DIY: LED DRL's
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the emblem?
yea painted, its a pretty hard task to paint the letters perfectly
BUT....i have been working with IMPORTequipment on making scion letter decals that will fit our emblems (front and back letters are the same size). so soon enough...i will redo it by plasti dipping the whole thing in black and once its dry i will put the decals on for a super clean look
fwiw, u will be able to order it in any color you want
yea painted, its a pretty hard task to paint the letters perfectly
BUT....i have been working with IMPORTequipment on making scion letter decals that will fit our emblems (front and back letters are the same size). so soon enough...i will redo it by plasti dipping the whole thing in black and once its dry i will put the decals on for a super clean look
fwiw, u will be able to order it in any color you want
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anyword yet on the decals?
the emblem?
yea painted, its a pretty hard task to paint the letters perfectly
BUT....i have been working with IMPORTequipment on making scion letter decals that will fit our emblems (front and back letters are the same size). so soon enough...i will redo it by plasti dipping the whole thing in black and once its dry i will put the decals on for a super clean look
fwiw, u will be able to order it in any color you want
yea painted, its a pretty hard task to paint the letters perfectly
BUT....i have been working with IMPORTequipment on making scion letter decals that will fit our emblems (front and back letters are the same size). so soon enough...i will redo it by plasti dipping the whole thing in black and once its dry i will put the decals on for a super clean look
fwiw, u will be able to order it in any color you want
DaYUUM/Scion Evolution
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Saw this thread after i bought my 2012 tC and had to do this!
here is the link to the LEDs that i used
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180621020011...84.m1497.l2649
I went ahead and removed the bumper and cleaned the head lights with paint prep to make sure they would adhere properly. I was going to use a switch to turn them on and off but my friend convinced me to find an + wire that came on when the car was started. so we traced down a wire in the fuse box and spliced and soldered in to that. We had some split loom laying around and ran the wires for the lights in that (sorry i didnt take pics) over all very easy install and i love how it came out! here are some pics
here is the link to the LEDs that i used
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180621020011...84.m1497.l2649
I went ahead and removed the bumper and cleaned the head lights with paint prep to make sure they would adhere properly. I was going to use a switch to turn them on and off but my friend convinced me to find an + wire that came on when the car was started. so we traced down a wire in the fuse box and spliced and soldered in to that. We had some split loom laying around and ran the wires for the lights in that (sorry i didnt take pics) over all very easy install and i love how it came out! here are some pics
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as far as the firewall goes, i used a pair of long needle nose pliers, insert it in the passenger side grommet then open the pliers up. use a wire hanger or extra piece of wire and pass it through, once you get everything wired and ready to go, tape the H#$L out if it to the hanger or spare wire and pull it through from the engine bay. i did this for my gauge install and it saved me a lot of time.
i also found a bunch of "side emmiting" LED strips on-line that are designed for this kind of application, pictures of them looked pretty good
i also found a bunch of "side emmiting" LED strips on-line that are designed for this kind of application, pictures of them looked pretty good
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yea i remember someone in this thread doing it but its very tedious to get it to work. its easier just to yank the bumper and install them, dont be afraid it was really easy. I didnt even have the car for a week yet i found my self one night standing in front of my new car and the bumper was off and sitting on the lawn so i could add the LED lights.
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damn ok. I was just wondering cuz i live in an apartment and dont really have access to a garage of tools. plus the car is leased so accidentally messing something up removing the bumper would be costly as hell. i dont know its still up in the air whether to put them up top or bottom... I got some time to decide until they get here in a few days. if i could do it on the bottom without removing the bumper it would be my best bet but who knows, im so indecisive.lol
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awesome then thats what im doing then the ones i ordered already comes with double stick tape so ill just do it that way then. thanks!
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Haha there are a few other ppl that didn't remove the bumper.
Anyways. I basically followed Druidiron's DIY exactly as he said.
The only difference I did was prepping my led lights.
I got waterproof strips double the length. The strips came in a plastic housing. I removed half of the housing and folded the exposed led strip and pushed it back inside the remaining...I doubled the strips to make it brighter (thanks MightyP, his idea). From there i put double stick tape, wedged it in the gap, and had the wires facing the center of the car. The wires then go up the slanted vertical gap and then soldered it to some thicker gauge wires and followed the rest of the DIY instructions
Anyways. I basically followed Druidiron's DIY exactly as he said.
The only difference I did was prepping my led lights.
I got waterproof strips double the length. The strips came in a plastic housing. I removed half of the housing and folded the exposed led strip and pushed it back inside the remaining...I doubled the strips to make it brighter (thanks MightyP, his idea). From there i put double stick tape, wedged it in the gap, and had the wires facing the center of the car. The wires then go up the slanted vertical gap and then soldered it to some thicker gauge wires and followed the rest of the DIY instructions
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Haha there are a few other ppl that didn't remove the bumper.
Anyways. I basically followed Druidiron's DIY exactly as he said.
The only difference I did was prepping my led lights.
I got waterproof strips double the length. The strips came in a plastic housing. I removed half of the housing and folded the exposed led strip and pushed it back inside the remaining...I doubled the strips to make it brighter (thanks MightyP, his idea). From there i put double stick tape, wedged it in the gap, and had the wires facing the center of the car. The wires then go up the slanted vertical gap and then soldered it to some thicker gauge wires and followed the rest of the DIY instructions
Anyways. I basically followed Druidiron's DIY exactly as he said.
The only difference I did was prepping my led lights.
I got waterproof strips double the length. The strips came in a plastic housing. I removed half of the housing and folded the exposed led strip and pushed it back inside the remaining...I doubled the strips to make it brighter (thanks MightyP, his idea). From there i put double stick tape, wedged it in the gap, and had the wires facing the center of the car. The wires then go up the slanted vertical gap and then soldered it to some thicker gauge wires and followed the rest of the DIY instructions
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Who did you purchase from? i have zero problem with mine when they arrived i even shook the $hit out of them to make sure they wouldn't die on me.
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i got them from this ebay store. the other one looks great but i guess it was just my luck becasue they seem to be pretty sturdy. maybe just a mess up in shipping
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150560375305...84.m1497.l2649
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150560375305...84.m1497.l2649