LED DLR Hook up.

[stevewaclo]

Hello all,

Picked up two 12" LED strips I want to add under the headlamps.

Looking for a easy place to find a switched, 12V line up in the front.

Suggestions?

Best wishes.

[mmkeller]

Spliced mine into the park lights, it works and no switch needed in the interior.

[stevewaclo]

Lookin' good, but not really DRL if they only come on with the parking lights. I want them to be on a switched 12V that comes on with the ignition, turning on the LED's any time the car is running, not just with PL's.

Don't have a schematic and was hoping someone had located a switched, 12V source somewhere near the front. Suppose I can use a pin and a test lamp and start searching :-).

Thanks for the suggestion!

[stevewaclo]

Page 40 of this document:

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/Altima/2008/pg.pdf

Shows E228, a "Daytime Light Relay" as part of the Front End Module Harness. Did Nissan install this in anticipation of adding DLR's to later year Altima's ? My "08 does not have DRL's and I'm wondering if you folks with later models do have them. Before I go out and start poking around (hey, I'm a lazy guy :-) maybe someone knows if that relay even exists on my car. Sure would solve my problem.

Anyone know?

Thanks.

[stevewaclo]

Stumbled upon this study during my research:

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811029.pdf

Short version: no statistically significant benefit in the US. But nothing is ever simple and numerous European studies show reduction in crashes from 5-27%.

My motivation is purely cosmetic :-).

[bmaxeo]

I just spliced mine into the parking lights , and it worked great also.

[BTUT5]

I just spliced mine into the parking lights , and it worked great also.

Yeah same here but I don't see why you can't go testing with a pin and test light. I think most of us with DRL's have used the parking lights.

[dangeris]

Being the first guy to ever do this to the coupe...I agree with everyone else...splice it into your park lights and call it a day!

[adrianjuaneli]

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[DJ_B_Easy]

Being the first guy to ever do this to the coupe...

You so speeeeecial!

[J Russ]

Well I wouldn't call him first… However because of the difficulty to hook them up, I hired someone at a dealership I used to work at to do it. These are super bright, brighter than Audi LED DRLs, I keep my lights in auto mode, and when the headlights come on, these dim down.

[DJ_B_Easy]

Well I wouldn't call him first…

I would. Pretty sure D built his DRL set-up and retrofit in late 2008/early 2009? I was just teasing him.

[AlexN09]

I wish I had a sweet set of Daytime Lunning Rights.