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Old 10-31-16, 04:59 AM
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^^^ dude, I love what you did with the fog's! The only concern I have is if the lenses are clear enough to see the projectors. I would love to do this to 00-01 fog lights. Where did you get the projectors from?
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Originally Posted by mugencivic
^^^ dude, I love what you did with the fog's! The only concern I have is if the lenses are clear enough to see the projectors. I would love to do this to 00-01 fog lights. Where did you get the projectors from?
Since the foglight lenses are perforated, you can't really see the projectors otherwise I would've put halos in there as well. The projectors are from TRS. I'm planning on buying some 01 fogs somewhere in the future and swapping the projectors into those but first.. I got some headlights that i'm working on now :-)
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Old 11-18-16, 09:53 AM
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nice score! I've been looking for those and can't find any. I'm liking the updates
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Old 11-20-16, 08:35 PM
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Holy light show batman! I like your creativity with this project, something I haven't seen on this board yet. What type of lights did you use for ground effects and how did you wire them up? Would love to see what other lighting mods you can come up with.

p.s.: what are your plans for wheels?
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Nice work, I like the purple look too.

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Which corners are those? Did you use LED lights in them?
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Is this something that can be incorporated into a 1997 headlight setup that doesn't have DRLs stock?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-45cm-Audi...xV7e5-&vxp=mtr
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Originally Posted by jcarreraj
Is this something that can be incorporated into a 1997 headlight setup that doesn't have DRLs stock?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-45cm-Audi...xV7e5-&vxp=mtr
Those, like any LED strips, can be used by opening the headlight assembly (heat the headlight in an oven to melt the sealant), using some sort of epoxy or fishing line to secure the strip, then applying new sealant and heat.
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Originally Posted by WILLYumD
Those, like any LED strips, can be used by opening the headlight assembly (heat the headlight in an oven to melt the sealant), using some sort of epoxy or fishing line to secure the strip, then applying new sealant and heat.
Has anyone you know of done it with our headlights?
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Originally Posted by jcarreraj
Has anyone you know of done it with our headlights?
A few posts above is Jo's LED Halo setup. The same process but he decided on halos and an HID retrofit instead of just strips.
He's got a thread on it here.
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Originally Posted by MrBooby
Holy light show batman! I like your creativity with this project, something I haven't seen on this board yet. What type of lights did you use for ground effects and how did you wire them up? Would love to see what other lighting mods you can come up with.

p.s.: what are your plans for wheels?
The interior and exterior lights are all 5050 RGB LED strips. The colors are all controlled by a control box, and that control box is powered by the dome light. So whenever I open the door or switch the dome light on, the lights turn on with it. I also wired up a separate switch to turn on/off the exterior and/or interior lights whenever I want.

The wheels that I want are currently out of my price range lol.. but one of these days i'll fall into temptation and get them anyways....

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Which corners are those? Did you use LED lights in them?
They are jdm corner lights. They have 2 bulbs, a city light and an indicator.

I've been looking at similar LED strips like the ones that you linked but I can't see them working well with our headlights since we have a separate corner light.
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The wheels that I want are currently out of my price range lol.. but one of these days i'll fall into temptation and get them anyways....
You have a great future in the lighting electronics business, if you're not in it already. Your light setup is unique and very well put together.

Regarding the wheels, what is the set you're interested in?

I'm personally looking for a clean set of stock 15" wheels. Not sure if you would be interested, but I would be willing to exchange my five 2006 17" Lexus GS300 rims for a clean set like yours.
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Originally Posted by jcarreraj
Is this something that can be incorporated into a 1997 headlight setup that doesn't have DRLs stock?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-45cm-Audi...xV7e5-&vxp=mtr
I installed these for a friend they are supposed to be waterproof so they don't have to go inside a headlight housing. The white section of the light is decent but not exactly bright, the amber section is too dim for my liking but will work okay as a supplement to the main signal lights. On the plus side they diffuse the light nicely.


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