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Old Jan 27, 2012 | 06:52 AM
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enjoy!
Old Jan 28, 2012 | 02:44 AM
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LED Fogs DIY:

You will need:


1. 4 LED strips
2. In-line fuse holder
3. 1A fuse
4. ~16feet of wire 18 gauge at least
5. Male/Female connectors
6. Soldering Iron
7. Shrink wrap
8. Drill



Step 1:


Remove the Bumper


Step 2:


Remove the parking lights and unplug the paking light holder from the power wire.


Step 3:


Splice wires into the wires on the holder. Green is POSITIVE and Black and White is GROUND(every black/white wire in the car is the ground!)
Ignore the regular fuse, put the inline fuse holder in that place
Crimp on the connectors

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Step 4:


Plug the parking light holder back in, 2 wires are now hangin like this:
Zip tie em

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Step 5:


Take off the fog light covers and align the strips inside the middle two gaps


Step 6:


Either just stick em or Drill a hole to feed the wires through. Drilling is much neater cuz over time the paint strips from wires

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Solid color wires on the strips are POSITIVE, stripped are the ground
Place the fog light covers back in and run wires from the left lights to the right

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Before you put crimp on connectors, check the lights with a 9V battery to make sure there is no short circuit anywhere

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Plug everything and turn on the parking lights
Reinstall the bumper

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Old Jan 28, 2012 | 06:43 AM
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i can't even begin to think of words good enough to describe ur work
Old Jan 28, 2012 | 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by KidJustin


i can't even begin to think of words good enough to describe ur work

well thank you but this is really nothing, just splice into the parking lights and hook up some LED strips


recoloring instrument panel or the dash service and speedometer lights is much much harder
Old Jan 28, 2012 | 08:10 AM
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i was talking about taking the time to take pictures of everything

when i'm modding...i don't like stopping lol!

but really...its the idea+effort+sharing = awesomness
Old Jan 28, 2012 | 09:14 AM
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well it depends on the mod, some times i forget or dont have the camera around.

taking pix is really nbd, what sux up time is writing up DIYs up and uploading and linking pictures
Old Jan 28, 2012 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Scion202
taking pix is really nbd, what sux up time is writing up DIYs up and uploading and linking pictures
I hear ya...
Imagine doing that for my thread, then my blog, then Ted's blog lol!

I was on other forums...but I gave up on them and luckily Ted is using the same blog as me now so it's an easy copy n paste. Just a few mods

....just be glad ur not doing write ups mobile! Haha
Old Jan 30, 2012 | 04:15 AM
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Hey guys, I wanted to share with you a great youtube channel. The 2 guys in it are doing great car reviews. It is very interesting listening to 2 different points of view at the same time. Please subscribe to them because the more subscribers they have the faster they will be able to release new videos. Currently it's like a month

http://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayDriver/videos

here are few good ones:







Here is another channel that does SUPER HIGH quality videos but unfortunately the guy never says what he doesnt like about the cars, which kinda sux

http://www.youtube.com/user/RosenthalAutomotive/videos

Old Feb 2, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Back to Page 1.
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 02:24 AM
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ah man, i wanted to c how long it'll take to get to the 3rd page
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 02:26 AM
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I see my services here go unappreciated. I will take my posts elsewhere.
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by biglilsteve
I see my services here go unappreciated. I will take my posts elsewhere.



NO!
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by biglilsteve
I see my services here go unappreciated. I will take my posts elsewhere.
i'll let you bump mine
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 07:16 AM
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I was leaving class at 930pm. remote started my car from inside the building.
As I am comming out, a car pulls in right next to mine and all 5 dudes inside start starring at my my car. As I approach and remote open the doors, the guys go:

-Dude! So sick!(they saw mostly my fogs ;))
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 07:32 PM
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well if i got mine then ee got theirs..

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Old Feb 3, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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Anti-seize, don't let me forget anti-seize on this.
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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HEY yours looks like mine.
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Haha yea u me and Justin have blue ones
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Originally Posted by Scion202
Haha yea u me and Justin have blue ones
We r the blue man group!
Old Feb 3, 2012 | 11:07 PM
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Haha I love it. Too bad ill never SEE it again. But I hope I FEEL it forever.

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