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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Headlight LED Opinions pls

i have decided to embark on a headlight project since my original attempt was a failure :



so this time around i will do glossy high heat duplicolor black paint, but i also want to do LED's on the cornermarkers. i just want to know anybody's opinion on LED placement. Thanks!


Option 1:



Option 2:



Option 3:



Option 4:

^180Custom's placement


Option 5:



Option 6:
 

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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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Option 6!!
 
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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^yeah im leaning slightly towards 6 as well
 
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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Option 0 for me!! I would never put LEDs on my headlights but If I really, like REALLY had to chose I would go with Option 4!
 
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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6 if you must. Less is more sometimes. Three LED's on those points between the turn/fog would be a nice touch and not over the top. Just my opinion. I love everything else you've been doing with the G. Keep it up.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 10:59 PM
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0 or 6
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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thanks for the input guys, i am deciding between 4, 6, or 7

7 =
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Three LED's on those points between the turn/fog
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 04:32 AM
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First 3 options are great. My choice is 2.
The only thing with Option 3 is that it looks half *** if it's not in a full circle.

The only problems I have with the last 4 is that you lose the touch of the car. You focus on trying to be other cars and that just questions people.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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A few ideas i had kicking around --

There are 3 nubs between the fog and the turn signal.. How about converting those to LED?

Or

similar to opt 3, but remove the fog cap, and add a matrix of leds of some sort in there?
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 10:49 AM
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option 5 for me
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Comatose
A few ideas i had kicking around --

There are 3 nubs between the fog and the turn signal.. How about converting those to LED?

Or

similar to opt 3, but remove the fog cap, and add a matrix of leds of some sort in there?
the 3 nubs there in LED would look cool. I looks they WANT to be little led lights so bad, but didn't turn into them for some reason.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 11:54 AM
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#2 or nothing, led strips in headlights are so played out, at least option 2 uses the reflector to take away from the dot-effect
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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I saw a local guy in our club that has a coupe, and he replaced the shroud around the projector with a colored one that had leds in it - it looks pretty cool. Not sure if you can fit a different shroud in there with that or not.
 

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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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Yeah and a cover over the marker is a great idea as well^
 
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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also I'm curious if option 5 makes it hard to see your turn signals, may give you some issues with the popo if it does.
 
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