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Home made DRLs

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Old 08-12-2014, 05:26 PM
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Cool Home made DRLs

Hello everyone, check out my home made DRLs on my 2009 Fit in the album "My 2009 Fit".
 
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Old 08-12-2014, 07:16 PM
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What kind of LEDs are those? I bet they would look nice in the mugen lip as it has those little holes next to the foglight.
 
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Old 08-12-2014, 07:29 PM
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These are Eagle Eye 3 watt leds. They come in a case you bolt on to any surface and tighten up with the included nut. Bought them from ebay at about US$10 for 6 pack. You can find them individually and in other colors and wattage, even up to 9 watts each. Here's a link: eagle eye led | eBay


Where can I see the Mugen lip?
 
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Old 08-21-2014, 01:07 PM
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diy?

Love the look...and want to copy it!....

where did you find the frame to hold the led's and bolt it on?

how do you wire it?



Hope to hear from you!
 

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Old 08-21-2014, 01:25 PM
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why not just post the pictures in this thread?
 
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Old 08-21-2014, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jjpineda
Hello everyone, check out my home made DRLs on my 2009 Fit in the album "My 2009 Fit".
Nice look, I was thinking to do something like that and it will be more easy in my case due to the 2013 Fit Sport has a different Fog Light assembly.

I was thinking to make 2 or 3 holes on the sides of the Fog Assembly and put those eagles.

By the way I use one of those to illuminate my trunk and works fine...

Another option is the DRL using a SWITCHBACK LED in the turn lights housing

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...formation.html

Luis
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Old 08-21-2014, 03:07 PM
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ouch, that looks painful with the screw heads clearly showing.
can you use different screws or hide it or use rivets or something else?
 
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Old 08-22-2014, 07:06 PM
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Hi guys, for some reason (maybe my own ignorance) I could not post the pictures in the thread, sorry about that.
About the screws showing, it's not that easy to spot them unless you are really, really close as were some of my pics, so I really don't mind them.
About the frames, I built them myself out of handcrafting tin, it is malleable enough to easily form into any shape, and strong enough to hold the lights firmly.
About the wiring, since each LED uses 3 watts, it will be 18 watts in total so I decided to use a relay, the one used for aftermarket fog lights, in order to give the LEDs enough juice. To activate the relay I used the power from the DRL fuse, disabling the OEM DRLs and at the same time, powering the relay. The hardest part of the installation was passing the wire from the fuse box through the firewall to the engine bay.
Santiad, I'd gladly be more specific on the wiring if you need me to.
 
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