The History of Drexappeal's Ride (9/1/09 Post 1309 - Nitto INVO Tires Installed)
07-22-2007, 11:53 AM
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Looks like the usual impromptus finally get to stop photochopping the scrapes on the former bumper (lets not start that trend with this one, lol). Looking good bro - time for your car's long awaited photoshoot! =D. Damn, can't wait to see it in person!
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07-22-2007, 12:43 PM
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Yes, I will be doing the big brake upgrade, just not sure when. I may be able to do it sooner than later, depending on how long it takes to get my tax money back.
07-22-2007, 12:47 PM
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Appreciate the cover-ups while I needed them. Now, I'll be good. Gotta do an outline of the front bumper soon. 
07-22-2007, 12:54 PM
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Hahahaha...Nah, actually it looks so subtle from far away, that it doesn't attract that much unnecessary attention. Passed by 4 cops yesterday. They didn't even bat an eye at me. If anything, they were just staring in admiration vs. staring to give me a ticket. LOL.
07-22-2007, 02:26 PM
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Attention was always there to begin with Hahahaha...Nah, actually it looks so subtle from far away, that it doesn't attract that much unnecessary attention. Passed by 4 cops yesterday. They didn't even bat an eye at me. If anything, they were just staring in admiration vs. staring to give me a ticket. LOL.
Hahahaha...Nah, actually it looks so subtle from far away, that it doesn't attract that much unnecessary attention. Passed by 4 cops yesterday. They didn't even bat an eye at me. If anything, they were just staring in admiration vs. staring to give me a ticket. LOL.
07-22-2007, 02:53 PM
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Wow! Lookin good Drex. I had no idea what the kit really looked like when you were describing it to me but the pics say it all. 
Drex, if you are looking for Robert's brake pics, you should be able to find them in the SD BBQ in my album. There's only one pic of his car but it does show the front brakes.
Drex, if you are looking for Robert's brake pics, you should be able to find them in the SD BBQ in my album. There's only one pic of his car but it does show the front brakes.
07-22-2007, 02:58 PM
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Wow! Lookin good Drex. I had no idea what the kit really looked like when you were describing it to me but the pics say it all.
Drex, if you are looking for Robert's brake pics, you should be able to find them in the SD BBQ in my album. There's only one pic of his car but it does show the front brakes.
Drex, if you are looking for Robert's brake pics, you should be able to find them in the SD BBQ in my album. There's only one pic of his car but it does show the front brakes.
Nice. Thanks, Ling. I definitely want to take a look at Robert's BBK, cuz I'm gonna need brakes farely soon.
07-23-2007, 02:33 AM
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I don't think anybody really wants to know what it cost for my entire kit...LOL. Cost a pretty penny, which made sense because of how difficult it was to get.
07-23-2007, 03:01 AM
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Lighting updates...
Okay, so despite the long extended time it took to do the wiring, my "wiring guru" (aka...cousin) figured out how to make it all work. Initially, he thought that we would be able to power the outside (primary) fogs with the sidemarkers, however, Benz made it so that the draw/amps was only a certain amount, so there wasn't enough power being delivered to the outside fogs. Initially wiring did not go as planned...so...he we were initially going to go with plan B (secondary wiring trigger) for the secondary fogs. There were two options, wire an extra PIAA harness he had and use the PIAA button as the trigger for the secondary fogs OR route the wires to the rear and tap into the rear foglight for the secondary fogs.
Initially, I liked the idea of tapping into the rear foglight, however, that would've taken a lot of wire and wire routing through the fender, sideskirts, etc...so that option was thrown out.
After some deliberation, my cousin was able to figure out exactly what to do (by that time, there was so many formulas he had gone through in his head, just to figure out how to make it work right...which left me completely lost - mind you, he's the one who has taught me all I needed to know about wiring, hence my projects that I haven't gotten a chance to do on my own).
Back on track with the story, he decided to use our original idea, but the problem he had was having to keep the 194 sockets in there/ with the bulbs to prevent a "bulb out" warning. He was trying to figure out a way to do it without having the keep the 194 bulbs in. Eventually, I'm sure he'll be able to figure it out, which would be good news to ALL those that have Euro Impact strips.
Now to the conclusion: He ended up using the PIAA harness, but instead of using the secondary trigger, we just tapped the wires from the PIAA harness (which already had the necessary relays in order to make it work) with the sidemarker wires. The OEM fog wires were tapped into the new H7 pigtails we had pre-wired prior to the kit being completed. I know, it sounds super confusing and don't worry if you don't understand because I was completely lost for a long time today. We used circle connectors to draw power directly from the battery, in order to power the fogs. The reason for tapping into the sidemarker wires was in order for the primary fogs to work when the parking lights were activated.
So, after that long winded explanation, here are some pics. I can now say the kit is close (but not quite) to finally done (realized tonight that the fogs are aimed VERY badly right now). Just to give you an idea of how bad the aim is right now, if I were to run with just my parking lights and quad fogs, there is enough lighting on the road to not use headlights. If I ran with quad fogs all the time (w/ bi-x) I would completely blind people. The primary fogs are aimed completely crooked (right side is ALL the way to the right)...
Enjoy the pics (sorry, my camera sucks with night pics). Sorry, we had worked on this all day and since this was the first time in a long while that I actually got down and dirty to work on the ride, I didn't take pics of the PIAA wire harness (which is set up perfect for foglights).
Initially, I liked the idea of tapping into the rear foglight, however, that would've taken a lot of wire and wire routing through the fender, sideskirts, etc...so that option was thrown out.
After some deliberation, my cousin was able to figure out exactly what to do (by that time, there was so many formulas he had gone through in his head, just to figure out how to make it work right...which left me completely lost - mind you, he's the one who has taught me all I needed to know about wiring, hence my projects that I haven't gotten a chance to do on my own).
Back on track with the story, he decided to use our original idea, but the problem he had was having to keep the 194 sockets in there/ with the bulbs to prevent a "bulb out" warning. He was trying to figure out a way to do it without having the keep the 194 bulbs in. Eventually, I'm sure he'll be able to figure it out, which would be good news to ALL those that have Euro Impact strips.
Now to the conclusion: He ended up using the PIAA harness, but instead of using the secondary trigger, we just tapped the wires from the PIAA harness (which already had the necessary relays in order to make it work) with the sidemarker wires. The OEM fog wires were tapped into the new H7 pigtails we had pre-wired prior to the kit being completed. I know, it sounds super confusing and don't worry if you don't understand because I was completely lost for a long time today. We used circle connectors to draw power directly from the battery, in order to power the fogs. The reason for tapping into the sidemarker wires was in order for the primary fogs to work when the parking lights were activated.
So, after that long winded explanation, here are some pics. I can now say the kit is close (but not quite) to finally done (realized tonight that the fogs are aimed VERY badly right now). Just to give you an idea of how bad the aim is right now, if I were to run with just my parking lights and quad fogs, there is enough lighting on the road to not use headlights. If I ran with quad fogs all the time (w/ bi-x) I would completely blind people. The primary fogs are aimed completely crooked (right side is ALL the way to the right)...
Enjoy the pics (sorry, my camera sucks with night pics). Sorry, we had worked on this all day and since this was the first time in a long while that I actually got down and dirty to work on the ride, I didn't take pics of the PIAA wire harness (which is set up perfect for foglights).
07-23-2007, 03:02 AM
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whatever you get, i'm sure it'll be awesome. just make sure your wheels will clear them.
07-23-2007, 03:04 AM
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Saved you the trouble looking ^^
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07-23-2007, 03:06 AM
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And a few more foglight pics.
Didn't take any pics with just the single foglights, but I'll do that tomorrow night. Just drained now. Oh and I must give some thanks to bensitto because asking him how he did his foglights gave me the idea. Only problem was that he used LED's and now, both my foglights are H7. We had no clue that the stock benz wiring for the sidemarkers were set to only provide a certain amount of amps to the 194 sockets and not be able to power the foglights.
For those that would like to see pics of the PIAA wire harness, I can take some pics tomorrow. Just post on here, if you'd like to see where we routed and such.
Didn't take any pics with just the single foglights, but I'll do that tomorrow night. Just drained now. Oh and I must give some thanks to bensitto because asking him how he did his foglights gave me the idea. Only problem was that he used LED's and now, both my foglights are H7. We had no clue that the stock benz wiring for the sidemarkers were set to only provide a certain amount of amps to the 194 sockets and not be able to power the foglights.
For those that would like to see pics of the PIAA wire harness, I can take some pics tomorrow. Just post on here, if you'd like to see where we routed and such.
