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> SMDs in the fog light housing, Final iteration using 90mm circles of SMD 5050 leds
dangrouche
post Dec 28 2013, 07:59 PM
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Okay, in my continuing quest to update the incandescent bulbs in our teeners, I changed out the 35 watt bulbs to SMDs in each housing. the cost was minimal of course. I also augmented the light fog grills with "3W White LED Eagle Eye Daytime Running DRL Light Tail Backup Lamp, Stock number# 2XSKU40521" from my my favorite China vendor, Bang good.com. Cost was $5.99 for four of these eagle eyes units; I installed the other pair as daytime running lights on my other car.
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I cut out some styrofoam discs (from a take out container) and placed the assembly into the fog light lenses, added some wiring, all WITHOUT cutting any of the OEM wiring.
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check it out, one of the pics shows the driver's side bulb with the 35 watt incandescent, compared to the passenger side with the four SMDs.
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the pics are misleading. I had the camera flash off and it looks like a blaze, but in person, you see eight bright dots, of the same color as DRLs that you see on current Audis. I will try to add a better pic later.


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post Dec 30 2013, 01:31 AM
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Nice mod.

I agree, you may want to mount them to a sturdier surface ... and plug up the large hole to keep the elements at bay (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Are these artifacts, reflections, or separate lamps?

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dangrouche   SMDs in the fog light housing   Dec 28 2013, 07:59 PM
Mike Bellis   :blink: Not sure how I feel about this. Hard to ...   Dec 29 2013, 01:53 AM
dangrouche   :blink: Not sure how I feel about this. Hard to...   Dec 29 2013, 11:25 AM
mikesmith   Holy DX ripoff, batman. Assuming they're the ...   Dec 29 2013, 02:10 AM
Porschef   Interesting. While you're in there, would you ...   Dec 29 2013, 08:01 AM
dangrouche   Interesting. While you're in there, would you...   Dec 29 2013, 11:29 PM
tscrihfield   The only concern I have is the styrofoam that they...   Dec 29 2013, 11:50 AM
euro911   Nice mod. I agree, you may want to mount them to ...   Dec 30 2013, 01:31 AM
dangrouche   Nice mod. I agree, you may want to mount them to...   Dec 31 2013, 12:15 PM
r_towle   post a link to these eagle eyes? I need to add so...   Dec 31 2013, 04:15 PM
dangrouche   post a link to these eagle eyes? I need to add s...   Dec 31 2013, 09:13 PM
Cap'n Krusty   Something seldom mentioned in discussions of HID a...   Dec 31 2013, 04:52 PM
euro911   So, would it be better to group a denser array mor...   Dec 31 2013, 05:05 PM
mikesmith   Not really, no. The old assembly is designed for ...   Dec 31 2013, 05:46 PM
dangrouche   I appreciate your comments. I don't think the...   Dec 31 2013, 09:24 PM
mikesmith   In case it wasn't clear, my point was that a ...   Jan 1 2014, 01:58 AM
dangrouche   In case it wasn't clear, my point was that a ...   Jan 1 2014, 10:22 AM
dangrouche   final iteration for DRLs, using the fog light hous...   Feb 1 2014, 08:35 PM
euro911   Hey, those look really cool. Who's the ebay se...   Feb 2 2014, 03:04 AM
Harpo   This looks to be the same thing http://www.ebay.c...   Feb 2 2014, 06:43 AM
dangrouche   This looks to be the same thing http://www.ebay....   Feb 16 2014, 02:22 AM
dangrouche   White 2x 90mm 24Led Bright SMD 5050 3Chip Car Led ...   Feb 2 2014, 05:30 PM
euro911   I wonder what would happen if you mounted them on ...   Feb 2 2014, 11:45 PM
dangrouche   great idea; give me a couple of weeks to do that o...   Feb 2 2014, 11:49 PM


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