PhotoChopped LED DRL Design, Keep Fog Lights
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PhotoChopped LED DRL Design, Keep Fog Lights
Borrowed a photo and photochopped. What do you think of this LED DRL design which would allow you to keep the OEM fog lights. It would be easy to implement with simple screw brackets or tape. Just need the shape.
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I'd wire them up to be always on. I don't use the DRL setting in the car and rarely use the fogs. So I think during the day they'd look good and at night, it would just be the headlights and these.
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I guess you either like LEDs or you don't. Seems like they are becoming widely adopted. The lighting/optics engineers in Germany are having fun. I definitely like the look if it is tastefully done. They immediately draw my attention when I see them which is good from a safety standpoint also.
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Even BMW is going to bright white LEDs for their angel eyes... here is info from the new BMW X3 site:
BMW's signature ''Corona Rings'' are again illuminated to function as the daytime running lights. When equipped with the optional Xenon headlights, the Corona Rings and daytime running lights are illuminated by bright white LEDs.
BMW's signature ''Corona Rings'' are again illuminated to function as the daytime running lights. When equipped with the optional Xenon headlights, the Corona Rings and daytime running lights are illuminated by bright white LEDs.
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Interesting look, but I think I'd rather have one or the other. I personally like the straight line of LEDs on the 2011 vs the hockey stick style on the E Class.
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id rather have a string of pearls (as i like to call em) along the bottom seam of the eyelids
only issue would be daytime visibility, but at night it would look fantastic if done correctly
only issue would be daytime visibility, but at night it would look fantastic if done correctly
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Yes, I think that would look good except the eyelid lens would would diffuse the light too much making them har to see during the day.
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Does anyone kknow if the fog light mesh is separate from the center mesh? I believe I saw a picture showing that it was. This should mean a retrofit to the 2011 would be possible. Then you could just use the original fog light power and a possible reprogram?
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But, I saw a thread on here where someone replaced their center plastic mesh with a steel or aluminum mesh to make it more rock resistant... they painted it and shaped it perfectly, looked great.
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I think the L shape would look better if you hugged the upper part of the foglight housing and then wrapped it down the slant. Pretty much flip your design. Then it would look aggressive like the E-Class DRL. Could you photoshop this, I might be interested in doing this instead of retrofitting the e-class drl themselves and disabling the fogs for good.
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I think the L shape would look better if you hugged the upper part of the foglight housing and then wrapped it down the slant. Pretty much flip your design. Then it would look aggressive like the E-Class DRL. Could you photoshop this, I might be interested in doing this instead of retrofitting the e-class drl themselves and disabling the fogs for good.
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Well, I'm thinking that the mesh/LED assembly from the 2011 should fit there perfectly as a retrofit.
But, I saw a thread on here where someone replaced their center plastic mesh with a steel or aluminum mesh to make it more rock resistant... they painted it and shaped it perfectly, looked great.
But, I saw a thread on here where someone replaced their center plastic mesh with a steel or aluminum mesh to make it more rock resistant... they painted it and shaped it perfectly, looked great.
