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So I fixed them up, and now they work better than ever. Here are the pics with small descriptions, Ill post a full DIY in a few days.

Here is the headlight unit dissasembled, ready to start.


This is the backing where the LED halo ring is simply screwed in with two small phillips screws, easier than I predicted.


Here is another phillips screw, just like on your stock headlamps, it holds the chrome to the clear plastic covering.


The ring apart, two screws on the sides, you can even see the LEDs from the stock one, they used really small resistors so they blew quickly, not up for the 12V power. Also the ring itself is a smooth clear plastic on the outside facing front but the back is rough-edged shaped plastic to diffuse the light.


LED comparison, mine are on the right. They are a bit bigger because the resistors are bigger. I used a 2600CDM LED bulb (brightest available) with a 5% 220ohm, 1/2W resistor.


The LED lit up. I used blue this time because it would be more visible than the color they gave me (whitish). They light up the whole ring a bit better, but it still fades a bit. I tried it up against the chrome housing where it sits and it lights up pretty well, and the blue will look hot at night.


The housing apart, you can see the grey stock glue they used still stuck to parts of the light. I used my heat gun to melt it a bit so I could scrape it out with a screwdriver. That way when I used my silicone I had a clean open space so no airleaks. I also had to pull some glue off of the clear plastic piece as well.


Glue stuck in place (closeup)


Glue scraped out mostly and ready for resealing.


The use of the heat gun, screwdriver, etc. to pull apart the headlight caused the light housing to bend a bit, but that is easily fixable.


Same piece as above, I just heated the black plastic with the heat gun a bit to warm it, put a flat edged part next to it and held it where it should be in place until the plastic cooled and it held its shape, I did this all the way around on both lamps. The heat gun was the most used tool in this DIY.


The headlights sealed, you can see the clear silicone around the edges. I bought a caulk gun sized tube to make it easier to apply. I made sure it was a nice thickness all around and placed the lamp together, making sure the lamp was sealed after I held it together for 5 min. then let it sit untouched for a full day. this is the final product.



Hope this is informative for some people, I will post a full DIY in a few days as I said before, along with a few finished and installed pics later this week as well.

 
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nice im looking to get some halos. lets see some night halo pics before and after the mod. good job

 
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I never took pics before the mod unfortunately, but the color was a whitish and very dull, not even visible at night with the parks on. I am grabbing some 7443 Super Whites that have a bluish tint to them but the blue LED should be a good contrast to the white and show a bit better.

 
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i like this head light's design but not the halo rings, i want to get rid of the halo rings from that light, is it good looking after take out the halo rings?

 
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It looks ok, there will be a hole down the bottom where the wires come for the ring LEDs. But you will have these fake bolts chromed over like the rest of the headlight housing showing, it doesnt really look like its missing much at all other than the hole.

 
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cool man....thanks for the information!

 
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u shold put more leds on it

 
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i wanna see some final pics too! if i pay ypu, will you do mine? lol

 
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holy ****. you have now motivated me to do two things:
1) open up my lights and fix the halo ring (it came with one busted)
2) buy a heat gun!

great DIY (in progress)!

thanks!

 
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Putting the lights back on tonight, Ill get some pics of them with the Naxos bulbs in the halos. If I can get to the shop I am gonna see if I can get the bulbs I need for the parks.

Oh yeah, how do I post an official DIY, just write it up on here in a post, man its gonna be long, easy to do, just a lot of little steps.

 
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Looks good. Cant wait for the pics.

 
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looks good. i want to see the pics when you have them on.

 
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OK people, I got them installed and aimed at about 8pm tonight. I might have to aim them a little bit higher but for now they are good.

We'll start here with the bumper and lights off, car looks pretty bare that way.


These are the small parking lamp wires that I crimped connectors to, I used the same for the LEDs so they can clip in easily if a change is needed down the road.


Here is the 7443 bulb connector. I unplugged it from the car so I could set in in place and seal it. (worth the effort to keep moisture out)


You can see the paper piece blocking the small parking lamp bulb hole, since I directly wired the LEDs to the lamps I didnt need this hole so I left the cover and siliconed all around to seal. Also you can see the other part of the 7443 bulb connector. I placed the bulb in its housing and since RSversion projectors dont have an exact fit, they were somewhat loose so I put a bead of silicone around them to seal and hold, easily removable still. Silicone is not permanent.


Projectors in place, they look so hot, I love the fact that the lights are in unison.



LEDs lit up with the parking lamps. I bought a PIAA (HID mimmick) 7443 bulb today and slapped it in, the color is amazing. The image might be slightly blurred due to the flash off on the camera.



The light output from the projectors, still pretty bright and good enough for me. That wall is approximately 15-20ft. away.



Hope that helps somemore, I will be working on the DIY tomorrow a bit, enjoy people.

 
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looks good.

 
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is that pic of the light output on high beam? My low beam light output is no where near to that, lol. Seems to be aimed high, does it light up the entire road clearly?

 
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Those halos are yummy! I'm planning on doing the DIY halos on the OEM headlight assembly. How did you mount the halo to the headlamp? I don't want it to be noticable, but I'm planning on mounting them around my parking light.
Those halos look a bit better than the ones when you get those headlights.. Especially the blue! The only problem is, it only lights up on the one end of the halo no matter what you do! but yours light up a bit more! Anyway, great pictures and I'm looking forward to the DIY!

 
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those are the low beams, i aimed them pretty low actually. They are Naxos Xenon blue bulbs.

The halo rings are the ones that came with the headlamps, they are not very noticeable in the daytime, just a nice clear ring around the projector

 
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Yea but how are they mounted around the projector? Because it looks like you must've re-mounted them since they were off the lights..?

 
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Just wanted to say they look really nice. Those are the best projectors for a silver car. Ring looks great.

 
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looks nice

 
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They came that way around the projector, two small screws that hold the ring to the housing.

I found a place online that sells H1 size Sylvania Silverstar bulbs online for like $40. I am gonna order a set today because one of my Naxos blew out. 100W is a bit much I guess. I had them in my Saturn with no problem but they dont like being in the Civic. I was psyched when I found they make Silverstars in that type now.

 
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really cool. good job.

 
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wanna do my halos for me? please?

 
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good job... i did dual halo's with white L.E.D.'s but my low beam halos light up greenish for some reason so i only powered the high beam ones, i'm going to redo mine when i have time with a lower resistor...

 
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I could do them for you, but here is what your costs would be.

Shipping to and from me for the lights
Cost of the equipment needed to do the job (approx. $50)
A few dollars for me.

If you want to deal with that then sure I could get the time to do it, it took me about 3-4 days to get the lights done working on them for little bit each night, plus once silicone is applied I wait a solid day for it to seal.

 
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very well done indeed! cant wait for the DIY!!!!!

 
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ok Whelan, my girlfriend is gonna kill you. I went out and bought over $125 worth of stuff yesterday cuz I hit an electronics store.

i DID manage to buy 4 LED's (2000mcd blue -- couldn't find any higher), and some resistors.

If anyone is interested, you don't have to use the exact LED's that are listed here...you can use any voltage LED so long as you back it up with the proper resistors.

I bought 2000mcd 3.6V LEDs, and 470ohm resistors. I could have used 420ohm resistors, but went higher to avoid heat.

I also snagged a heat gun MAN...that thing kicks so much ***! I tested it out on a piece of heat-shrink, and it shrunk it to size as soon as I turned on the gun! the heat is retarded!!!! I love it!!

anyways, thanks for the inspiration, Whelan! you da man!!!

 
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lol, I read the first part of your post adn was lke, ****, it didnt work for him for some reason.

But thats cool. and you are right it doesnt matter what LEDs you use as long as you have the proper resistor.

and heat guns do kick ***.

 
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how would a few dollars be?

 
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sorry to confuse

and also: I only spent about $10-20 on the actual LED's/resistors. everything else was just impulse buys cuz I was at the store (heat gun, etc). hehehe


I figure I might as well do all the spending I can before proposing to the girlfriend. Cuz once that **** hits the fan...no more spending at ALL dang.

but thanks again! can't wait to hit it this weekend!