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My new LED DRL's installed

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Old 06-23-13, 05:37 PM
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Installed my new LED Daytime Running Lights today. Man these things are super bright! When they came in the mail I immediately pulled one out of the package and took it out to the car to touch the wires to the battery to see how bright they are. I saw spots for a while, kinda like when you look directly at the sun.

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Old 06-23-13, 08:44 PM
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Nice - look great!
Old 06-23-13, 09:00 PM
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very nice looks sharp
Old 06-24-13, 08:28 AM
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StillLine, these look great, and have a "stock" look, they don't look out of place on the SC430. Can you please share the exact name and type of LED DRL you have installed. Also, it would be appreciated if you could roughly outline how you installed the LED DRL's, where you are feeding power, if there is a separate power switch, and any other useful details.

Thanks again StilLIne! We're looking forward to the details.
Old 06-24-13, 08:46 AM
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Did you have to cut out a portion of the grill?
Old 06-24-13, 07:28 PM
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Looks great and so clean on the white pearl! Did you splice into the normal, high-beam headlight DRL power harness to run them? Or are they on a separate switch all together?
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Here's a link to the LED DRL's I've installed. → 2 x Super Bright COB White LED Lights for DRL Fog Driving Lamp

More info to come.

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Old 06-25-13, 10:55 AM
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looks good.. i've been wanting to do this but to completely remove my stock fog lamps and put 2 sets of leds where it sits now.. one for drl and one for fog..
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Originally Posted by StillLine
From this shot, you actually installed it professionally! I can not wait to do mine.
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Very nice!
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looking good! subtle but nice!
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Thanks all! Professional installation, why, yes, is there any other way? Don't answer that. So far, I'm 35 bucks and about 2 hours labor in this job. The LED strips simply appear to float under the chrome bar next to the fog lamps, even when looking at them very close up. Very sanitary install if I say so myself.

Got home from work tonight and with the garage door up and the SC backed in, I turned on the LED's in the darkness and holy smokes are they bright. No way you could run with them on at night without blinding oncoming traffic. Gonna wire them up to a remote control relay in the next couple days so I can turn them on/off with the push of button on a key fob like controller. Cant wait!

Here's a link to the remote control relay → http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-ON-OFF-SWITCH-WITH-FLASH-LED-LIGHTING-WIRELESS-REMOTE-CONTROL-RM02-/201079545856?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ed1466000&vxp=mtr
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Old 06-26-13, 12:47 AM
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The first DRL'sI've ever seen that do not look like refugees from a christmas tree or look like an eBay copy of the Audi or Mercedes DRL's.

Very nice install StillLine.
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Originally Posted by StillLine
Thanks all! Professional installation, why, yes, is there any other way? Don't answer that. So far, I'm 35 bucks and about 2 hours labor in this job. The LED strips simply appear to float under the chrome bar next to the fog lamps, even when looking at them very close up. Very sanitary install if I say so myself.

Got home from work tonight and with the garage door up and the SC backed in, I turned on the LED's in the darkness and holy smokes are they bright. No way you could run with them on at night without blinding oncoming traffic. Gonna wire them up to a remote control relay in the next couple days so I can turn them on/off with the push of button on a key fob like controller. Cant wait!

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StiillLine great job. So you actually mounted the strip to the underside of the chrome bar ? Our 2005 and below SC's do not have that bar. In ours it will not look as good as yours.

Awesome DIY.
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Mandyfig --- good point ... Do you think it might good if it would fit right in the middle of the 4 bars we have in that area ??


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