[LightWerkz]

DIY Angel Eyes 2004/5 WRX/STi

Time Needed: 2-3 Hours Total - First Time

Difficulty Level - 1 Being Easiest - 10 Being Hardest - I would rate it a 5. Basically just time consuming, although it can be a bit intimidating for people opening up headlights for the first time. Anyone can do this, just follow the instructions

Items Needed:

Oven
Flat Head
Philips Head Screwdriver
JB Qwik Weld - 1 Pack
Masking Tape
Electrical Tape
Soldering Tool or T-Taps
1 LightWerkz 04/05 WRX/STi Angel Eye Kit



Remove the lamps from the car, and go inside and preheat your oven to 225F.


Sit down and place a towel down on the table and place the lamp face down. You want to remove the rear cap first, this will allow hot air to get inside the lamp and speed up the process of getting the lamps open. Also remove the 9 small philips head screws holding the lamps together.







You must wait until the oven is preheated. The reason why is the oven reaches very hot temperatures to get to the desired temperature faster. if you put the lamps in earlier, you will melt the plastic easily, so be careful. Place the lamps in the oven (everything attatched) and set the timer for 10 mins.




Once the lamp comes out, be careful it will be hot. You will want to lift the 3 tabs up on the bottom side of the lamp. Use a flat head and stick it in and give it a flick of the wrist to pry it oven. once you get it a bit opened, stand the lamp up and pry apart the housing. You can work your way around, but you will be able to pull the housings apart easily, just wear gloves if its your first time since its going to be hot!





Once opened put the back half of the lamps to the side and place the front housing and lens on the towel. You want to remove the one screw and place it in your cap thats on the side. Remove the housing, and then place the lens to the side. If you want to remove the amber, have the housing on it front side down and push the center amber piece out from the side. The side amber reflector is a bit trickier. We use a razor blade to lift it up and then it comes right out. The razor blade is really thin, it gets in and pops it. A flat head can be used as long as its not too thick.









Now your 105mm CCFL Angel Eye kit is going to provide rings that are going to slip right into the high beam area. They fit in, but they will fall out if nothing is holding them. Use a piece of masking tape on each side to hold the ring in place so you can turn it over and permanently mount it.




We use JB Kwik Weld. Its a very quick drying epoxy so you must work fast. Do one side at a time if you dont want to rush, and do it right away as this stuff dries fast. You want to put about 1 inch of epoxy to each side away from the wires. No more then that, otherwise you will see it from the outside. There is a nice lip in the high beam area of the housing that covers the epoxy, so no worries! Let the epoxy dry for one fulll hour. Even though its quick drying, it needs time to bond.








Now your CCFL rings are in place. Insert the housing back into the lens and put the silver philips head screw back to hold these two together. Stick the wire coming from the angel eye over the high beam section of the reflector and out the back. You will be making a small hole in the rubber seal to pass the wire through. Once its out, pull it tight and make sure no wires are showing from the front. Preheat your oven once again, and place the lamps inside for 5 mins. This will soften the sealent, and allow you to get them back together. once the timer goes off, remove the lamp and squish the lens back in place, making sure all tabs line up. Place the 9 screws back in place, hand tighten them as much as possible and put the lamps back in the oven. This is the final stage, your softening up the sealent and making sure all the air holes are covered. *** You do not need extra sealent!




Repeat the above procedure for each side. Now all thats left to do is wire up the inverters!


The easiest and cleanest method is wiring these to the parking lamps. You are unattatching the harness, and putting aside the black and gren/red wires, this is your power and your ground. Tap right in, and use solder to make a nice connection if possible. Use electrical tape on each of these connections and your all set Enjoy your newly angel eye fitted lamps!

[ZondaF]

Nice write up. The best DIY's are the ones with a good amount of pictures to make it a lot easier for the DIY'er, and this write up has plenty of them. I especially like the picture of the oven.

[LightWerkz]

Installed:

[arnif]

Nice...will do this oneday

[BunaSTi]

+++ well done Subscribed

[///M Power]

Although I think you did a great job.........Angel eyes dont belong on anything but a BMW

[LightWerkz]

Originally Posted by ///M Power

Although I think you did a great job.........Angel eyes dont belong on anything but a BMW

To each their own. There will always be people who venture out from the norm

I can say what I want since I own a BMW

[amg destroyer]

Thank you Lightwerkz!!

I've been hoping for someone to post one for angel eyes for sooo long. Now I know the exact way to do it. Big for this one!

[Mustangkilla]

Nice write-up, I may be a little partial but i think they look mean.
How about a DIY projector retrofit next!!!!

[mgsm666]

Awesome writeup Caesar!!

Definitely gonna have to be added to the project list.


Jesse

[pharo]

Man I think I will try that out. I have always been so nervous to touch my headlights, but after this awesome DIY I think I will attempt this over spring break. Thanks!

[bluedemon_II]

Looks nice! Bump for the DIY on projector retrofit!

[LightWerkz]

There will be no DIY retrofit! You guys are nuts...lol. An 04/05 retrofits takes about 8-9 hours to complete, you think I have time to take pictures of each step along the way? it would be about 30 pages long!

You can find DIY retrofit on other forums, but not subaru specific. Its all the same process.

[Mustangkilla]

Haha thought it was worth a shot..

I have done this mod and Lightwerkz was fast to respond to any question or problem i had, and got it resolved.. Highly recommended!

[lokutus1]

thanks for the write-up caesar! it's a good thing i waited to install my angel eyes kit. this write-up will make it much easier.