G35 Headlight Mod
#31
12-31-2010, 07:16 PM
I did my 03-05 lights. I am not a professional by any stretch. I did this for the price of a few rattle cans and a few LED strips and 194 connectors from V-LEDs. Stupid easy and cheap, and they came out super clean. Everyone loves them, and thought they were professional which is all I could ask for.
I just opened up the lights, sprayed the matte black (matching the grille), fabricated an insert for the clearance strips including with the cheap a$$ LED strips spliced with the 194 connectors. Totally plug an play.
Day time pic below. Not bright like Audi or MB DRLs, but they light up pretty bright for cheap $9 LED strips!
I just opened up the lights, sprayed the matte black (matching the grille), fabricated an insert for the clearance strips including with the cheap a$$ LED strips spliced with the 194 connectors. Totally plug an play.
Day time pic below. Not bright like Audi or MB DRLs, but they light up pretty bright for cheap $9 LED strips!
#32
12-31-2010, 07:22 PM
I plan to do the exact same thing you did, but I can't seem to find a DIY for it after searching for a bit. I'm literally don't even know how to remove the headlights (I know theres DIY for that, just trying to explain how I don't know crap about playing with cars). You know/did you follow a DIY for the exact same thing you did (that includes pics)?
To take apart the headlight (remove bulbs and wire harness), pre-heat the oven to 200F and bake headlights for 9 mins. Once it's nice and hot, take it out of the oven and pull the lens off. When you come to the tabs, use a flat head screwdriver to release them. It literally just pulls apart..lol. I did it last week for the 1st time ever, I was nervous but it's really not hard.
#34
01-01-2011, 10:45 PM
As far as the modding, I just went for it. I didn't use a DIY.
What exactly are you looking for that you can't find? I can probably help you out.
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01-02-2011, 01:01 AM
#37
01-02-2011, 01:24 AM
Anything is possible, but that's not novice work. It occurs to me that the hardest part would be cutting the clearance strip out of the 06-07 bezel. You'd probably be better off doing something like tweger's DIY.
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I did my 03-05 lights. I am not a professional by any stretch. I did this for the price of a few rattle cans and a few LED strips and 194 connectors from V-LEDs. Stupid easy and cheap, and they came out super clean. Everyone loves them, and thought they were professional which is all I could ask for.
I just opened up the lights, sprayed the matte black (matching the grille), fabricated an insert for the clearance strips including with the cheap a$$ LED strips spliced with the 194 connectors. Totally plug an play.
Day time pic below. Not bright like Audi or MB DRLs, but they light up pretty bright for cheap $9 LED strips!
I just opened up the lights, sprayed the matte black (matching the grille), fabricated an insert for the clearance strips including with the cheap a$$ LED strips spliced with the 194 connectors. Totally plug an play.
Day time pic below. Not bright like Audi or MB DRLs, but they light up pretty bright for cheap $9 LED strips!
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#42
01-10-2011, 10:10 PM
I used the 12 inch LED strips from VLED, taping off the diodes then spraying them matte black as well. The LED strips have adhesive already, so all I had to do is peel and stick them to the clearance strips I made (you have to bend to fit the curve of the bezel so the LEDs are centered from top to bottom).
The LED strips do not stretch the length of the clearance strip cut out in the bezel, so I create inserts to mask the wires at the top and and the gap at the bottom. I then connected the wires from the LED strip to a 194 connector so the strips are plug and play.
Once the whole color matched insert was wired, I used the double sided tape to stick it to the back of the bezel behind the clear plastic cover insert the was already in the bezel. Then I squished the lights back together.
You could always cut an insert out of the florescent light cover sheet and put it on top of the LED strip, this would defuse the light from the LEDs.
Sorry, no close up pics of the process. You just have to be a little imaginative with it.
I got some from a sponsor. They're fine. Less light output than the stock. That's just how it works as you go up the range in kelvin. I'm going to say I'm not sure it actually matters much what brand you get.
Or do some ish like this...
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I went and got a florescent light cover sheet (you just need a sheet of something strong and flexible). Then used a Dremel to shape strips from the light cover to fit behind the clearance strip cut out of the bezel using double sided tape (you could use silicone or whatever). I painted the strips matte black.
I used the 12 inch LED strips from VLED, taping off the diodes then spraying them matte black as well. The LED strips have adhesive already, so all I had to do is peel and stick them to the clearance strips I made (you have to bend to fit the curve of the bezel so the LEDs are centered from top to bottom).
The LED strips do not stretch the length of the clearance strip cut out in the bezel, so I create inserts to mask the wires at the top and and the gap at the bottom. I then connected the wires from the LED strip to a 194 connector so the strips are plug and play.
Once the whole color matched insert was wired, I used the double sided tape to stick it to the back of the bezel behind the clear plastic cover insert the was already in the bezel. Then I squished the lights back together.
You could always cut an insert out of the florescent light cover sheet and put it on top of the LED strip, this would defuse the light from the LEDs.
Sorry, no close up pics of the process. You just have to be a little imaginative with it.
I got some from a sponsor. They're fine. Less light output than the stock. That's just how it works as you go up the range in kelvin. I'm going to say I'm not sure it actually matters much what brand you get.
Use something to defuse the LED light, and use single high intensity LEDs instead of a strip so you can space them closer together.
Or do some ish like this...
I used the 12 inch LED strips from VLED, taping off the diodes then spraying them matte black as well. The LED strips have adhesive already, so all I had to do is peel and stick them to the clearance strips I made (you have to bend to fit the curve of the bezel so the LEDs are centered from top to bottom).
The LED strips do not stretch the length of the clearance strip cut out in the bezel, so I create inserts to mask the wires at the top and and the gap at the bottom. I then connected the wires from the LED strip to a 194 connector so the strips are plug and play.
Once the whole color matched insert was wired, I used the double sided tape to stick it to the back of the bezel behind the clear plastic cover insert the was already in the bezel. Then I squished the lights back together.
You could always cut an insert out of the florescent light cover sheet and put it on top of the LED strip, this would defuse the light from the LEDs.
Sorry, no close up pics of the process. You just have to be a little imaginative with it.
I got some from a sponsor. They're fine. Less light output than the stock. That's just how it works as you go up the range in kelvin. I'm going to say I'm not sure it actually matters much what brand you get.
Use something to defuse the LED light, and use single high intensity LEDs instead of a strip so you can space them closer together.
Or do some ish like this...
