My LED headlight upgrade...

[diym45]

[diym45]

[SammyTheBull]

How about a write up or difficulty level???

[fooitm35x]

Can't see any pics - please post a link for image sharing website where you uploaded the pics.

[diym45]

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[EniGmA1987]

Pics display fine for me.

Looks pretty good.

[diym45]

Bot these off ebay, $16:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...%3AIT

1. Taped them to the underside of the lights, no need to remove anything. The led strip has a sticky side.

2. Snaked wire between light and bumper back into engine compartment.

3. For Left side remove airbox (very easy: remove 3 bolts and loosen hose clamp for intake hose). I left MAF plugged in and just laid airbox on top of engine.

4. Remove orange parking light by twisting and pulling. Cut all 3 wires and expose a half inch or so. On the lights I bot the silver wire (on the leds) corresponded with the green wire (that went to orange parking light) and the copper wire (from the Led) with the red wire (from the parking lights). IT WAS REVERSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE>the silver went with red and the copper with green). I dont know why this mattered but you can test the left side before you put back together. (cant test right side as battery will be removed).

5. Soldered all wires back together (this was my first time ever soldering wires). It would be easier if you had 3 arms. I bot a $9 soldering gun from lowes. Put a little solder on tip of gun, then heat wires and touch solder to wire. Voila!! Then wrap each wire with electrical tape, then wrap all 3 wires together with tape and put a zip tie around them. NOTE: it would help to add some additional wire as the wires do not have much reach to put bulb back into headlamp, tho i didnt do this.

6. For the right side remove battery and repeat same process with the wires. ALTHOUGH THE GREEN AND RED WIRES WERE REVERSED FOR ME ON THIS SIDE AND THE FIRST TIME I PUT IT BACK TOGETHER IT DIDNT WORK. HAD TO REVERSE WIRES.

7. Put battery back in, proceed to being much cooler while driving down the road with your new LED's.

On a scale of 1-10 I give this a difficulty rating of 2. If you have never soldered practice a few times at your workbench beforehand. This is an easy skill that you, as a man, must learn at some point in your life.

[SammyTheBull]

nice work, good write up

[seldomseen]

Nice modification. Now don't get carried away to adding to many LEDs on the car!

[ns3425]

can you post pics of them in the day time. are they as bright as the audi in the day time?

[diym45]

i would say they are as bright as audi, this pic doesnt really do it justice

[nmgoodthing]

Looks good.

I did mine a few months back and it looks awesome. You can't even tell there are LED installed on mine because the strip is black and blends in with the headlamp seal. Looks awesome on my Brilliant Silver.

One suggestion I have is not to splice up your turning lamps. In the long run it will be less hassle if you don't and less wires to deal with and guessing at.

I ran mine to my side markers. you can fish the wire through the fender right to the side indicator hole and there is only a positive and negative wire to deal with and no need to remove anything from the engine bay. no visible splices and a cleaner install.

I also matched my LEDs perfect so that each side is even with LED count and fitment.

[diym45]

Ah side markers, yeah one of my lights is out on the end where i cut them to fit, gonna have to redo...

[KongzTT M45]

Anyone have pics of this? And links that work? Cant see them!

Thanks!