DIY installing led strips in your headlights *UPDATE*
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ok I got this idea from Oznium, after searching their pages for several days, and needing to reseal my headlights anyway I figured I'd add a little color in my lights, so here goes, also as usual I'm not responsible neither is scionlife, if you screw anything up, just try and take your time

for this you will need, a drill, a drill bit, a pick tool, some alcohol pads, and silicone

step 1. opening the headlights there are several DIY's for this, I used a spray booth at work that was on and running set them in there for a little while and pulled them apart inside, how you do this is up to you though

step 2. clean all areas including the leds and the inside where they will be stuck, also check your parts, make sure the leds, controller, and double sided tape is there

step 3. decide where you want to put them and how, best to do this with the leds on so you can decide how to place them

step 4. carefully stick the leds in your headlights as far back as possible




step 5. this is the tricky part, you need to remove carefully, the plug on the end, its easy to do with a pick tool, note where each wire went.

step 6. you need to drill a hole thats slightly bigger then the rubber on the end of the wire



step 7. carefully feed each prong and the wire through the hole, then reassemble the plug.

step 8. seal the hole with silicone.

step 9. test and make sure you got everything right.

step 10 reassemble lights and reinstall them in your car.
installed on the car running lights/halos off

halos/running lights on

close up

I'll take more pics when everything is finished still have to wire them in

for this you will need, a drill, a drill bit, a pick tool, some alcohol pads, and silicone

step 1. opening the headlights there are several DIY's for this, I used a spray booth at work that was on and running set them in there for a little while and pulled them apart inside, how you do this is up to you though

step 2. clean all areas including the leds and the inside where they will be stuck, also check your parts, make sure the leds, controller, and double sided tape is there

step 3. decide where you want to put them and how, best to do this with the leds on so you can decide how to place them

step 4. carefully stick the leds in your headlights as far back as possible




step 5. this is the tricky part, you need to remove carefully, the plug on the end, its easy to do with a pick tool, note where each wire went.

step 6. you need to drill a hole thats slightly bigger then the rubber on the end of the wire



step 7. carefully feed each prong and the wire through the hole, then reassemble the plug.

step 8. seal the hole with silicone.

step 9. test and make sure you got everything right.

step 10 reassemble lights and reinstall them in your car.
installed on the car running lights/halos off

halos/running lights on

close up

I'll take more pics when everything is finished still have to wire them in
Don't you think it would look better if you couldn't see the actual strip?
If you are going to mount it the way you have it in the pics, maybe you should do some of those eyebrows to hide the strip. Or is that what the other guys previous posts meant?
You gotta hide em betta than that. Maybe with some vinyl or something
Good Idea tho! I think it will look awsome if the strips could hide a little bit.
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well these are just for glow, also these are the 9.5 inch million color strips and when they are installed you shouldn't see them I would like to get a set of eyebrows just can't afford them right now
Originally Posted by jwaj2002
well these are just for glow, also these are the 9.5 inch million color strips and when they are installed you shouldn't see them I would like to get a set of eyebrows just can't afford them right now


I'd ask him to make something in between the two.
The first one is too small, the second one is too big.
It should work for you.
http://randode.com/store/page12.html
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lol they work good enough to cover my stink up when I'm at work and thats good enough for me, and I could cut my own vynil I've got everything I would rather have the real thing instead of fake eyebrows
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