depronman
A2OC Donor
I spent most of the day fitting some LED DRL, worst job was getting the cable from the light switch to the front of the car (what a pig of a job)
By using the correct pin on the light switch the DRL come on when the ignition is on, but go out id either side lights/dip or main beam is turned on (so worth the job of routing the wire through from the cabin into the engine bay)
My car does not have spot lights, so the spot light blanking plates were the obvious location for the LED strips, two per side.
In the dark (though will never be used in the dark) they are VERY bright, in the daylight they are just very bright. They are rated at 6 watts each, fully waterproof and look to be well made.
The LED's are made up on a thin aluminium backing plate, then the LED's then the owl strip is cover in crystal clear silicon, and there is a natty thin aluminium black anodised from with four legs that are meant to clip around the light strip. These clips once straightened out made perfect tabs to attached to the spot light blank covers.
I hot glued the LED strip to the spot light cover, having first drilled a 3mm hole for the cable to pass through, then marked the 4 tab locations and chain drilled a couple of .7mm holed for the tabs. Once assembled a little hot glue from the back into the tab slot fixed the frames perfectly.
The wiring is attached with a little more hot glue to the rear of the spot light cover.
I will add an extra photo tomorrow of the DRL in the daylight, but attached below are the DRL's in the night and the 55watt HID's
Just need to find a suitable white light LED for the side lights and some main beam halogens to match the 6000K HID's (I can't believe how yellow the main beam is in comparison to the HID's)
I got the DRL from Bangood for £2.20 a pair delivered, but they did take a month to arrive
First picture is HID's and Main Beam (the camera does not make out the difference in colour of the HID's to the main beam)
The Second photo is of the DRL in the dark
The third is of the HID's on there own
All photos taken from hip level (3 foot or so) at about 20 feet in front of the car
By using the correct pin on the light switch the DRL come on when the ignition is on, but go out id either side lights/dip or main beam is turned on (so worth the job of routing the wire through from the cabin into the engine bay)
My car does not have spot lights, so the spot light blanking plates were the obvious location for the LED strips, two per side.
In the dark (though will never be used in the dark) they are VERY bright, in the daylight they are just very bright. They are rated at 6 watts each, fully waterproof and look to be well made.
The LED's are made up on a thin aluminium backing plate, then the LED's then the owl strip is cover in crystal clear silicon, and there is a natty thin aluminium black anodised from with four legs that are meant to clip around the light strip. These clips once straightened out made perfect tabs to attached to the spot light blank covers.
I hot glued the LED strip to the spot light cover, having first drilled a 3mm hole for the cable to pass through, then marked the 4 tab locations and chain drilled a couple of .7mm holed for the tabs. Once assembled a little hot glue from the back into the tab slot fixed the frames perfectly.
The wiring is attached with a little more hot glue to the rear of the spot light cover.
I will add an extra photo tomorrow of the DRL in the daylight, but attached below are the DRL's in the night and the 55watt HID's
Just need to find a suitable white light LED for the side lights and some main beam halogens to match the 6000K HID's (I can't believe how yellow the main beam is in comparison to the HID's)
I got the DRL from Bangood for £2.20 a pair delivered, but they did take a month to arrive
First picture is HID's and Main Beam (the camera does not make out the difference in colour of the HID's to the main beam)
The Second photo is of the DRL in the dark
The third is of the HID's on there own
All photos taken from hip level (3 foot or so) at about 20 feet in front of the car
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