with blacked out corners and corner LED delete


Re-assembling the headlight back together


Installed the outer LED ring


Used the dremel to cut a small hole in the OEM inner ring to run the wires for the new LED rings so I won't have ugly visible wires


Inner LED ring soldered over the painted OEM ring


Both rings installed and everything re-assembled besides the cover


Side view. No ugly wires as they were painted black and glued to the back of the LED ring so they won't be as visible


How the look plugged in.. More than enough brightness.


Both Headlights lit up


I will update tomorrow with pictures of the headlights on the car also with daytime pictures to show how well these look in the sunlight. Hopefully it's nice and sunny tomorrow.

[DC_Oldboy]

Nice! You ready to do mine? =) I'm serious.

[bolty]

Brave man. How difficult was it? Do you have adaptive lights?

I've been tempted to try this myself but I've always thought the potential for f'ing something up is just too high.

[nimzz]

Wow! Great work...in for pictures with headlights installed back on the car.

[RNE90]

Originally Posted by DC_Oldboy

Nice! You ready to do mine? =) I'm serious.

+1 I wouldn't dare try this on my own.

[s142nv]

Looks great!

[Spoolin335]

Nice work!

[techy1]

niceeee

[Havok_2011]

Balls...you sir, have huge ones. I would be too chicken shit to do this.

Great results as well

[Red_Bean_Bun]

Looks sick .....

[ASPEC135i]

Kudos for all the work!

Waiting patiently to see the final results

[Kbimmer]

Originally Posted by bolty

Brave man.

Looks awesome !

[marcvtec]

I'm in for the group buy
Well done

[ran_i_am]

love it!
we should have done this together. my headlights came apart with minimal heat gunning, no oven at all.

if you dont mind me asking.
What epoxy did u use for the angel eyes?
What sealant did u end up using for resealing it?

[godzllla85]

Originally Posted by ran_i_am

love it!
we should have done this together. my headlights came apart with minimal heat gunning, no oven at all.

if you dont mind me asking.
What epoxy did u use for the angel eyes?
What sealant did u end up using for resealing it?

I used permatex epoxy plastic weld and for the sealant I used amazing goop sealant. I bought both at Canadian tire. I chose the plastic weld because when is hardens I can sand it down like plastic and when I sealed it I rebaked the headlight so the original sealant would soften up than I caked on the goop. I washed my car twice and concentrated around the headlight area and still no problem with condensation.

[OwnAge]

I didnt read all but amazing job. If i decide to keep my car, ill do the same thing. Will def pm you.

[taichi]

Amazing job...!!

[BMWRich]

Looks awesome!!!

[Zebra99]

Very nicely done! Score one for pre-LCI's!!

[StevenIam]

That looks really good! Hard work pays off then.

[melenkae90]

Nice work!! I wish the pre-lci e90 head lights could be baked open, I'd be all over doing this!

[Beesuu]

How much will you charge to do mine