Driving LED Experiment

I actually love these, and I'm glad you shared these pics. I wanted to do something like this too. Could you provide some detail of where you got these lights and some installation tips? I've already started working on interior ambient lighting with the help of the instructions you provided. I appreciate that you've shared so much! To your original question.... I think these are classy, personally.

I like, Which LED Strips did you use? Which which wire did you use as the hot wire?

I like them but am curious to see if they might look better starting at the same point on the inside top and going down to and across the bottom. Like a slanted L and backward L.

I got the lights here:

http://www.ledlightsworld.com/95-inch-flexible-grill-led-strip-motorcycle-car-lights-24leds-p-122.html

Be careful to be explicit about the length you order. I believe I ordered a pair of 21" lengths, and ended up cutting off the last six LED's from each. It took about 3-4 weeks for them to get here from China! But the price was right!

These are the best I have found for automotive use as they are entirely encased in a rubberized silicone. VERY flexible and durable. In fact they are pretty much bullet proof compared to others that I've tried. The base is square which makes it convenient to mount them. They can be cut to size every 3 LED's (place a dab of silicone over the cut). I glued them to the upper lip that hangs out above the fog lights with clear silicone (tubes available at any automotive store), although a strong quality 3M double sided automotive tape would work. Silicone is easier to remove if you want to change things. I actually drove straight pins into the black plastic with a pair of needle nose pliers underneath the lights to hold them in place while the silicone dried. I decided to leave them as added support when driving over the bumps, since you can't see them!

I didn't do the opposite "inverted L" as the light strip add on would be more visible when parked with the lights off. If you want to make them blend in further when off, paint the area between each LED flat black (but not the base that will see the adhesive), and they will virtually disappear and look stock. The downside I have found to doing this is that it limits the light output slightly. These are "noticeable" but not "Audi Bright" in bright sun. They really come into their own on overcast days or at twilight and into night.

I pulled the bumper (directions from a Ford PDF for changing grills is on this forum somewhere), and pulled the housing for the parking light that I also changed to LED. I tapped into the wiring going to that light (positive to positive/neg to neg - make sure to test before buttoning it all back up. If they don't come on, reverse your wires. Recommend solder your connections and heat shrink them). These LED's pretty well match the 5-6000K parking LED, and will match the low beams and fogs once I convert them to HID with the same range bulbs. I did this on my Porsche, and the results were impressive. All lighting up front then matched!

The LED's will throw no dash codes as they use so little power.

~Wailer

Oh, I think they're awesome, but my hubby just said 'hmmmm'. Don't think he'll let me do something like that to ours, but I really like them especially on your white FFH!

I added the LED strip at the same spot and I have gotten some positive comments about it. Even the service guys at my dealer this morning took notice right away and said it looks very nice.

Picking up the car this afternoon after having the the protection package done I got the same question from my sales guy. He actually thought it came with the which of course he knows better but it was a nice compliment.

I actually used Plasmaglow they are a little blue for my taste but while off they blend in very well against the black fog light insert.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WNYBCO/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I like the look. Thanks for the info on the installation and where to get them.