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Old 05-14-2015, 09:26 AM
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Inspire Fog Lights & LED DLRs install

here's the LED DLRs:


Here is the Fogs & main lights + DLRs:
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Good effort for being original but not aesthetically pleasing, to me that is.
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Is there a reason there's a tiny gap, bigger than the others in those locations? Is it because of the middle separator in the vents? I'm wondering if you could somehow improve it slightly haha




Good job though. Not my style however (got DRL in Canada already, fogs are US).
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I wasn't sure about the DLRs at first, but they kind of grew on me after a few days.

I thought about just running a straight line of LEDs across the center rib of the inserts by the fog lights, but I thought that would look too much like some common Toyotas & other cars with early LED DLRs.

IDK, they may stay, they may go, I may modify them. As far as the Inspire fogs, the stock HID Projectors are so damn good that the fogs don't add as much as I thought.
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DRL: Daytime Running Light

DLR: no idea


Look into LED strips that don't have the individual LED's and it might look better. TheREtrofitSource had them for a while but they seem to be sold out
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Originally Posted by polobunny
Is there a reason there's a tiny gap, bigger than the others in those locations? Is it because of the middle separator in the vents? I'm wondering if you could somehow improve it slightly haha




Good job though. Not my style however (got DRL in Canada already, fogs are US).
Yeah, the center separator is kind of a problem, and the LED strips have plug ends all at the same end. When you run them top & bottom, they are basically reversed & the plugs are at different ends, which causes the gap. The LED strips have the lights at right angle to the backing tape-they are actually on the front facing edge instead of opposite the tape side.
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
DRL: Daytime Running Light

DLR: no idea

Ops, my bad, not enough coffee yet
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Originally Posted by AlanW
I wasn't sure about the DLRs at first, but they kind of grew on me after a few days.

I thought about just running a straight line of LEDs across the center rib of the inserts by the fog lights, but I thought that would look too much like some common Toyotas & other cars with early LED DLRs.

IDK, they may stay, they may go, I may modify them. As far as the Inspire fogs, the stock HID Projectors are so damn good that the fogs don't add as much as I thought.
Fogs light up right in front of your car in clear conditions but obviously where they really work is in thick fog. Amber/yellow cut right through it where headlights with a whiter color will shine back at you and diminish your night vision.



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Yeah, the center separator is kind of a problem, and the LED strips have plug ends all at the same end. When you run them top & bottom, they are basically reversed & the plugs are at different ends, which causes the gap. The LED strips have the lights at right angle to the backing tape-they are actually on the front facing edge instead of opposite the tape side.
Hm that's unfortunate.
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