DIY: LED Halo w/Video's

paperboy42190

Dare I say I started a new trend of halos? I think I was the first one to use the Morimoto xB angel eyes! :P nothing but compliments on the brightness and quality of these halos!

Nut_N_Much

I dare say 180 has used them but yes sir, you have started a new trend... I plan on swapping mine out.. I got a 70mm set last week. +1 Rep for PaperBoy... Thanks brother..

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Did new cool science stuff to the car !!!
http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

MrSir

finally got aorund to doing mine, night pictures really dont work that well, the orange with black is a more of a see for yourself type of thing:


With headlights off:

I think they turned out pretty sick blacked out entirely with orange morimoto halos. I used black gloss Krylon Fussion it reflects abit more of the orange light makes the entire headlight look like its on fire. Things i found that might be usefull for anyone wanting to do this:
- if you are too pansy to bake or box heat the entire headlight like me, you can still work at opening the headlight with the heat gun just going around it little by little. My tip start at the front bottom of the headlight then once you have the corner work the long top side of it, then the bottom and finally the boomerang. First headlight took 1:30 hours to open cuz i didnt know that. Second headlight only too 30min.
- the 2.5" lenses for the turn signal will have quite abit of a gap to the plastic, because you need to shave off more of it since the Morimoto Halos arent as thick. So use plenty of epoxy.
- I didnt really find information on what to wired them to anywhere but some random threat about doing an led strip here on the forum. When you open the headlight there is a small circuit at the bottom side, right next to the parking light. There are 2 LEDs on it. There are 2 cables running to that circuit you need to hook up your Halos and any other lighting you will have to those. Thats ofcourse if you dont want to drill a hole through the back of the headlight and run the cables outside and hook them up to any of the cables at the back as you please.

unexpected Problems with the mod:
- even thought i ligned up the lens and backside of the light as they were before i opened them and made sure the fit snug back on, my passenger side headlight has a bigger gap between it and the hood, then the driver side. I m not about to remove all the silicone and reheat it to adjust but do keep that in mind.
- For some idiotic reason now i have a Service Engine Soon Light on. Can't quite explain what headlights have to do with that but im hoping it goes away eventually or i'll take it to Nissan for a diagnostic.

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Nut_N_Much

Man that looks good . That color with the all black does look sexy . Your right about the wiring. I have a couple of sets to do over the holidays, I'll take pictures of the wire process. Posted some info below.

Man that looks good, great job. Its scary cutting all that stuff up for the first time. Especially making the gap for the turn signal halo to fit into the shroud when mounted. I was freaking out when I first did it. Looks great brother, really nice job .


Her you go, another way to wire it into the parking light from inside the housing with out drilling holes. I think Paperboy posted it. Mr&Mrs lights are wire to the parking light from inside the housing. The resisters are 3m double sided taped to the housing under the light shroud away from the heat.

I ran mine outside through a hole i drilled in the housing but used the same parking light wires only connected outside the light. I would try to not drill holes if you can avoid it. It was my first time when I did it.

Different Halos and Kits different color wires. One always ground & power. I tested mine on a battery to figure out which is which. The light harness wires inside the housing are.

Parking Light Wires:
Black - Ground
Yellow - Power
Blue - Turn signal I think

Or you run a set of wires out of the lights into the center console and route the power from the fuse block to a switch. One and off anytime you want. I am a lazy a$$ so I didn't do it, didn't want to pull the console apart or fish wires through the car.

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Did new cool science stuff to the car !!!
http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

scgolfer7

I just want to make sure that I understand before I start this project. If I just want to put the Morimoto Halos on the headlight, all I have to do is open the light, glue the halos on and wire it, correct? No cutting or shaving of the casing or switching of lenses?