has anyone else got fake angel lights??

[jeffchiz]

hiya everyone i bought some second hand angels lights off ebay for my mk 1 and i fitted them turned them ona nd the ring dint light up i was oh bugger ive done sumit wrong but i looked closer and the rings arent even leds! they are just reflectors they look good just like angels should do but it just has normal side lights in them?? has anyone got these i dint no you could get angel look a like lights
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/saxo/300320091143.jpg

[GTJames]

They look ok but tbh not my cup of tea ;)

[Add91289]

how much you pay for them? they look ok doh

[Mochachino]

the black ones are better

[Tom_Crx]

They don't look too bad mate

[jeffchiz]

how much you pay for them? they look ok doh

£60 they loo alright but they dont have the rings tho :(

[jeffchiz]

the black ones are better

yea but these were bloody cheap lol about the third of the price of new ones

[NICK2506]

bare in mind the rings are almost impossible to see at daytime. did you have like 2 loose red and black wires on the back of each healight? cause you need to bullet connector those onto the sidelight wiring, like this:

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/saxonick2506/angelwire.jpg

[saxovtsmad]

are they the same as these mate
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp184/saxovtsmad/001-8.jpg

[ShaneyG7]

Nice drawing :)

Did the person who u bought them off say they were replicas or real things?

[jeffchiz]

Nice drawing :)

Did the person who u bought them off say they were replicas or real things?

they didnt really say anything about them just called them angel lights lol

[jeffchiz]

bare in mind the rings are almost impossible to see at daytime. did you have like 2 loose red and black wires on the back of each healight? cause you need to bullet connector those onto the sidelight wiring, like this:

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu346/saxonick2506/angelwire.jpg

i dont think there are any wires behind it anyway it just has a normal sidelight like your normal headlights have if you look closely between the 2 big main circles in the headlight there is a small black hole and thats where the side light bulb goes and you dont get these on proper angels cus obv the rings replace your sidelights dont they?

[jeffchiz]

are they the same as these mate
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp184/saxovtsmad/001-8.jpg

cant really see mate cus yours are smoked i do prefer your smoked ones :y: is there anyway to smoke angel lights like you can do with standard lights?

[3cott]

Black ones look best imo..

[yorkie]

i have them in black they have one light at the bottom and the ring is glass when the lights on it light the whole ring

[saxovtsmad]

mine are not smoked mate they are black

[jeffchiz]

mine are not smoked mate they are black

yea sorry thats what i ment i wouldnt mind trying to take the glass off and spray the back of the light black but i might just buy some ones like yours then they will look perfect and ill actually have angel eyes in the headlight not just reflectors! lol

[NICK2506]

i dont think there are any wires behind it anyway it just has a normal sidelight like your normal headlights have if you look closely between the 2 big main circles in the headlight there is a small black hole and thats where the side light bulb goes and you dont get these on proper angels cus obv the rings replace your sidelights dont they?

yeah they do replace the sidelights, but even on mine which are definatley 100% real angel eyes, you still have an area to put the original side light back in.you have the original side light and the halo's on mk1's iirc, and on mk2's the original sidelight, halo's and an LED. but you can chose what combination you wire up....so just halos, or halos and original sidelight, halos and LED, LED and original sidelight etc etc

[GoochyBoy]

Personally i dont like them - but tbh if they were only £60 not bad...they cud look worse but whos gonna notice wen yur driving along??

[jeffchiz]

Personally i dont like them - but tbh if they were only £60 not bad...they cud look worse but whos gonna notice wen yur driving along??

yea no one will notice its just the fact of thinking i had led rings around my lights when i didnt lol not a massive deal but i like the look of the halos i think im just gonna sell them and buy some 100% real angel lights but black ones, i like them just cus they just make the front of the car more modern the standard headlights are just a bit dull and dated for my liking but each to there own :y:

[mrgris]

i dont think there are any wires behind it anyway it just has a normal sidelight like your normal headlights have if you look closely between the 2 big main circles in the headlight there is a small black hole and thats where the side light bulb goes and you dont get these on proper angels cus obv the rings replace your sidelights dont they?

dude im pretty sure i have the same angels, they're made by sonar. have a look close up on the front it will say the brand name next to the E marking.

at the back of each angel you should have the 3 pin headlight plug and then some extra black/red wires. the black/red ones are power/earth for the halo LED's.

are you saying you don't have those black/red wires?

[jeffchiz]

dude im pretty sure i have the same angels, they're made by sonar. have a look close up on the front it will say the brand name next to the E marking.

at the back of each angel you should have the 3 pin headlight plug and then some extra black/red wires. the black/red ones are power/earth for the halo LED's.

are you saying you don't have those black/red wires?

no i dont have the wires at all it is litterally just a shitty reflector around the headlights and also on my original headlights there is a connector to plug in the electronic headlight adjustment and these dont have them either you have to adjust them manually so not only do i not have the halo rings ive also got an electrical connector on each side which dont go anywhere cus i dont have the socket on the headlights to plug them in im just gonna take them off and buy some real black ones

[Ste]

Mine aint fake asin the halos light up, but they have plastic fucking wankstain bollocks fronts that have cracked.

Came with the car so was just a case of waiting for them to crack.

[SteveWC]

Well mate theres nothing to stop you sending em back if they aint the real thing

If they are described as 'angel eyes' you expect em to be the same as every other angel eye on the market

If they dont do the full job or are replicas then it should be clearly stated and if he hasn't done so you are entitled to a full refund

[jeffchiz]

Well mate theres nothing to stop you sending em back if they aint the real thing

If they are described as 'angel eyes' you expect em to be the same as every other angel eye on the market

If they dont do the full job or are replicas then it should be clearly stated and if he hasn't done so you are entitled to a full refund

its been a while now and tbh i cant be bothered to get a refund

[mrgris]

no i dont have the wires at all it is litterally just a shitty reflector around the headlights and also on my original headlights there is a connector to plug in the electronic headlight adjustment and these dont have them either you have to adjust them manually so not only do i not have the halo rings ive also got an electrical connector on each side which dont go anywhere cus i dont have the socket on the headlights to plug them in im just gonna take them off and buy some real black ones

ah sh*t, can't say i've ever heard of fake angels tho!

afaik no mk1 angels have electronic headlight adjustment.

[jeffchiz]

this is a pic of them at night tym it looks as if they are working but they are just the reflectors shining with the flash of the camera
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/P52700012.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/P52700022.jpg

[jack123]

where did u get them lights?

[jeffchiz]

where did u get them lights?

just got them off ebay second hand mate

[jeffchiz]

dude im pretty sure i have the same angels, they're made by sonar. have a look close up on the front it will say the brand name next to the E marking.

at the back of each angel you should have the 3 pin headlight plug and then some extra black/red wires. the black/red ones are power/earth for the halo LED's.

are you saying you don't have those black/red wires?

hiya mate i looked again and they are made by sonar the same as yours but i still cant see any extra wires these are a couple photos of behind the left hand side headlight tell me if u can see anything im missing cus i cant see any extra red or black wires
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/31052009020.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/31052009021.jpg

[mrgris]

this really isnt the best photo mate just one i took when i had my angels apart to upgrade the halo rings to super-bright 45000mcd LED's

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4913/sdc10151.jpg

iirc the black/wires come out of the bottom of the headlight (not the back like the 3 pin socket) and are held in place by the black rubber grommets you can see in the pic.

[jeffchiz]

this really isnt the best photo mate just one i took when i had my angels apart to upgrade the halo rings to super-bright 45000mcd LED's

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4913/sdc10151.jpg

iirc the black/wires come out of the bottom of the headlight (not the back like the 3 pin socket) and are held in place by the black rubber grommets you can see in the pic.

cheers for ur help mate ill take a look under the lights tomorrow im probably just gonna end up buying some black angels now anyway lol

[jeffchiz]

if i do find the red and black wires im guessing the red one goes straight to the battery and the black one i just earth to a bolt in the engine bay some where?

[mrgris]

if i do find the red and black wires im guessing the red one goes straight to the battery and the black one i just earth to a bolt in the engine bay some where?

no mate, you have to cut off the original sidelight connector and join the sidelight wires to the red/black ones coming off the angels. i used a 5 Amp Strip Connector like this to tidy things up :y:

http://www.shopwiki.co.uk/_Strip+Connector+-+5A

[mrgris]

you can buy them from halfrauds for about £1-1.50

[Dan-SRi]

Brought some black angel eyes the other day... there coming this morning... hope there not fake :O

And to be honest... they look alright, its only at night its gonna matter...

[jeffchiz]

you can buy them from halfrauds for about £1-1.50

i think ive got some of those connectors in the garage somewhere from when i put 6 neons, a head unit and a 6x9 on to my old moped! haha i was the mobile night club lol i'll take one of the headlights off in a bit and tell everyone my findings gotta help my mom do some decorating lol

[jeffchiz]

Brought some black angel eyes the other day... there coming this morning... hope there not fake :O

And to be honest... they look alright, its only at night its gonna matter...

i wouldnt worry by the looks of it on one else has fake ones but im gonna look later and see if there are any wires under the headlight