Angel Eyes
2nd Gear
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,089
From: Seattle
RE: Angel Eyes
go here and buy these euro oem headlights that are the hottness.
http://www.achtuning.com/shop.asp
http://www.achtuning.com/shop.asp
1st Gear
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 274
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RE: Angel Eyes
Its good to see that Transverse and CLC are getting along like these two ----->[sm=love.gif] . Ok so i did that joke already, so what!! LOL. BTW CLC is the one that is doing the kissing. j/k
See man. I cant do any trimming. I dont have any tools. AND I MEAN ANY!!!. I saw the VALEO ones at lltek.com and YES they do look sweeet, but I live in the GTA area and I dont want to buy them and then take them to one of those shops that install parts like that because I dont know if they have experience with AUDI'S. So I am in a bind. I have to find a good MOD SHOP in GTA that can install aftermarket AUDI stuff for me. I dont want to take my (eventually when i purchase them, EXHAUST SYSTEM, BRAKE KITS, LIGHTS) to any mechanic or to AUDI.
See man. I cant do any trimming. I dont have any tools. AND I MEAN ANY!!!. I saw the VALEO ones at lltek.com and YES they do look sweeet, but I live in the GTA area and I dont want to buy them and then take them to one of those shops that install parts like that because I dont know if they have experience with AUDI'S. So I am in a bind. I have to find a good MOD SHOP in GTA that can install aftermarket AUDI stuff for me. I dont want to take my (eventually when i purchase them, EXHAUST SYSTEM, BRAKE KITS, LIGHTS) to any mechanic or to AUDI.
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2
RE: Angel Eyes
hi. brand new to this forum. just got my a4 a couple nights ago. been looking into the headlights.
just a word of advice about ur HID systems..
i would definitely reccomend using a wiring harness that runs straight from the battery to power the bulbs. i have a 98 honda prelude with an audi tt projector retrofit and have done a couple retrofits to headlights, and have worked with HID's a lot, all oem parts. i have actually heard some stories about people frying their stock harnesses from wiring the bulbs to them instead of using an adapter wiring harness. yea hid bulbs use 35w compared to 55w halogens, but when they initially fire up and u observe the cold blue to solid white color change, they use 5 or 6 times more power to get started and then run down to 35w. i made my wiring harness myself but u can find them several places online, suvlights.com is a good one.
this is an excellent site and where i intially learned all i needed to know about retrofitting, hid systems, and lighting in general.
http://faqlight.carpassion.info/
a question about the ECE spec headlights. did u have to buy the ones with xenon projectors or did u just get the ones with halogen projectors and plug the hid's into those with the h7 adapaters? if the halogen projectors work just as well i might as well get those.
just a word of advice about ur HID systems..
i would definitely reccomend using a wiring harness that runs straight from the battery to power the bulbs. i have a 98 honda prelude with an audi tt projector retrofit and have done a couple retrofits to headlights, and have worked with HID's a lot, all oem parts. i have actually heard some stories about people frying their stock harnesses from wiring the bulbs to them instead of using an adapter wiring harness. yea hid bulbs use 35w compared to 55w halogens, but when they initially fire up and u observe the cold blue to solid white color change, they use 5 or 6 times more power to get started and then run down to 35w. i made my wiring harness myself but u can find them several places online, suvlights.com is a good one.
this is an excellent site and where i intially learned all i needed to know about retrofitting, hid systems, and lighting in general.
http://faqlight.carpassion.info/
a question about the ECE spec headlights. did u have to buy the ones with xenon projectors or did u just get the ones with halogen projectors and plug the hid's into those with the h7 adapaters? if the halogen projectors work just as well i might as well get those.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,114
From: Canada
RE: Angel Eyes
My .02, i'd get those angel eyes if you are willing to do some custom work.
Toss those puppys in the oven to seperate the lense, get rid of all the POS glue that those cheapos come with, and reseal em yourself. Tada! no more fogging or leaking if you did it right, if not, there's no one to blame but urself. I'd also smoke the hell outta the angel eye ring while you have the lense off, toning down the angel eye look while still leaving a mean glow. I just like the 3 bulb look the those headlights have, it's different, and i love it.
once again, just my .02.
Toss those puppys in the oven to seperate the lense, get rid of all the POS glue that those cheapos come with, and reseal em yourself. Tada! no more fogging or leaking if you did it right, if not, there's no one to blame but urself. I'd also smoke the hell outta the angel eye ring while you have the lense off, toning down the angel eye look while still leaving a mean glow. I just like the 3 bulb look the those headlights have, it's different, and i love it.
once again, just my .02.