DIY: LED "Demon Eye"

[Hardrock4445]

Ok ft86club members, here is my DIY on "demon eyes" headlights. this DIY will include a how to for "LED" demon eye installation. You can also go the Painted route with this DIY.
However, I prefer to be able to turn them off when you do not want them on at all. Any questions please feel free to ask. start by following the headlight relector blackout DIY here -
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8788. Once you have the halves seperated is where this DIY comes in. if possible have a small compressor with blow gun handy,
to help clean off all plastic bits and dust. Lets start:

Start with a Nice cold one:


Follow DIY for reflector black-out:


Once housing is "halved"


Remove projector housing 4 phillips screws:


Seperate projector housing 3 phillips screws:


For painted version, paint cutoff shield (middle of picture) desired color and re-assemble from this point.


LED will sit under this "Shield"


I used a 194 holder and 194 style red LED bulb:


Figure where to drill and get as close to edge of proector as possible:


Mine came out a little off center, drill slowly using good sharp bits, small pilot hole and then whatever
size you may need for your perticular lighting socket:


Trim light socket to fit better, I made one edge straight so I can get it as close as possible
to the edge of the housing:


Install LED into socket and install socket into housing. re-asseble projector housing (lens,
cutoff, reflector, 3 phillips screws) and make sure to test that it works as desired before
install into housing and re-baking everything together this 14.4V drill battery is perfect as
that is close to full charging voltage with vehicle running:


Now You need to trim some of the main housing to get light socket to fit I used a new pair of
side cutters, after doing this I would recommend a dremel here as this material is brittle and
cracks easy with the use of cutters. you also have to trim some to the side so you can twist
the light in to place use some judgement here and remove what you feel is neccessary for what
you need:




Re-install projector housing with newly installed LED socket into the light half. run wires
out through the rear opening. make a small hole in light seal and thread wires though (you
can add a dab of sealant here if you so desire). I ran mine in between the headlight wiring
to keep everything nice and neat:


I put the two halves together as far as I could before re-baking. Then once baked I squished
them together further and re-assembled, make sure to re-test operation of LED before you
re-install into vehicle. better to catch a problem here than to have an issue after
re-installing the front clip:



Install headlights into vehicle and wire LED's to Your desire there are many options here. I ran
mine to a seperate switch and I can turn them on or off as desired here are some pics, No Daytime
pics Yet, will put up soon when we get nice weather, vehicle is in garage for winter. In the last
picture I had headlights on and unplugged the Dr. side so you can see the LEDS effect on headlight
output. there is a slight hint of red when looking at the light but none from drivers seat
looking out:






Hope you guys enjoyed this DIY and you can add any Comments, suggestions, pics of your own. I
will try and answer any questions I can as they arise. Happy Modding!

[g0lden]

Thats realy freakin cool. Way to step outside the box and try something new :-)

[Burrcold]

Pretty awesome! If your car was silver, it would look like the Terminator's head!

[Knightmare]

This is pretty bad ass looking, i know if i saw that rolling up behind me i would be like WTF haha. I won't be doing it just because of fear of f-ing something up in the process. Thanks for sharing, it makes me think of the movie Short Circuit when Johnny 5's eyes turn red lol

[Lee358]

Thanks for the writeup!! Deff going to give it a try!


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[gmookher]

looks great

[Hardrock4445]

Now I finally got a Day picture. if you are standing above the lights looking down it is hard to see in daylight but looking straight on they are really noticeable. the painted version of this effect will be more noticeable during the daytime and the LED version will be more noticeable during morning/evening/night time lighting. I have this more for show when parked more than anything. But wanted to give the information to people looking for certain effects.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Hardrock4445

[mashal]

That's mean looking , very nice

[Wes]

That looks very good!! Super aggressive

[DarkCard]

looks great!

[RWD-boxer]

I like it
I'm going to give it a try next weekend


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[Gixxersixxerman]

Originally Posted by Hardrock4445

Now I finally got a Day picture. if you are standing above the lights looking down it is hard to see in daylight but looking straight on they are really noticeable. the painted version of this effect will be more noticeable during the daytime and the LED version will be more noticeable during morning/evening/night time lighting. I have this more for show when parked more than anything. But wanted to give the information to people looking for certain effects.

Might work in both day and night if you painted and led

[JDMenrique]

Probably not a good idea for whiteout cuz you'd look albino, but pretty cool nonetheless!