updating 08 GS head/tail lights
06-30-12, 03:57 AM
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updating 08 GS head/tail lights
Has anyone tried or thought of modifying the look of their headlights to the modern "dotted" LED lights? Or is that just a cheesy move?
06-30-12, 10:17 AM
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I think i've seen a few Japanese enthusiastic that have done it, where they complelete reconstructed the headlight assembly.
In my opinion though, that's Audi's signature, and i would leave that to Audi. Its like the Angel Eyes on the BMW's, its there signature, but when you see it on a honda civic, you can't help but giggle a little.
Like i said though its just my opinion, if you have a idea in mind and think it would look good in your eyes, by all means go for it! Don't let others opinions, judge your taste!
In my opinion though, that's Audi's signature, and i would leave that to Audi. Its like the Angel Eyes on the BMW's, its there signature, but when you see it on a honda civic, you can't help but giggle a little.
Like i said though its just my opinion, if you have a idea in mind and think it would look good in your eyes, by all means go for it! Don't let others opinions, judge your taste!
06-30-12, 04:56 PM
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07-03-12, 10:51 PM
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if you can imitate the O.E. Lexus DRLs, by all means GO FOR IT! I've yet to see it modified to our cars, but if you can manage to stand out, i'd totally love to learn and do the same project 
07-05-12, 05:50 PM
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I'm not sure exactly what dotted leds you're talking about, but I put a strip of leds on my headlights and just plainly god ridiculed by most of my friends. Needless to say, I left them on, F those guys! J/k, I took them off.
07-05-12, 07:45 PM
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did you take any pics of them on? if u did pls post them.
07-06-12, 06:23 AM
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srysly? U wanna know what it looks like with a strip of leds?? My uncle did that **** on his GSh, i thought it looked tacky, but all the more power to him! I can snap some photos if u want lol
07-06-12, 06:08 PM
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Yeah, it could be tacky, but in the in end, it only matters what you like. The problem with the strips is that the color is too blue or purple in some instances. Also, there's like a pandemic of them out there ever since Audi introduced the idea. LED strips are now a dime a dozen, and unfortunately you risk the stigma of ghetto and tacky when applying them. But as I had said, F those foos! If you like em, then sport em. If you don't they peel off like stickers. Here's my tacky application attached. It was a dumbed down version of what I wanted. I was going to find a way to retrofit some real leds into the headlight, but just never came around to doing it. They're extremely bright at night, but fail to function as true DRLs in the daylight.
07-06-12, 06:19 PM
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Yes I did. See below my reply. Also, I go these a couple days ago to mess with. Tinkering with them before I do a serious led retrofit for my other car. They definitely sparked my curiosity, and the price tag was well worth the try.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/56cm-48-LED-...ht_4255wt_1163
http://www.ebay.com/itm/56cm-48-LED-...ht_4255wt_1163
07-06-12, 09:38 PM
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Yeah, it could be tacky, but in the in end, it only matters what you like. The problem with the strips is that the color is too blue or purple in some instances. Also, there's like a pandemic of them out there ever since Audi introduced the idea. LED strips are now a dime a dozen, and unfortunately you risk the stigma of ghetto and tacky when applying them. But as I had said, F those foos! If you like em, then sport em. If you don't they peel off like stickers. Here's my tacky application attached. It was a dumbed down version of what I wanted. I was going to find a way to retrofit some real leds into the headlight, but just never came around to doing it. They're extremely bright at night, but fail to function as true DRLs in the daylight.