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Old Jul 28, 2011
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LED strips? Headlights?

I was wondering if that was possible and hard to do? i want to put in some led strip inside my headlights and wire them :O if anyone would like to explain how to open an headlight and where to wire them or just link me cause i havent found much so far :O ty

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WHITE...#ht_6761wt_939

good quality? bad? lemme know if you can find better
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Re: LED strips? Headlights?

It's possible. Just have to pull off the bumper maybe the fenders and take the headlights out of the car. Then use the oven trick to get the LEDs in. Then wire them to your parking lights or headlight or fog lights or another switch. Only problem will be that you'll have a hard time making sure teh LEDs don't move. Plus it will look like crap unless you get really good quality. Imagine an Audi with LEDs that are $10 on ebay . Lemme know what you purchase because I was thinking of this but I don't think it would look clean enough for me.

Edit: Didn't see the link and can't open it at work.
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It's possible. Just have to pull off the bumper maybe the fenders and take the headlights out of the car. Then use the oven trick to get the LEDs in. Then wire them to your parking lights or headlight or fog lights or another switch. Only problem will be that you'll have a hard time making sure teh LEDs don't move. Plus it will look like crap unless you get really good quality. Imagine an Audi with LEDs that are $10 on ebay . Lemme know what you purchase because I was thinking of this but I don't think it would look clean enough for me.

Edit: Didn't see the link and can't open it at work.
Haha ive just looked up that oven thing :O looks neat, and yeah audi with 10$ led -.-""" yeeeah xD ill probly buy some they are 30$ for about 6 inches or even less and they have adesif tape under them :O maybe that would work add some crazy glue to it

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Re: LED strips? Headlights?

I'd personally go for even better quality and brightness. But who knows... maybe $30 LEDs will work out fine. Adhesive tape will definitely NOT work. I had put some on the inside of my old car with that crap and didn't even hold up 3 days. You need some really good glue to get those things to stay b/c you don't want to have to redo them after a month. Put up some pics when you're done installing.
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Yeah ill line em up with crazy glue :P that will probly work :O
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just bought em off from ebay. waiting for them. as soon as they get here ill try to put them in my stock headlights :P was 30 bucks for 2' of it
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