rockstar143

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I'm not sure this is the right place for it, but figured I'd post up a quick DIY for a great new product from Unique Style Racing (Simon is the contact there).

I'd heard recently that he'd been working on an LED module that had an attached resistor/load to work as a DRL for the 07-08 crowd and avoid any error codes etc. I contacted him in hopes that he's make an application for us 3G'ers that had the DRL module attached. I'd long ago gotten tired of the yellow Nokya look for my DRL's, especially when I put in my white switchbacks. I wanted a bulb that would match pretty closely.

Well here is the solution...pretty close to a 6000K white IMO...and looks great and best of all...works FLAWLESSLY with the DRL module I bought from autobarn about 3 years ago.

Thanks again for all your hard work, Simon and I hope this does trigger some interest for other 04 to 06 TL'ers out there.

Even if you DON'T have a DRL module, this will allow you to run an LED bulb at full wattage...

Here's what you receive:

I bought the external mini fuse and added a 30amp fuse for safety
guessed how much extra wiring I needed and soldered it up...

bulb wired and working!
Ok, and wiring polarity was reversed for these but they still plugged in, just line up your red wire with your oem NON black wire

and the bulb base was slightly thinner so to ensure a tight fit, I used some plumbing teflon tape to make it thicker and to keep it snug

wired up the positive wire from both wires from the box to the positive of the battery and then popped in some double sided tape and installed the resistor portion


and here is the before

and the after

and all buttoned up




from a distance

rockstar143

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and some more shots...went out with the DSLR and new filter, but got rained out

new ass shot...



AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE LOOK I WAS GOING FOR. Was so over the yellow in the headlights...had a yellowish hue when off, which I didn't like...and it would clash when my DRL module was on and the parking lights. Now, it's perfection...thanks again USR!

(I also have a kill switch for my DRL module in case I want to be blacked out)

SNAKE EYES...

The Machine

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Looks hawt J! Nice job! I put my DIY install of the ijdmtoy kit for the 07-08 TL in the 3G general section and no mods moved it. This is an awesome look for the 04-06 crowd! Well done sir!

rockstar143

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Thanks, man!
Yeah, for the 07-08 crew...this is a no brainer, for sure. Technically, it's no more work for us earlier models but USR is the only one that makes a 9006 DRL friendly LED setup that I know of.

Have a great weekend.
J.

triax37

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Hey - this looks great. Thanks for posting the detailed writeup! Just so that I understand, for my 2005 TL to get to this stage, I need to (1) install the Autobarn DRL adapter, then (2) install this setup from USR?

rockstar143

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Yes sir, that's it!
Figured it'd help to have this too:

This was the DIY thread for the DRL module and all different companies that make them etc...I don't think the autobarn one is available anymore, but there are different options.

J.
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/diy-installation-daytime-running-lights%2A%2A-detailed-pictures%2A%2A-3g-garage-g-067-a-596398/

imakeholesinu

I read in a previous thread having to do with resistors and the LED mods to the front lights and using doublesided tape wasn't the greatest of ideas because the resistor gets too hot and could cause the tape to fail. Have you experienced this with this setup?

swoosh

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Jeremy as always great install....

If you wait a little bit longer, USR is coming out with the DRL module as well....so you will have DRL module and LEDs from the same manufacturer....

rockstar143

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Thanks Anil...
GTFO, he's coming up with an all in one solution for DRL and the LED module?!?! Simon is on point, as always. If that's the case, then the 04-06 crowd will be VERY happy about this.

triax37

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Thanks for the heads up - I'll work on that "patience" thing...

swoosh

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yes....we have been going back and forth with couple emails and for the first time i spoke to him couple days back....

he is coming out with 3-4 items....DRL module/DRL LED's with code eliminators/relay with resistor which eliminates hyperblinking/indicators which might not need load resistors....

I was telling him couple of those items are redundant....so if you get the indicators which have the resistance so you dont need the relay mod....ya know what i mean?

lets see....he is still thinking about it....

haha do work it on.....goes a long way

rockstar143

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He's an awesome contact, man...a vendor/manufacturer that's always listening goes a long way. Thanks for always giving him great ideas. I sent him the link to this thread as well as letting know it worked.

swoosh

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^^^ Thanks man....I do email him every now and then with some ideas which i come up with....and he is awesome to work with....he follows up with me when the items are ready to come out and if they need any fitment or "do they work" test....

he did mention about this thread and i told him i had already posted on here....and he was like "does Azine pay you for all this"

i told him if it did couple members on here (including Jeremy) would be millionaires haha

rockstar143

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...lol, thanks man. Imagine!?! On the AZ payroll...

with the amount of time I spend on here...

desper

great looking car, but never liked the large spoiler on the trunk

rockstar143

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Thanks Desper...
Yeah, it's a love it or hate it kinda thing. I've had nothing on the back before and end up thinking it looks too plain. I've thought about doing the lip spoiler and roof spoiler but I'm not a huge fan and EVERYONE has that look...so I always end up back with the spoiler on. I dig it!

italiancip14

Hey rockstar. I am converting my 04 tl front end to an 08 type s. Now I'm going to be adding the 08 fog lights so I wanted to add LED fogs in the headlight housing as well. is there a way to use both upper and lower fogs simultaneously without turning on headlights? (i want to be able to turn these two on at the same time without adding an extra switch in my car and running it strictly off of the oem fog light switch) I see in your pics, it's just the fogs in the headlights, idk if you know if this can be done or not, but figured id ask. . .btw i freakin LOVE the blue ring in the headlights. . . looks badass lol

rockstar143

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Thanks man...
Yes, of course, everything is possible.

First of all, you could likely just wire up your bumper fogs to come on with your OEM fogs (in the headlight housing) and just use the oem stalk switch to turn them both on at the same time. With LED's the amperage would be low enough that I don't think overheating or melting will be an issue as far as wires and fuses go.

Now, this thread is about a DRL module, which you don't have unless you added one. If you DO have one and you are trying to run your bumper fogs independent from your oem fogs/drl area then the answer would be slightly different.

joubit

I love it. Nice job, man.

italiancip14

thanks man. so the only way to put the fogs on without turning on the headlights is by installing a DRL module?

swoosh

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^^^ NO

here is the thread:
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/g-029-diy-independent-fog-lights-stock-switch-772633/

what Jeremy has done is added an aftermarket DRL module and then USR DRL eliminator....it kinda negates itself but he likes it so

rockstar143

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Well, yes and no...
the DRL module adds functionality of having oem fogs on alone...
the USR module allows the LED'S full voltage to keep from blinking/not functioning correctly.

BUT, I misread what you wanted to to...that thread above will likely allow you run your oem fogs alone and then you can wire up your bumper fogs to them to run those too.

italiancip14

thanks swoosh, exactly what I was looking for!

rockstar143

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...yeah, thanks swoosh. Glad I bothered responding.

swoosh

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Thanks Jeremy for this thread

Klutch

my car already came with drls (canadian model), so i could just get a bulb and put it in right? or would i need a resistor also?

rockstar143

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you'd need a resistor to not get the DRL "out" dash light...
also, functionality is hard to gauge...on my fiancee's 08 accord...no issues, put in the resistor and we're good. on my car, the led's would stay dimly illuminated (maybe it's the module).

swoosh

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LED's offer lower resistance than bulbs....

its something like you switching out the indicator bulbs for switchback/regular leds....they hyperflash as the LED's dont offer much resistance and hence the computer thinks the bulb is blown !!!

DRL's are the same way....the minute you put LED's in there, the computer thinks the bulb is blown and hence you have to add a load resistor...the module provides the needed resistance and hence your DRL's work just fine and you dont get the DRL malfunction indicator in the dash

jblessing

Hey so do you eliminate your high beams by putting in these LEDs?

Undying Dreams

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No

swoosh

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the TL has bi-xenons....so the same HID's are your low and high beams....

the other lights uptop (2004-2006 models) are your fog lights which basically dont do much....in the later models 07+ these got converted into DRL's and you get the fogs in the lower grille....

VicTL06

I purchased LEDs, harness and resistors from VLED for my Canadian TL. They look and work great, although they throw the DRL code on my dash. I thought that the whole point of the extra hardware was to eliminate the code?

ParaSurfer1979

Jeremy... This is so off subject BUT your car is is lowered PERFECTLY!!! My car would be .5in higher so I could still transfer into the car from my wheelchair...lol. Your wheels offset is perfect making them flush with the cars body. Again job WELL DONE bro.

Nrp603

what kind of fogs are those? they look really bright? also do you have stock bulbs for your HID?

rockstar143

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I don't have OEM DRL so I don't get a code, but I'm sure that this would likely eliminate the code for people that DO have it since the resistance stays up and tricks the car into thinking your bulb isn't out because of the LED's.

Thanks, Desmond, very much, man. I appreciate the compliment a lot.
I would imagine for transfer my height would make it easier to get IN the car, but probably more challenging to get out since you'd have to slide on the board going uphill. It's been a work in progress but it always makes me smile to know someone likes it too! Thanks again.

They are 03 Accord Sedan fogs cut into our bumper with 6K HID's from ddm tuning in them. oem headlight fogs now have the LED's that are described in this thread.

J.

AcuraDays

I just purchased my 04 Acura TL and im new to this site and the acura world.. So I'm having trouble understanding what your describing here on this thread. Are you saying that the DIY LED DRL allows only the top foglights on a 04-06 to turn on? (Like the picture u have above titled "snake eyes")

NFLblitze1

nice write up, i love your car, very clean. Makes me wish i would have gotten black over the SSM

rockstar143

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Until it gets dirty...then you wish you had SSM again, trust me! Thank you though.

J.

I'm sorry, not exactly sure how else to re describe what was needed and how it was accomplished. 2 separate things are needed:
1 DRL module to turn your oem fogs to DRL lights. Separate
1 USR LED DRL setup to allow you to use LED's with the above module.

AZP-TL

How is the brightness on these compared to the stock halogens?

rockstar143

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when used as DRL, they're VERY bright, visible from far. As an additional bulb at night, they don't compare...