Thinking about creating Angel Eyes for the beetle

[dragonplayboy]

You heard right! I have the tools and (hopefully) the experience to make two big ol' angel eyes (the lit up rings around BMW headlights) for our bugs! This mod is going to be a drawn out pain in the arse, but I think it'll look awesome at night with two big circles/ovals going down the road. everyone please tell me if you think it'll look stupid or if it'll look great, i'm not going to all this trouble if i'm confused and it's going to look dumb. p.s. this will be on a 2000 2.0 techno blue beetle, and I was going to install 8000k HID's and paint the housing of the headlights at the same time, just for arguements sake.

[jdesigns]

Here is a write-up on the old Org, but no pics. Angel Eyes.

Source of photo

Another pic




And yet another thread!

[bugasm99]

i used to run red angel eyes, but i had the small ones around the high beam...

[dragonplayboy]

clearly I don't pay enough attention as this has already been done more than once. Hrm... Oh well I think i'm going to do it anyway we'll see how it turns out!

[bugasm99]

i say go for it. Not many people have them, i don't even have mine any more.

[gilligan]

I think it will look stupid......there, that will throw everybody off the idea. now, when can I get a pair? Gonna look sweet.

[AmyJane]

Originally Posted by bugasm99

i used to run red angel eyes, but i had the small ones around the high beam...

OT Sorry but your beetle is HOT!
Im not a huge fan of body kits but your's gorgeous!

[FineExampl]

Originally Posted by CyberGreenBaby

OT Sorry but your beetle is HOT!
Im not a huge fan of body kits but your's gorgeous!

If i'm not mistaken, that very Beetle should be on the East Coast this very summer. I had already made a mental note to check it out.


Back on topic...

Until today i had no idea what angel eyes even were. Before today i thought it was just a really cheesy song by Jeff Healey Band.

[AmyJane]

Originally Posted by FineExampl

If i'm not mistaken, that very Beetle should be on the East Coast this very summer. I had already made a mental note to check it out.


Back on topic...

Until today i had no idea what angel eyes even were. Before today i thought it was just a really cheesy song by Jeff Healey Band.

Well find your mental notes and tell me exactly when and where!!

[Bugmonkey]

I like the concept of the angel eyes. But wonder if it would look better around just the projector part of the lights.

[dragonplayboy]

yeah, I'm still toying with the idea, I just bought the acrylic dowel on ebay. I'm going to paint the inside of the headlights with the same paint i'm using on the interior right now, i got it at www.automotivetouchup.com, and it's a perfect match! not a bad deal either, one can was enough to do the dash!

I highly recommend it for anyone thinking about painting anything.

[bugasm99]

Originally Posted by FineExampl

If i'm not mistaken, that very Beetle should be on the East Coast this very summer. I had already made a mental note to check it out.

That very beetle is sitting right outside my window at work. However, it no longer looks like that as it was hit by a drunk driver a year ago. It now has a smoother look to it.

Thanks for the compliments though.

[blaquea8]

...and I wrote a How-To in the old forum. Here's a couple of pics:

[Bef]

Where can I get them and what do they cost?!?!?!????????

[blaquea8]

you make them yourself...there is no aftermarket version of these....yet! Total cost for me was about $30 but that is because I bought 100 leds and enough acrylic rod to make about 6 total. Here's the link to my How-To:

http://forums.newbeetle.org/showthre...ght=angel+eyes

Have fun!

[noR]

I'm gonna mark that how-to to transfer it over to the newer forum as soon as I get time. Thanks Blaquea8

[SMG]

Holy crap! I am making a set for sure, i'll wire the angel eyes up to be activated by a switch that I'll put in my empty button slot area thing.

[Bef]

Originally Posted by blaquea8

you make them yourself...there is no aftermarket version of these....yet! Total cost for me was about $30 but that is because I bought 100 leds and enough acrylic rod to make about 6 total. Here's the link to my How-To:

http://forums.newbeetle.org/showthre...ght=angel+eyes

Have fun!

Crikey, I'm too dumb to do that myself... Time to enlist the help of some of my handier friends!

[dragonplayboy]

yeah I got the acrylic rods, now I need to track down 4 bright LED's, I think i'm going to wire them to the turn signals, so the turn signals only light up when they're activated, not all the time while the headlights are on.

[phinsfan99]

Did anyone ever finalize a kit?
I'm veryyyyyy interested.
Rudy