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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 05:00 AM
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Default Angel eye headlight mod for 08' tC

i was looking and couldnt find any kits for an angel eye mod for the headlights on the 08 models everything just says up to 07?

any help?
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 05:09 AM
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Nothing out yet for the 08 heads. I'm fabbing up my own set tomorrow so we'll see what happens haha
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 05:11 AM
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ya let me know how it goes
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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i think there was a guy on hidplanet with an 08 doing a retrofit and he found some ebay ccfl that fit 1 circle it was like a 80mm or something. dont know if that helps
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:22 AM
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ok so I tried molding some rings today but it was tough to get the shape right. I'm gonna brain storm some more on a better way to make the rings to the right shape. Does anyone only the diameter of the rings around the low beam and high beam? I estimated them but I would like a specific number if possible
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by andino
Nothing out yet for the 08 heads. I'm fabbing up my own set tomorrow so we'll see what happens haha
haha I'm making my own too. i just need to figure out all the iring details n stuff. already ordered what i need :D
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:16 AM
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^^ haha I tried today but I couldn't get the rings to the shape I wanted. I estimated the ring sizes haha. Maybe Trung or someone knows the numbers
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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why nooot...measure? when i get my materials which should be sometime next week since the guy i bought from is shipping from my city, I'm doin my own measurements.

I asked ragingbull for the measurments, but he never replied so I'm just going to do it myself.
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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^^ to get the exact measurements, you would have to bake your light open lol. I don't want to bake it open first but I guess I'm going to
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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I know that... you gotta do that t put the angel eyes in as well lol so no big deal
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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true but I wanted to mold everything before baking my lights open haha. oh well, I'll probably start this tomorrow morning
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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If i don't ____ up you can have a chance to see em in person haha :p
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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^^ If you end up baking your light open before I do, could you PM me your measurements? I'll do the same if I end up baking my lights open tomorrow.
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by andino
Nothing out yet for the 08 heads. I'm fabbing up my own set tomorrow so we'll see what happens haha
Funny.. because i bought my gf anzo headlights and surely enuff they fit and work for her 08 tc...
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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There's no kit out for the OEM heads. That's what we're trying to make lol
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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yup anzos are the only solution so far for an 08 to hav halos.. none yet for stock 08 projectors
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Hmm I dunno how good angel eyes would look on 08s anyway but maybe thats just me. I guess I feel that way because there are 3 rings and angel eyes usually only have 2. So I guess you could only but em on the 2 larger rings, but personally that would bug me, but I also think 3 rings would look strange. Maybe I'm just too picky
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 08:18 AM
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^^ I'm only planning to run two rings. I'll be painting the chrome rings black so they won't look weird hopefully.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by andino
^^ I'm only planning to run two rings. I'll be painting the chrome rings black so they won't look weird hopefully.
intresting proposal... make sure to post pics! :-)
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