Thanks!

Just to clarify, the LEDs replaced the high beam halogen (which is also the DRL), not the HIDs (low beams).

 

You over spent on the light that don't get used too often. Now go spend some $ on the supercharger. You should be a good candidate since you got the header & ECU (might need update, i think he'll give free update if you get the supercharger)
use plastidip to paint so you can peel it off if you get bored later on.

 

I got them as a gift, I couldn't bring myself to spend that much on lights myself. LOL!

Oh don't think I haven't installed that supercharger in my head 100 times over... Its something I might think about down the road when I get a more modern daily. The gas mileage hit would really detract from the somewhat practical highway driving. In my fantasies I think about this CD009 6 speed adapter for the 3UZ: https://xatracing.com/UZ-CD009-Adapter.html


For the grill I used SEM "Trim black Ultra" and SEM satin gloss clearcoat. I actually sourced a spare grill to sand/paint just incase I didn't like it. I have used plastidip on trim before, it can look pretty good but I don't think the grill would have looked oem.

I gave it about 5 coats of paint and 5 of clear. I wanted to make sure it was resistant to chipping.

 

@joemg How are the VLEDS DRL/HiBeams working after a few months?

 

No issues, highbeams and DRLs work like originals. Their customer support was pretty good too. They were forthcoming that they had never tried the kit on a SC430 when I emailed them, and I had also asked them about the turn signal flasher relay, since i have LED turn signals sitting in a box I've been wanting to put it. They emailed me back a wiring diagram explaining exactly how to go about it and which relay to use.

I haven't gotten around to doing it because the flasher relay is DEEP up in the dash. lol

If you're considering this, I would recommend waiting about a month, I would be shocked if they didn't have a black friday sale.

also, if you're going to be upgrading lighting, it's worth noting that SC430mods.com has recently released a LED upgrade kit for the pre-facelift lowbeams. I don't have any experience with it, but people seem to like his other products. He's working on a one-touch top up/down as well as rear quarter window controls, I'm dying for him to release those.

 

I just installed SC430mods HID to LED upgrade and it's great! Will monitor price on VLEDS. Thanks.

 

Very cool.

I'm curious, were the pre-facelift headlights bad? I know they're D2S bulbs not D4S like the 06+. I'm pretty critical of lighting, and I've never had an issue with my HIDs visibility. The LED highbeam upgrade was very nice though.

If you get some time, you should post some pics. I'm sure a lot of people on here are curious.

 

I'm going to take some pics of my headlights this weekend, I actually changed my HIDs to LEDs & loving them. My HIDs were probably getting dim because of age, so the LEDs seem super bright to me. Also because of my setup, I had HIDs in my foglights & changed those also, without any flickering or dash light. I haven't starting looking, but know there are options for the highbeams also. Everything I've done has been plug & play. I did have to buy an adaptor for the foglight setup, because the ballist for those were different than the headlights. The bulbs I'm using are the VAWIT D4S D4R LED BULBS 24000LM....6500K, I got these off Amazon back in August & haven't had a problem with anything. I'll be home thurs/fri & look at everything again, but if I recall correctly, all I had to do was swap out the bulbs. I'm interested in doing the high beams also, to get rid of the yellowish look of the DRL..........also while I'm thinking about it, these bulbs work only in the 06+

 

Will you please post a link to the bulbs you purchased…interested