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DIY Painting + Angel Eyes 2006/7 WRX/STi

Time Needed: 4-5 Hours Total - First Time

Difficulty Level - 1 Being Easiest - 10 Being Hardest - I would rate it a 6.5. 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:

Paint
Sandpaper
Oven
Flat Head Screwdriver
Philips Head Screwdriver
JB Qwik Weld - 1 Pack
Masking Tape
Electrical Tape
Soldering Tool or T-Taps
1 LightWerkz 06/07 WRX/STi Angel Eye Kit

Remove the front lamps and say goodbye to the factory look


Preheat the oven to 225F.


Remove the Silver Philips head screws on the back of the light and place them inside the low beam cap. The removal of the cap allows air inside the lights to speed up the process of the heating. Also serves as a place to place the screws




Once the oven is preheated, place the lamp inside for 10 full minutes. Place the lamp on a towel and flip it around to lift up the tabs holding the lights. Use a flat head screwdriver to begin separating the two halves of the lights. If you have a prying tool, use it, this comes in handy! Go all the way around and once you lift up the front part of the housing, put the rear to the side.








Remove the Philips head screws holding the inner housing to the lens and place these in your cap so you don’t lose them.



Now to mount the angel eyes we are going to drill very small mounting holes. This will allow us to pass the wires through that will anchor the angel eye down and hold it firmly and permanently inside the housing. Turn the housing down and drill two holes, one at 9 o’clock and one at 3 o’clock. Then you want to drill two small holes to pass the wires through. If you do not have access to a solder tool, drill a larger oval hole to pass the connector of the angel eye through.




If you are using this opportunity to paint your lights as well, mask off the front with masking tape. This may take a few times to get a nice circle, but take your time, its not easy to get it the perfect if its your first time doing this.



Use 400 grit sand paper to rough up the edge of the projector bezel. This will ensure that you get better paint adhesion and a nice smooth edge.



Use a coat or two of primer first, and then use the paint you wish. After you allow time to dry, remove the tape.


Use 32 gauge wire (double up on it) and wrap it around the angel eyes in the 9oclock and 3 o’clock positions.



Feed it through the housing, and use masking tape to hold it firmly in place.

Mix up some jbweld kwik, and place it directly on the wire holes. You don’t need to add too much, this stuff is very strong!



Give the JB about an hour to dry. Remove the tape and trim off the excess wire. Place it back inside the housing along with the Philips head screws. If you have access to an air compressor, make sure to spray the insides of the housings to make sure no dust or partials are floating around. If not, use a can of dust off or similar products.

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Remove the high beam bulb and rubber cap. Stick the angel eye wires under the high beam section and pull it out.



Now you are ready to place your light back in the oven. Place it inside for 5 minutes to soften up the sealant. Once the timer goes off, the sealant will be very soft and you can clip all the tabs and align the housing. Once its all together use the rest of the Philips head screws inside the low beam cap really fasten the halves of the lights together. Once you get all of them in, place the light back in the oven for 5 minutes. This extra time allows the sealant to spread out, eliminating any small air leaks.

Once it comes out, turn the light around, we just need to add the angel eye inverter and we are all done here.

Cut a hole in the rear cap, and feed the white wires through.






Cut about half the length of the wire off the power and ground wires.



Find the indicator lights (between high beam and low beam) and trace the wires. Cut off the black covering, and make some space. Strip off some portion of the wire so you can tap in for power. If you have t-taps you can use them, this method works too.





Tape it up with some electrical tape when your done, and use double sided tape to mount the power inverter to the bottom of the housing.


That’s it, your all done now

Enjoy!

[Ikon]

looks awesome ceaser.

[jnprn2003]

Caesar,

Nice... I am feelin the smaller angel eyes here in this DIY, they look much nicer than those large ones.

Great of you to show your secrets

Joe

[WRBlueMeanieWRXSTi]

Ceasar, you are awesome. Thanks for the write up!!

[slyguySTI]

that looks pretty sweet... now i have to muster up the courage to do it!

EDIT: Quick question, what is the exact paint you used? thanks

[WRBlueMeanieWRXSTi]

Ordered a set yesterday. I will post up some pics next weekend when I decide to do this.

[MaxD]

This looks awesome, i may reopen my headlights to add this

[empfl]

looks great!!

[futurestiguy]

great write up! I'm still trying to get over the fact that i will put the lights in the oven.

[04RCSTi]

Hey, whats the name of the paint you used?

[alsxe10]

thxxxxxxxxx

[cannibal869]

Hey guys, I posted this over at the high-intensity forums too...but just a little food for thought I suppose...
I have a suggestion / thought on a future project...

I was thinking about this after I saw Iron Man... that new Audi R8 is so pimp.. and part of what makes it look so cool are the headlights - that little band of LEDs that runs right along the underside of the lights.

And you know, the overall shape of the audi's headlights is very similar to the 07 (and even 08) wrx/sti's.. Then I was thinking - you know with the HALO setup that LightWerkz has, it would be very easy to use the power inverter and just plug in a strip of LEDs that could simulate the Audi LEDs on an 07 subaru.

kinda like this.... R8 - Selective Colour on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I mean, if you bake open the headlights anyway, it seems that there is prob. enough room in there to double stick tape down something like this (maybe there is stuff from computer cases that can also be adapted?) or maybe something like this?
eBay Motors: 48CM 48X WHITE LED Flexible Strip Car Bar Line Light (item 300221686920 end time May-09-08 19:20:04 PDT)

Anyway, just a thought
-Chris

[WRBlueMeanieWRXSTi]

Here's some pics of mine.

[MacSTi]

Just wanted to post a GREAT! review about Caesar and Lightwerkz. I had a retrofit done (S2000,with Angel Eyes). Monday, when I was driving home, I saw that my passenger side angel eye went out. I checked all the wiring and found that the inverter was bulging. I figured one of the connections took too much voltage and it hit the fuse. Well, I figured I was out of luck and needed to send it back to him to be fixed. Tuesday morning I called Caesar at 11am when he opened shop and let him know of the issue. I told him about the issue and he had a awesome response. He said he will ship me a new one and give me instructions over the phone how to do it (FREE!). Well, I came home from work to find a package from him (NJ->NJ shipping) got it the next day. Rewired the inverter soldering all the connections again, and IT WORKS AGAIN! THANKS CAESAR AND THANKS LIGHTWERKZ, you have gained a lifetime customer.