So, Christmas has been and gone and life goes on. Time for some proper angel eyes. All I want is an led ring with 5 led smd's. Can it be so difficult? Obviously, YES

In the next week or so I'll finally be making my own angel eyes. I have the 5050 led smd's, all I need now are the rings, cables, resistors and a way of soldering all of this together.

These are the led's that I purchased:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161232054686

I'll be looking to stick these onto a clear disc. Then solder them in parallel. easy

updates to follow... Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

You could just save yourself some trouble and go to these guy's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-SMD-Angel-Eye-...mp;vxp=mtr

would love to know how you get on with the diy led rings,

L4FLIROP wrote:

You could just save yourself some trouble and go to these guy's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-SMD-Angel-Eye-...mp;vxp=mtr

these are a long, long, (long, long, long) way from looking like the range rover angel eyes. don't want people confusing the RRS with a BMW , or at worst I don't want people thinking I'm confused  Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

I have the material arriving shortly and a hobby electrician at the waiting.

what I've done is order a black acrylic sheet from ebay. This will be used as the ring. It'll need cutting into four x 120mm diameter circles.

I have 20 LED 5050 SMD's. These are 5mm x 5mm each, pure white (~6000 kelvin).

As for the resistors, I'll have 5 LED's per ring, wired in parallel, so each LED will have its own 470 ohm/0.5W resistor.

I found a hobby electrician via the local music shop. He'll be taking care of the soldering and wiring, ready to pop them into the headlights.

So, taking shape slowly but surely. I had a rethink about the Dabhees rings and the more I look at them, the uglier they appear. They certainly won't be winning any design awards. Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

Just an idea Luke, but have you considered buying the other ones and just swapping the led's?

Either way, good luck & I'm looking forward to seeing the end product

Hi Sparky,
Yes I did, just wasn't sure about the led's underneath those plastic reflectors, how they're attached, how easy it would be to remove them. The price is fine, but I've calculated that mine will be a little cheaper anyway and less hassle. Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

think it would be possible if.... you had a tiny soldering iron and a lot of patients

...and steady hands neither of which I have and anyway it's a little bit of fun, i'm treating this as my final project before I retire  Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

you've gotta start somewhere. so started with drawing the circles, outer diameter 120mm, inner diameter 100mm:

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