I like it. I don't think I would do it to my car, but it does look great in your pic. It goes great on a black car too.

 

I will post more details later. As someone said, it's not as bright in bright sun as I would like, but to basically stay invisible, they need to be very compact.

The lights adhere to the bottom of the front lip of the headlights, just under the silver painted strip. The type of LED strip I purchased actually shine out of the side of the strip instead of the flat part of the strip.

Thanks for all the compliments.

Later, Steve

 

looks pretty good!

im part of the DRL crew too...

 

Very clean install. Something I would potentially consider.

 

How about a front end shot? I don't think it looks too bad at all.

 

I think it's fine. Like to see more pics. MOAR PICS!!!

 

It looks good but way to Audi wannabe for me. Hmmm it's odd saying a porsche is an Audi wannabe. lol Meh you know what I mean.

 

I really like it!

I was using the low beams as DRLS until recently when I gave my fuse box jump to a friend who needed DRLS for registration.

Im looking forward to learning how you did this because I may copy!

 

Nicely done but it looks bad bad bad!

 

Nice job Steve-
Looking forward to the DIY

 

Not at all my cup of tea; looks like an Audi.

 

Hey Steve,

I think they look really great from the initial picture you posted. I'd consider this as a DIY as I want to add more LEDs to my own car (currently only front marker lights). I look forward to further information.

 

Thanks for all the positive feedback.

Ok, here's the details.

First let me say I'm sorry for the poor picture, but it's a pretty busy time of year.

Here's a picture of the DRL's from straight on.


This is a picture from a distance. I'm a little down hill, so you can see how some of the lights get hidden, but I still thing it looks fine. They actual show up better in person than they do in the picture.


Here's a picture with the headlights on.


I used a flash on this picture so you could see how hidden the DRL's are when the lights are off.


A close-up with the lights off.


A close-up that actually shows the DRL's hidden under the front edge of the headlights.


These are the LED lights I used, you can get then at you local auto parts store. Make sure to get the correct lights. These lights shine out of the narrow edge of the strip and not the wide flat part of the strip.





The install is pretty easy. The lights have 3M adhesive strips on the back side, so you remove the headlights, clean the underside of the leading edge and stick them on the lights. The package includes two 14" strips, so you don't even need to cut them.

Make sure you have the LED's facing the front, as the wires on the passenger light will exit on the hood side and the wires on the drivers light will exit on the fender side. Also make sure you place the lights where the first light on each side will be the same distance from the hood.

At this point, you will need to run the wires from the inner fender into the cargo section. This can be done by running a clothes hanger or something similar through the grommet (similar on both sides). Tape your wires to the clothes hanger as shown in the picture below and pull them through.


Once you have the wires in the sealed (from the weather at least) cargo area, you can use some butt connectors (or something similar) to extend the wires. The wires are easily concealed by the inner lining of the cargo area. I then ran my wires through a grommet on at the back of the cargo area, on the passenger side, near the factory amplifier. At this point you simple need to find a ground and switched 12 volt source. Since the LED's use such little power, I used the black with red stripe wire that turns on the amplifier. It's in the harness on the passenger side of the battery.

Later, Steve

 

It looks nice actually! Great Job!

 

It looks pretty good. Maybe something to try over the winter. Like you pointed out it is easy to reverse if it turns out I don't like it.