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01-05-2013, 09:34 AM | #1 |
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Thoughts on Tekarbon Angel Eyes
Just wanting to hear from those that did the Tekarbon Angel Eye conversion. Are you happy with the difference? Looks? Quality?
Did you do the matte black or coloured housing? Did you do the signal strips? Was really hoping to see some pics if you have any available. I did check out their gallery. |
01-05-2013, 01:25 PM | #3 |
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Next time I go home and see my car I'm going to try to get these done. Everything I have seen everyone loves them and gets good feedback from people that see them.
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01-05-2013, 01:33 PM | #4 |
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That's the short of it, they look awesome.
Learn from this guy and don't do the LED strips. Quick search of the forum has lots of pictures: Post up your angel eyes How to remove headlights and fix broken brake ducts Custom tekarbon angel eyes: demon eyes Tekarbon Angel eyes installed pictures
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It's really difficult to get a good pic with them on. The camera seems to exaggerate light flare. IRL the light is tight & crisp
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01-05-2013, 02:04 PM | #6 |
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i want to do these but im scared to ship my headlights out. if they get damaged during transport im basically out headlights
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That was my concern as well.
I eventually sucked it up & sent them. I took extreme care to protect the tabs in rigid foam. Tekarbon sent them back the same way.
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Did you do the matte black surrounds? Looks like it. Wasn't going to do LEDs in the strips...one of the Tekarbon options is to smoke the strips...light, medium, and dark I think. |
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Yes mine are matte black Mike.
I didn't smoke the strips. I had them silver paint the orange signal globes to get rid of the orange egg yoke look. ( they still light up legal orange) I like the clear lens strip on the bottom. These are also my DRLs. There is no inner headlamp 'on' when car is running, which really adds to the dual halo look.
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These are custom rings; not OE.
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Great pic!
I bet these halos look menacing in a rear view mirror
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Hehe yeah more demon than angel lol. Best part was, I didn't have to go through all that hassle in sending my headlights in
I went down to SoCal half a week early prior to a Buttonwillow track day to have Tekarbon work on my car. That was back in late August. Hopefully they last as long as my CCFLs on the E46, because I've had those since 2007 and they're still going strong |
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Led will last longer and are more reliable than ccfl.
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That's what the switch is for. Basically I have mine wired up so that at ignition position 2 and above, the angel eyes run off ignition and remain on. Once I dip below ignition position 2, the angel eyes will only be on if my courtesy lights are on. Or so I thought...but I've heard some LED rings burning out prematurely And not the entire ring either, which makes things worse IMHO. |
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Looks good. They were pretty cheap on the E92 M3. I got them last year. Much better than the OEM older yellow/white. Sorry old iPhone quality pic. lol
I had a bunch of coding to have certain lights on while in parking light mode.
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Just tap into the relay box in the engine bay. Mine come on with ignition & time out with headlight delay. 5min job no extra parts.
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