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nandosman 09-02-2018 08:59 PM

Finished mine today. Noticed that my turn signals are going super fast now, some people say it is because the resistance on the new turn signal LEDs is lower than OEM.

Does any one have a link to turn signal LED bulbs that are low profile and same resistance as OEM?

https://i.imgur.com/Uk3J6po.jpg

R1talin 09-03-2018 12:21 PM

Looks great man!

as far as low profile hereare the ones i purchased as I ran into the same issue. Your not gonna find a halogen that matches the color so your going to need to wire in a set of resistors with the led bulbs to stop the hyper flash. Bottom line is with all the work you've already done, wiring in the resistors will be a walk in the park.:D:D

low profile turn signals:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

resistors:
if you google a 50w 60ohm resistor you will find tons. That's what i have used and they work, im sure there are other options out there.

nandosman 09-04-2018 02:25 AM

Ended using load resistors as suggested. I just really didn't want to take that bumper off again, but luckily I was able to do it without taking it off. It's working great now.

Also here is the full album of pictures I took during the whole project, for anyone interested. Several pictures included:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BMJ6N92uL4G4APcu6

Genosphere 09-10-2018 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by l2iceman (Post 3780822)
Looking good! Regarding the sma projector for the turn signal, I thought people stopped doing this because having a projector there caused it to magnify sunlight heat and cause paint to bubble in front. Or was that due to bad prep work?

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Ya that is an issue and after sitting in the sun a little to much i got some melting/warping of the paint just below the projector. If i were to move it back a little more i think i could of prevented it. I though of wrapped the plastic just under it with either a clear piece or matching color to get around it. May do so if i take them apart again, or just wrap the whole damn thing.

Either way the headlight themselves are functioning grate, minus the morimoto demon eyes. I either missed the opening in the housing just by a few mm or the opening does not let enough light through.

If anyone wired a switch to manually turn them on or off via switch inside the cabin, let me know how and where you ran the +/- line to whereever inside the cabin.

l2iceman 10-09-2018 07:01 AM

Loving the diode dynamics halos, very bright! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fa0c84d5ac.jpg

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R1talin 10-09-2018 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by l2iceman (Post 3791017)
Loving the diode dynamics halos, very bright!

Love the license plate! :rofl2:

hwrtn 10-11-2018 09:22 AM

Quick question guys, is it okay to tap the Z-boomerang into the headlight leveler? for it to act as a DRl?

nandosman 10-11-2018 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by hwrtn (Post 3791515)
Quick question guys, is it okay to tap the Z-boomerang into the headlight leveler? for it to act as a DRl?

What is a headlight leveler?

Genosphere 10-30-2018 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nandosman (Post 3791611)
What is a headlight leveler?

Basically a manual knob or automated motor that's levels the cars headlights to a desired angle. I cant find any pics online.

http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/y...c/CIMG1027.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/carav...t-assembly.jpg

Its the two knobs at the top above the big gray cap, top left is silver the top right is covered by a black cage looking thing I believe.

nandosman 10-30-2018 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Genosphere (Post 3795784)
Basically a manual knob or automated motor that's levels the cars headlights to a desired angle. I cant find any pics online.

Its the two knobs at the top above the big gray cap, top left is silver the top right is covered by a black cage looking thing I believe.

Yeah but I don't think that's what he's talking about, he says he wants to tap the Zoomerangs into the headlight levelers???? Doesn't make sense to me

Genosphere 11-05-2018 06:47 AM

Ya, I'm not sure what they are getting at either now... wiring or mounting? Either way, the things don't light up, they reflect; unless you buy the replacment led models. I wouldn't worry about it, I just painted mine gold(ish) with a bit of mica.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AXb...w?usp=drivesdk

R1talin 11-29-2018 06:23 AM

https://nvdj7g.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m...&cropmode=none

https://mvcata.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m...&cropmode=none

Genosphere 12-06-2018 09:04 AM

Now that is the zoomerangs/boomerangs swapped out with led versions. Not bad; there are switch back versions too.

Though i still don't get what is ment by connecting them to the levelers unless the Z has mechanical levelers in the newer models, because im pretty sure the earlier models don't have them, at least I don't remember mine with them.

R1talin 12-07-2018 09:43 AM

Yes, the zoomerangs and halos are all switchback. I'm not sure either about the leveler.

Genosphere 12-11-2018 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by R1talin (Post 3804514)
Yes, the zoomerangs and halos are all switchback. I'm not sure either about the leveler.

I dig it, I was debating with my self as to get them of stay oem. I ended up painting them gold/mate gold or what ever; gold something. Came out pretty good.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AX...NvUVkJJm7skH9H

StormWhite 12-12-2018 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by nandosman (Post 3795808)
Yeah but I don't think that's what he's talking about, he says he wants to tap the Zoomerangs into the headlight levelers???? Doesn't make sense to me

My 2010 Ford Focus RS had automatic headlight levellers and you could see them working when the headlights came on but on my 2017 370Z the headlights just turn on - No levelling.

nandosman 03-22-2019 03:53 PM

Where did you guys put all the drivers/modules? What would be your approach to protect them from water?

https://i.imgur.com/EVjj2lN.jpg

Genosphere 03-25-2019 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nandosman (Post 3836365)
Where did you guys put all the drivers/modules? What would be your approach to protect them from water?

https://i.imgur.com/EVjj2lN.jpg

That's about where I put them. I wrapped it in plastic and taped the ends to at try and prevent direct water contact. Grounded on the horn mount too.

R1talin 04-12-2019 06:33 PM

Same here. Have the same intake so taped the drivers together on each side and zipped them up and out of the way to the main bracket.

ZX_man 06-22-2020 12:26 PM

OK noob question here... I apologize if it was already answered.

The halo does not replace the headlight, correct? From my understanding it acts as a DRL and is wired similarly to the stock DRLs? I'm assuming there are muliple ways of wiring the halo.

JoeyHZA 06-24-2020 09:20 AM

Trawled this thread and can't seem to find the answer to this question, I perhaps missed it.

How are the projector lens' fixed to the turn signal enclosure after cutting off the front bit of the turn signal? from the pictures I gather its held on from the rear of the enclosure. Is that correct? And then possibly glued down from the rear?

JoeyHZA 06-24-2020 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZX_man (Post 3943572)
OK noob question here... I apologize if it was already answered.

The halo does not replace the headlight, correct? From my understanding it acts as a DRL and is wired similarly to the stock DRLs? I'm assuming there are muliple ways of wiring the halo.


It doesn't/wouldn't replace the HID headlights. No
There would be multiple ways of wiring the halos from my understanding. You could wire them to act as DRL's to turn on on ignition or you could wire them to turn on with your park lights or you could wire them to turn on with your headlights.


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