DIY: LED Halo w/Video's

MrSir · 12-10-2012, 09:18 PM

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.

MrSir · 12-13-2012, 11:43 PM

Figured out why the service engine soon light was on. The computer in the car got bugged up. When unhooking and hooking the batery on make sure to do it smooth and in one go. If it makes contact and u drop it accidentally wait a bit before making it touch again. The computer stores some electricity for a small period of time and it will bug up if u give it short busts of electricity. How to know if thats the cause? If on start ur gauges except for the batery voltage one dont rev up before returning to the real values. Or any other odd combination of some of them doing it and others dont u know something is up. I also experienced windows rolling down to half way when i unlocked the car. So wierd electronics behaivior is due to computer buggs. To fix unhook batery wait for a minute to make sure its all discharged and hook it back on

Vichtz · 12-14-2012, 01:54 AM

that. looks. great.

HArturo319 · 12-14-2012, 02:09 AM

Holy smokes! That looks amazing!

Nut_N_Much · 12-15-2012, 01:03 PM

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

.

Quote:

- 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.

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.

scgolfer7 · 12-19-2012, 10:23 PM

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?

Vichtz · 12-19-2012, 10:31 PM

nope. Open. EPOXY (no glue). wire. reseal. good to go. Good luck

MrSir · 12-20-2012, 07:33 PM

That depends on how many halos u want to do. If you want the top halos around the turn signal u need to do the lense conversion. Which involves shaving the existing plastic to provide a surface for the ring to glue onto as well as the big plastic peice to make it fit snug. If u just want the big halo around the projector the n its a single hole and some glue and thats it

Vichtz · 12-20-2012, 10:00 PM

cant you just put the halo around the stock turn signal cone? or is it too big?

scgolfer7 · 12-21-2012, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSir

That depends on how many halos u want to do. If you want the top halos around the turn signal u need to do the lense conversion. Which involves shaving the existing plastic to provide a surface for the ring to glue onto as well as the big plastic peice to make it fit snug. If u just want the big halo around the projector the n its a single hole and some glue and thats it

That is what I thought, I am just looking to do just the halo around the headlight. Thanks for the help everyone. Hopefully I will order the supplies soon and attempt it.

VDC_OFF · 12-21-2012, 10:24 AM

Did mine as well, forgot to post here. I chose amber as well with glossy black housing.

MrSir · 12-21-2012, 06:55 PM

nice it looks pretty boss on the white as well. i like it. Its so hard to take pictures of these there is almost no angle where you dont get massive glare everywhere.

As for the turn signal halo you cant fit the halo over it, you need to cut it. Scroll back to the first 2 pages of this thread and you will see what i mean. there is just no space to put it.

Vichtz · 12-21-2012, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSir

As for the turn signal halo you cant fit the halo over it, you need to cut it. Scroll back to the first 2 pages of this thread and you will see what i mean. there is just no space to put it.

seems like when I did mine it may have fit. oh well.

ericzmyers · 12-22-2012, 04:50 PM

I have some wiring pics and description on my other thread, your lights look great!

The threadis here:

Oracle LED kit? Thoughts? anybody use it?

Nut_N_Much · 12-22-2012, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VDC_OFF

Did mine as well, forgot to post here. I chose amber as well with glossy black housing.

I love that yellow

, really makes the car pop. Beautiful car sir

..

Quote:

ericzmyers
I have some wiring pics and description on my other thread, your lights look great!

The threadis here:

Oracle LED kit? Thoughts? anybody use it?

Kellyfields

is thinking of using the Oracal kit. I like the control it give for multiple lights. We have a shop here in Tampa, we have to go check it out. He is putting LEDS all over the car for the shows so it would be perfect for him.

Picked up a Nismo yesterday, starting a new set of lights. Friend at work want CF Wrap and XB with turn signal conversion. Should be fun, will post some pics.

12-10-2012, 09:18 PM	#151 (permalink)
MrSir Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 286 Drives: 09 370z Black A7 Rep Power: 14	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. Mr&Mrs, VDC_OFF, Nut_N_Much and 2 others like this. __________________ Evo-R Front Lip \| RAZO Shifter Knob \| Avant Garde Wheels \| Hankook Tires \| Berk HFCs \| Agency Power CBE \| AEM CAIs \| Z1 Oil Cooler \| Morimoto xB LED Halos \| Tein Super Street \| StopTech Rotors, Pads, SS Lines Last edited by MrSir; 12-14-2012 at 08:52 AM.

12-13-2012, 11:43 PM	#152 (permalink)
MrSir Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 286 Drives: 09 370z Black A7 Rep Power: 14	Figured out why the service engine soon light was on. The computer in the car got bugged up. When unhooking and hooking the batery on make sure to do it smooth and in one go. If it makes contact and u drop it accidentally wait a bit before making it touch again. The computer stores some electricity for a small period of time and it will bug up if u give it short busts of electricity. How to know if thats the cause? If on start ur gauges except for the batery voltage one dont rev up before returning to the real values. Or any other odd combination of some of them doing it and others dont u know something is up. I also experienced windows rolling down to half way when i unlocked the car. So wierd electronics behaivior is due to computer buggs. To fix unhook batery wait for a minute to make sure its all discharged and hook it back on Mr&Mrs and Nut_N_Much like this. __________________ Evo-R Front Lip \| RAZO Shifter Knob \| Avant Garde Wheels \| Hankook Tires \| Berk HFCs \| Agency Power CBE \| AEM CAIs \| Z1 Oil Cooler \| Morimoto xB LED Halos \| Tein Super Street \| StopTech Rotors, Pads, SS Lines Last edited by MrSir; 12-14-2012 at 08:50 AM.

12-14-2012, 01:54 AM	#153 (permalink)
Vichtz Track Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Unknown Posts: 538 Drives: PG 09 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 14	that. looks. great. __________________ очень быстро ... Stillen Gen 3 CAI// Stillen CBE// B&M SS with PWJDM Shift Knob// Custom OCC// Drilled/Slotted Rotors//Halo/painted Headlights// Under-hood dress up

12-14-2012, 02:09 AM	#154 (permalink)
HArturo319 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 323 Drives: 2013 PW NISMO Rep Power: 13	Holy smokes! That looks amazing! __________________ Me And Zoloft Get Along Just Fine

12-19-2012, 10:23 PM	#156 (permalink)
scgolfer7 Base Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 59 Drives: 09 Z Yellow 6MT Rep Power: 13	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? Nut_N_Much likes this.

12-19-2012, 10:31 PM	#157 (permalink)
Vichtz Track Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Unknown Posts: 538 Drives: PG 09 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 14	nope. Open. EPOXY (no glue). wire. reseal. good to go. Good luck Nut_N_Much likes this. __________________ очень быстро ... Stillen Gen 3 CAI// Stillen CBE// B&M SS with PWJDM Shift Knob// Custom OCC// Drilled/Slotted Rotors//Halo/painted Headlights// Under-hood dress up

12-20-2012, 07:33 PM	#158 (permalink)
MrSir Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 286 Drives: 09 370z Black A7 Rep Power: 14	That depends on how many halos u want to do. If you want the top halos around the turn signal u need to do the lense conversion. Which involves shaving the existing plastic to provide a surface for the ring to glue onto as well as the big plastic peice to make it fit snug. If u just want the big halo around the projector the n its a single hole and some glue and thats it Nut_N_Much likes this. __________________ Evo-R Front Lip \| RAZO Shifter Knob \| Avant Garde Wheels \| Hankook Tires \| Berk HFCs \| Agency Power CBE \| AEM CAIs \| Z1 Oil Cooler \| Morimoto xB LED Halos \| Tein Super Street \| StopTech Rotors, Pads, SS Lines

12-20-2012, 10:00 PM	#159 (permalink)
Vichtz Track Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Unknown Posts: 538 Drives: PG 09 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 14	cant you just put the halo around the stock turn signal cone? or is it too big? __________________ очень быстро ... Stillen Gen 3 CAI// Stillen CBE// B&M SS with PWJDM Shift Knob// Custom OCC// Drilled/Slotted Rotors//Halo/painted Headlights// Under-hood dress up

12-21-2012, 10:24 AM	#161 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 44 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 17	Did mine as well, forgot to post here. I chose amber as well with glossy black housing. Underdog, Nut_N_Much and snowhite370 like this. __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

12-21-2012, 06:55 PM	#162 (permalink)
MrSir Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 286 Drives: 09 370z Black A7 Rep Power: 14	nice it looks pretty boss on the white as well. i like it. Its so hard to take pictures of these there is almost no angle where you dont get massive glare everywhere. As for the turn signal halo you cant fit the halo over it, you need to cut it. Scroll back to the first 2 pages of this thread and you will see what i mean. there is just no space to put it. __________________ Evo-R Front Lip \| RAZO Shifter Knob \| Avant Garde Wheels \| Hankook Tires \| Berk HFCs \| Agency Power CBE \| AEM CAIs \| Z1 Oil Cooler \| Morimoto xB LED Halos \| Tein Super Street \| StopTech Rotors, Pads, SS Lines

12-22-2012, 04:50 PM	#164 (permalink)
ericzmyers Base Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: port hueneme ca Posts: 70 Drives: 2011 Silver 370Z Rep Power: 13	I have some wiring pics and description on my other thread, your lights look great! The threadis here: Oracle LED kit? Thoughts? anybody use it? __________________ Eric Z. Myers 2011 370Z, Silver, Sport, K&N short ram intake, Fast Intentions Exhaust, Pioneer AVIC, ORACLE Lighting LED Halo Kit, Tinted.

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