blkprj: DRLs in Grille

[blkprj80]

I bought a set of the Philips LED DayLight8 DRLs off Amazon when the price dipped below a hundo. These are quite impressive lights so far. I did a bit of bench testing with a power supply to determine how they work.

When the voltage rises quickly, they turn on. If the voltage stays above 13.5 or so volts, they stay on, otherwise they turn off. If the voltage drops down to around 12.6 volts, they turn off after about 5-10 seconds. These threshold voltages are very close to what your battery would see running, or off.

On full bright they draw just over 1 Amp at 13.7 volts on my DC test supply.

They have a park light input that dims the output to probably 5% of the bright level. This is so they can be dimmed at night. I've seen a few of these that have been installed improperly, where they are on at night. They are simply too bright, and a big distraction for other drivers, unnecessarily. I wired mine so if my headlights are on, the DRLs are dimmed. It's cool that they still light up though.

Here's a few pics of the install, and the result:

 

[blkprj80]

Here is what it looked like in the dark:
All shots f29 and 1/5 sec exposure

DRLs
DRLs & Park
DRLs & Lo Beam
DRLs & Hi Beam

 

[blkprj80]

I'll get a daytime shot tomorrow.

 

[NLXTACY]

Gotta say, that's pretty damn cool. Hmmm

 

[TYM4FUN]

Just thought I'd let you know, I've found their technical information is not %100 correct on these DRL's. If you plan on running any sizable electrical accessory with the truck off, it will turn the DRL's on. I'm thinking the control box detects amp flow instead of voltage.

If you don't plan on running anything, you'll be fine just running straight to battery like the instructions say. If you do, running to a switched battery positive will prevent amp flow detection. Delayed turn off will still work as well though.

Nice spot for the install.

 

[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

They fit in the turn signal too.

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[gtfour43]

I like that! With my all black cruiser it seems people don't always see me. Had two car's cut me off in one day. These might help prevent it from happening so often.

 

[blkprj80]

I didn't get a daytime shot until now. It's been so dang cold here I wasn't going to do anything outside unless it was absolutely necessary.
Here's a shot of how she looks in the daylight. The camera doesn't do them justice. They look really bright to the eye, even in daylight.

 

[Proven]

They fit in the turn signal too.

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Where did you get that LED blinker in the bull bar? I have been looking for one to fit there.

 

[jwilliams]

Where did you get that LED blinker in the bull bar? I have been looking for one to fit there.

I would like to know about the LED blinker in the bull bar too.

Seems to me if you got the blinker in the bull bar, you could get the clear lenses for the stock location blinker and put the DRL's in those clear lenses in the stock location...
The thinking would be they are further apart than in the grille, which does look awesome by the way.
The downside would be the DRL LED's wouldn't have the cool pattern if they are in the stock clear turn signal housings.

Just kicking ideas around.

 

[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

Search for a thread by ckone in the 100 series thread. That's how I found out about the LED turn signal for the ARB bar.

The original ARB orange lights are VW parts. These LEDs are a VW mod.

I got them off eBay. I did have to drill out the screw holes just a hair for the ARB supplied screws to fit.

As far as the DRLs in the clear turn signal housing, they look just as bright as if they were mounted on the bumper & they don't interfere with the blinker. I drove this truck cross country with these DRLs inside of the blinker housing and on for up to 14 hours at a time and they worked out fine.

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[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

Here are some pics for those who asked questions. Hope that helps out.

OP - sorry for the hijack

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