How to: Install Angel Eyes on your 3!

[Badger Biker]

This is an installation guide for this kit for the Mazda3 sedan and hatch:
http://www.umnitza.com/product_info.php?cPath=101_108&products_id=278

This guide will guide you through installing the kit wired up to your 12v ignition so that you wil have them setup to run as daytime running lights.

If you see any errors report them to me and I will do what I can to fix them up.

••••••NOTE! All pictures are NOT uploaded into my gallery. My CF flash card died on me so I do not yet have pictures. Expect them when I get the Predator Chromiums in. I've had a lot of people talk to me about installing these so this is why I am releasing this guide before it is totally finished. Good luck! ••••••


Tools required for the install:
8 mm and 10 mm socket wrench
Phillips and Flathead screwdrivers
Wirestrippers
Electrical tape
CLEAR-DRYING Silicone sealant
Drill (if you wish to drill through the battery box)
Needle nose pliers

Time Required: Give yourself at least 4 hours, the more the better.


PSA: Test the halos before you start with the installation process. Connect the harness to the ground, the power wire to the batter. Insert the halo power wires into the ballasts temporarily (NOT using the black plugs) and connect the ballasts to the power supply. Touch the remote wire spade to the positive part of the battery and the halos should illuminate. If they only come on half way, reverse the way the wires are inputed into the ballast. If there are still problems, contact umnitza - you might have a problem with the halo.


Part 1: Bumper Removal

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To remove the bumpers we have to separate it from the the undershield of the vehicle. Using a phillps screwdriver or 10 mm socket wrench remove the bolts underneath the bumper until the bottom of the bumper is free from the vehicle.

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Remove the top connections of the bumper, the bolt and the hood stop. Removing the hood stop takes a bit of prying, so just work at it a little.

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There is a bolt behind each fender holding the bumper on. To access these 8 mm bolts, we have to remove the plastic screw holders in the wheel well holding on the splash shield. After the screws are removed (3 of them on each side) pry back the splash shield and look up into the fender near the seam line. Use your socket wrench to loosen this bolt and the bumper should be ready to come free.

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The foglamp wiring is holding the bumper to the car still. Use needle-nose pliers and pull out the wire holder from the bumper. Disconnect the foglamp termainal and pull the bumper free from the vehicle.

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This is the separated bumper from the vehicle.

Part 2: Headlamp removal

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The headlamp is held on with a series of bolts and plastic screws. Remove the headlamp assembly with the plastic frame all at once after you have removed all the bolts and screws.

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There are three bolts holding on a plastic frame to the headlamps. Remove the bolts to remove the frame.

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Disconnect the bulbs plugs for the highbeams, lowbeams and parking lights.

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Being very careful NOT to touch the bulbs, pull them out. The parking and highbeams come out with a twist. For users with HID, unscrew the plastic cover, pull down the metal retention clips inside the housing. The bulb has a bottom holder to it. Pull this out (the retention clips fit around it, so get the clips off of it) and turn the HID bulb and remove it from the holder.

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Those with HIDs must also removal the ballast. There are 3 phillips head screws holding it on. Unscrew and then remove the wiring harness from the ballast.

Part 3: Headlamp Baking

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This is the headlamp ready for baking. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place the headlamp on a cookie sheet to be placed into the oven.

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Place the headlamp into the oven, being careful not to touch the sides. Heat the headlamp in the oven for around 15 minutes to start out. This worked perfectly fine for me and was easy to work with at this temperature and time.

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Remove the headlamp from the oven after 15 minutes (USE OVEN MITTS! LIGHT IS HOT!) Depending on your tolerance for heat, you might be able to handle the lamp after it is out of the oven with your bare hands. Use a flat head screwdriver and bend all the plastic clips that are holding the headlamp on up enough so that they will not catch when you pull on the glue. Using a flat head if you have one, stick it into one of the corners of the lamp (I recommend the bottom corner, under the lamp so you will not see any bent plastic if things go wrong) and start prying the lamp apart. This is a process that takes a lot of patience and you just have to work at it for a while. As you begin to pry it open, use a box cutter or other sharp blade to cut the glue; this will keep it from going everywhere and make it a lot easier to pull apart. Continue pulling apart the lamp until you have it totally separated. The glue is sticky so be careful not to get it everywhere. I had no problems with it getting messy, or sticking to other parts of the assembly, but just be cautious.

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The headlamp is now in two pieces. We now need to separate it into three. There are two screws on the bottom of the light holding the clear shield to the middle housing. Remove these screws and separate the lights into three peices.

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Congratulations, you've just completed the scariest part of the install.

Part 4: Halo Installation

WARNING: The halos are VERY fragile. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES BEND THESE HALOS. Take your time with this step as mistakes can be very costly and hard to fix later. This is not a hard process, you just need to take your time and be gentle (overly-gentle?) with the halos.

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Prep the headlamp assembly for installation. Remove the rubber ring on the back of the bulb so that we can run wired through the high beams.

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First we will do the high-beam halo. There are two plastic clips that clip onto the lamp reflector as shown. Be very careful placing these, keeping things even between the two sides when you are pressing them in. Moving these around is where I broke my first high-beam halo. :( The plastic clips can be pushed in nearly all the way. The top of the halo will sit forward a little farther than the bottom of the halo as can be seen in the following picture:

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Using silicone sealant, take a toothpick and place some on the bottom of the halo where it touches the reflector. This will keep halo in place and not allow it to bump around when driving. The plastic clips do not need this.

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Run the wires for the halo through the back of the housing, and reinstall the rubber ring that we removed in the first step like pictured. Congrats! 1/4 are done.

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Installing the low-beam halo is a little easier. Play around with the position of it on the ring. It will NOT fit entirely centered over the reflector as you can see in the picture. Don't panic, this is just how the kit is. Apply silicone as you did with the high-beams to any areas that touch the reflector. This is required to keep the halo in place.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUSH THESE STEPS, TAKE YOUR TIME!

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This is how the wires will look coming out of the rear of your completed lamp.

Part 5: Putting the Headlights Back Together

Before you go on: CHECK FOR FINGERPRINTS! Check all black pieces, all chrome pieces, especially the projector lens. Go over everything at least twice. You do NOT want to find an errant fingerprint after things are sealed back up and installed. It WILL big you for the rest of your life.

Screw the clear cover back onto the bulb housing.

Place the two pieces of the headlamp back into the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Take the two pieces, align them up and press them back together. This is very simple and things should seal perfectly. The headlights aren't 100% sealed either so you should not have to worry about condensation in the lights or water getting after resealing them like this.

Place all the bulbs back into the completed headlamp, reversing the steps you used to removed them. Pay attention to the HID bulb as it has to go in a certain way and the tabs have to line up with the electrical connections.

For the HID cover, hold the wires at the top of the hole and put the cover on. You won't be pinching the wire, so don't worry.

Reinstall the ballast onto the headlamp and it is now ready to go!


Part 6: Wiring

The fun begins. The kit includes 2 ballasts and a wiring harness. This is what we will use to get power to the DDE Halos.

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Place the relay on top of the factory ground on the right fender wall. Ground the DDE kit there as well.

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For my install I drilled a hole in the battery box. I then filed it out a little so that the yellow power wire would fit through. Connect the yellow power wire to the battery terminal.

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Because how things are connected, I am wiring them up to a 12V Ignition spot so that my lights come on as daytime running lights. You can wire them up to come on however you want. It just depends on whether or not you want to put in a switch and which wire you tap from. The remote wire is in the wrong side of the kit for my use, so I cut off the end of the wire with the male spade connector, and then pulled the wire back through the black compression housing till it was totally out like you see in the picture.

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Shorten the wire and reconnect it to the male spade half you just cut off in the previous step.

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I had already done the Independant Foglamp Mod so I am tapping that wire with the supplied T-tap and connecting the remote wire to that. This means that when the car is turned on, the remove wire has power and the DDE lights will be switched on automatically. When the car is shut off, they will remain on for around 15 seconds then turn off by themselves.

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Running the passenger side harness I ran it along the front of the vehicle. Using zip ties you can see the path that I used in the next couple of pictures.

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Connect the ballast to the underside of the light as shown. You must first attach the harness back onto the light before putting the ballast on. The picture doesn't show this, but you will see what I am talking about. The picture also shows how the wires are run with the cover over the HID opening.

Place the included black connectors onto the Halo wire ends. Insert the wires with the metal tab UP into the opening the black connector. (You will see how it fits.) The wires have no polarity, so it shouldn't matter which side you connect them into. Connect the black connectors together and then connect the ballasts to the power supplies. You have male/female plugs for these and it should be fairly easy to see how they fit together. Connect everything like you did when you tested the bulbs.

You did test the bulbs, right?

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Here is a picture of the headlamp back into place with everything connected up. You can go ahead and test everything by turning on the ignition. Everything SHOULD light up fine. If not ... you need to go through and check all your connections and make sure that everything as it should be.

Part 7: The End

You have all the electrical connections done, it is time to put everything back together. Reverse the steps you did to remove the headlamps, the headlamp plastic frame, and the bumper. Once you are all done with that, sit back and enjoy the work you just did.

Here are pictures of the Thinlines installed on my 3!

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Hopefully this guide was some help to you. As it has been said, let your brain process the guide, not the guide process your brain. This is an installation tool, you might have a better way of doing things or a minor step might be missing (hopefully not though). Good luck and enjoy your Daylight Demon Eyes!!!

[FrigginGLI]

Holy crap , great write up. :)

[bluntman]

Yes, awesome write up BB. So, ah, when are you going to do mine? :D

[CarbonMz3]

Hey when you put the light in the oven, how did the plastic not melt?? When I took my taillight lens cover off, i had to buy a new right one because it melted the clear lens.... I finally got it off on the second attempt, but i was wondering if there was a better way for me to do it???

[Badger Biker]

Hey when you put the light in the oven, how did the plastic not melt?? When I took my taillight lens cover off, i had to buy a new right one because it melted the clear lens.... I finally got it off on the second attempt, but i was wondering if there was a better way for me to do it???


I did 200 degrees for 15 mins. In fact, the plastic was still touchable right out of the oven (just not the metal parts ;) )

You have to imagine that the surface temperature for this stuff would get up near 200 degrees in desert environments, or that the HID bulbs get pretty hot themselves.

Of course I could be totally off. But 200/15 worked just fine for me, and that's what Umnitza suggests on their website as well. Perhaps the rear lamps just don't encounter the temps that the headlamps do, so they don't need to be as heat-resistant.

[CarbonMz3]

You did closed the oven door right??? Just to make sure....

[Badger Biker]

Yep! Closed the oven, and just watched it carefully.

[CarbonMz3]

appreciate it!! Little too late, but still good to know.

[Badger Biker]

appreciate it!! Little too late, but still good to know.


Yea, my reply was a couple hours late from when you posted.

Sorry I'm not able to be on the forums 24 hours a day ... sometimes I have to do with 20 ;) ;) ;) ;)

[GHOSTWHISPER]

What the hell, how long has the 3 been out, and already they have new headlights designed for there car, and the p5 has been out for even longer and we dont get shit.

Oh by the way those headlights are mean as hell

[Brian MP5T]

Nice Job!

[Badger Biker]

What the hell, how long has the 3 been out, and already they have new headlights designed for there car, and the p5 has been out for even longer and we dont get shit.

Oh by the way those headlights are mean as hell

I'm not exactly sure how Umnitza got wind of the 3, but a whole lot of interest was generated for it and they started mass producing a product. It looks like their kits should fit just about any vehicle though.

You could always contact them and see about doing something for the Protege! :D

If you think they are mean now ... just wait to you see the highbeams in there as well!

With the proper eyelids the front of the car will look badass.

[Da 6]

seing the kit available for the 3 inspired us to get a 6 kit going :)

[Badger Biker]

The 6 would look 'effin sweet with 3 sets of halos on it.

Keep us posted!

I should be getting this install finished up real soon, hopefully next week. Just waiting on new parts.

[Mr. Win]

What the hell, how long has the 3 been out, and already they have new headlights designed for there car, and the p5 has been out for even longer and we dont get shit.

Oh by the way those headlights are mean as hell

they've been worked on the layout just makes it hard to get a good design, look clean and be cheap. If you have the cash hid tech will make them for you.

[JOS3]

that looks awesome jon

[ScReWdRiVeR531]

What type of Angel Eyes did you get? Did you get Xenons or regulars?

[Da 6]

What type of Angel Eyes did you get? Did you get Xenons or regulars?You are aware the angels arent a "bulb" They have balasts like HID but thats where the similarities end.

[ScReWdRiVeR531]

I do realize that they aren't "bulbs." My main concern was which option did you choose to go with? On Umnitza's web page you have the available options 5000K, 6000K, or w/o xenons. I just wanted to know which one did you purchase.

[Badger Biker]

I did it w/o Xenons.

That's just an option if you wish to add in a HID kit with your DDEs, strictly not necessary.

[Badger Biker]

(bump) as I added completed pictures.

Guide will be finished ... hopefully soon. O_o;

[umnitza]

J - do you mind us using this "officially" unofficially - as the guide on our own site?

[riuster]

Uminitza you are like on every board out there......YEAH BABY!!!

[Badger Biker]

umnitza: I'd be honored if you did :D Just make sure to mention that I made it and it's all great :D

[bbrich57]

WOW!! They really do look good. I mean that.
However, as an older codger, is it really worth it? I've seen these kits starting for $100+ on eBay Motors. This for something that actually sheds no light to help the driver see better, but instead just glows. Both the auctions I have seen and you say how delicate/brittle they are. And the installation you describe is one that only one so dedicated to appearance or challenge would go though for these results.
What about in actual use? I can't imagine how long these things might last in the real world. Going over a set of railroad tracks might harm them. And if one does burn out, or is broken due to accident or shock, you have to got through this entire scenario all over again?
I was thinking about trying this to my '04-3-5, but after your description of the installation, I think I'll leave it up to those that are more dedicated to the art form. I'll stick to the simpler, more power profitable MODs. But... (rockon)

[umnitza]

Uminitza you are like on every board out there......YEAH BABY!!!
long answer....yes.

[umnitza]

umnitza: I'd be honored if you did :D Just make sure to mention that I made it and it's all great :D
Because normal people like you disappear while the riff-raff over runs various places;) You know exactly what I'm talking about.

[WetsuitxNinja]

Hey I just wanted to thank Umnitza for getting me a new ballast when my other one died, had it within a week, Angels eyes own.

[Karma_hunden]

Hey. The installation guide is great. I was just wondering if anyone had the pictures of the front bumper removal? I cant seem to get this thing off. I removed a couple of screws but I think there are these plastic ones inside holding the bumper together with the fender. I cant reach it. Not sure if this is all I have to do. I dont have fogs so that shouldnt be a problem.

Here's a pic. The yellow arrows is where I took screws off. The red arrows is where these plastic things I'm talking about are. The red scratch is exactly where they are on the inside.

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[WetsuitxNinja]

Did you unscrew the bumper to fender screws?? they are upside down and IIRC a pair on each side. Then you gotta pull the bumper outwards to get the plastic clips to unhook.

[krimsonviper]

sorry to bring up an old and dead thread, but i have to ask, do you have to have daytime running lights already on your car to have them on all the time the car is on or doing it the way the guide says will turn the angel eyes into day time running lights?

[bbrich57]

No. You can wire them in any way you want to.

[krimsonviper]

lol but i want them to run as day time lights(scratch) so how do i get them to run like that?

[bbrich57]

Easy. Find an ignition switchable circuit and tap the relay switch wire into that. Connect the master power on the relay directly to the battery terminal/cable and there you have it.
With the master fuse box (and battery) on the LS inner fender, that shouldn't be hard at all.

[krimsonviper]

cool thanks!

[racerboy777]

I've got the one's off of ebay and they work fine too, and they are cheaper.

Also, I connected mine to my parking lights, just spliced into those wires. Is that a bad idea? Just curious on your opinion since seems like up recently now the HALO's weren't so popular on Mazdas.

[rustycage]

Hey Brother. The pics are not showing... can you sent it again? at least in the same sequence?

Cheers bro!

[mazdaspeed32007]

for real....im doing this friday and need some much needed help. nervous about a few things and ill be less anxious upon some picture help

[krimsonviper]

Think we can get the pics re-hosted? I'm replacing my headlight bulb and can't reclamp the latch, so I wanna take out the whole thing out to re-clamp it.

Unless someone can answer my question...
in this thread. (http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123733345)

[lutexas]

would yoo please post the pictures

[Anna-chan]

badger biker hasn't been active since 2007 sorry folks.

[harrbear]

is it possible to get the pictures please, it used to be very useful, i am doing my setup sunday and i dont wanna do them blind. if anyone can email me the pictures to harrbear@gmail.com id really appreciate it