LOL @ Chris' comment!!

Classic.

nice find. and a helluva lot cheaper. +1

Unless you want to cut into your headlight housing to put them inside, there is no space for mounting them to point straight ahead but it is hard to tell from the pictures of those cheaper ones.


I called GReddy and the lights have shipped so hopefully I will get them before I go back to my house for the weekend (read: I don't really want to take my bumper off in the school parking lot).

:roflpuke2:

Greddy lights
 

Looks like a winner to me!! I have already ordered it and IT'S YOUR FAULT:iagree:

Who's fault? Not mine I'm not taking any credit LOL

Like many of you i have been waiting for someone to install it themselves and see some pictures before I tried to to add the led strip myself. Since I'm very impatient, I went ahead and installed these myself today. My pictures are cell phone pictures and I apologize and this being my first diy post, I didn't take enough pics of the installation, but I have a couple and I'll try to be as descriptive as I can.

First thing to do is take off the bumper and I followed this diy from DIGitonium.
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...r-removal.html

The bumper removal instructions are clear and it was very easy to remove the bumper. I did it slowly to make sure I didn't break any clips. Next I disconnected the battery.

I wanted to hook the led's to the parking light because then I have the option of turning them on or off as opposed to hooking them up to the ignition switch. So after I took the bumper off and peeled back the wheel well cover I saw the parking light. If you look closely you can see a green wire and a black/yellow wire coming out of it.

At this point I started to follow a diy for these led strips for a GTR.
NEW GReddy LED Daytime Running Lights - NAGTROC - The Nissan GT-R Owners Club

I started off by grounding it just as he did; here's my pic of where I put the ground

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2013.38.52.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2013.38.58.jpg

As you can see from the pic, I took the black wire from the led strip and attached it to a bolt just under the headlight.

The next thing I had to figure out was how to isolate my green wire, which is power, from the parking light because everything is taped up and it's extremely tight in there <insert that's what she said joke>

The next pic I took from Trooper's diy for the parking light led swap to show you what it looks like behind the headlight
http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...d-install.html

http://www.the370z.com/members/troop...icture-009.jpg


I pulled out the lamp, by turning it counterclockwise and pulling it out. After close inspection i saw that the 2 wires coming out of the parking light are taped up, so I took the tape off, which was a pain in the a$$ because of the lack of room and put a clamp on it, so I could clamp the green wire from the parking light and the red wire from the led. The red wire that is attached to the led strip is too short to reach the parking light, so I ended up soldering a wire to give it the length I needed.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2013.39.09.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2013.39.35.jpg

It was tough to get behind the headlight and I would recommend taking off the wheel well cover just so you can have more room to work and not get frustrated.
After i connected both strips to their corresponding parking light I reconnected the battery to test and it worked....yay. As I put the bumper back on it is an extremely tight fit in the led strip/bumper area. It fits, but you have to squeeze it in, so I used some painter's tape to protect the bumper and led's and peeled it off after installation. Then I put everything back and here are some pics of the finished product.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2014.24.56.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2014.25.05.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2014.26.53.jpg


Let me know if you want more pictures and of what angles and such and i'll post them up and i'll make sure to take them with a proper camera as well. Thanks to everyone's help and diy's that I used, it came in handy. I'm looking forward to see how some of you install it yourselves so I can compare it to my install.

Nice!!

You should copy your post in the DIY section. Nicely done.

How bright are they in the daylight? Would you really call them DRL?

Ill copy it right now. They cannot be called drl's haha. They are bright in the dark.

So how do u like them? Are they pretty bright? Are they even half as good as Audi's? Thumbs up or thumbs down? Rep for u!

mine are on the way, but im planning on having the led's changes/brighter if they are indeed not bright enough. I dont want them to be super bright either tho or they would be overpowering at night.

Damn! Too good to be true.

I like them alot and I recommend it for sure. They aren't as bright as Audi's, but they are bright. I'm very please with them.

Here is a quick comparison

Audi Q5
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...0/sam_0385.jpg

Z
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...0/sam_0384.jpg

In the dark it's bright
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...0/sam_0387.jpg

Just wait till someone does this with all those light mods from MR, were gonna see xmas tree Z's rolling around.

as someone said before...i wish the they exteneded out a bit longer...and curled upwards towards the edge...

Any daytime pics?

Awesome, I should have just gone to GReddy and picked them up in person to save the wait. How much extra wire did you need approximately?

Great DIY!

Does the strip rub/touches the bumper?

Do you have pictures of the strip itself?

Thanks

DanGizinski-
Here are some pics inside my garage, with the garage door open to show how much it doesn't illuminate anything.

DRL off
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...0/sam_0391.jpg

DRL on
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...0/sam_0392.jpg


Sideview
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...0/sam_0393.jpg
I like it!!
Ill get some better daytime pics when I take it out tomorrow


christian370z-
I used about 6 inches of extra wire and had a good amount of slack left over. It's a pretty straightforward install, but the lack of room behind the headlight and having to take the tape off to separate the green wire was a pain.



YamahaR6-
Yes the strip touches the bumper, it's a very tight fit. I didn't take any pictures of the strip itself, sorry.

:tup: Just waiting to get mine so I can add them to my MR Works lights.....can't wait! I hope to have 'em on for Z Nationals @ Z1 Motorsports!

PontualZ, did you have to remove the bumper, or can you slide them into place?

Bumper needs to come off. It's too tight of a fit to slide them in.

If you don't mind, could you take some pictures from a slightly further distance just to be able to see the whole car with a better perspective?

Plenty thanks!

Gotcha, thanks again as this will make my install go much more smoothly. They look great btw, you should get LED parking lights to round off the LED look.

Hmm need mor pics

Awesome Thanks! Looks good +1 Rep. I may have to go by there on the way to my teeth cleaning lol.

Get some LED parking lights and post pics.

Contacted a guy in BC Canada and he's willing to do a group buy for 5+ for $95 CND each + HST + $20 shipping for any quantity.

Not much of a break for people in US; but for those having a hard time dealing with Greddy directly (Canadians).

1. Yamaha R6
2.
3.
4.
5.

can these replace the DRL from the projector?
i hate having the projector on all the time. i wanna buy it if it can be my DRL and not my projector :)

I'm going to order the LED parking lights from vled as soon as they are back in stock, thanks.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2/SAM_0402.JPG

DRLs are on, but it's very bright out, so it's hard to see them
I'll post a night picture tonight with them on and I'll stand away from the car so you guys can see the entire car

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2/SAM_0404.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_E7NlEtKUI_Q/TH...2/SAM_0407.JPG


As soon as they are back in stock I'll get them from vled.

All you get in the package are the LEDs in acrylic and two wires, so I don't see why you wouldn't be able to hook them up so they are on all the time and independent from the projectors. I hooked it up to the parking lights. Hope that helps.

These are not DRL. I can't see any lights.

thanks for the pics Pontual Z! i think they look good, but honestly i was hoping for them to be brighter like the Audi's, and a little bigger so that they are noticeable. But thanks!

Well that's kind of what I expected.

Thanks for the pics.

I just got mine it:

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u..._0006_1090.jpg
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u..._0007_1091.jpg
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/u..._0008_1092.jpg

Notice that the curvature of the acrylic perfectly fits with the headlight curve of the headlights. I don't really need these as a DRL but I want it to accent the headlights at dusk and at night. I will get these on this weekend hopefully!

still awaiting your review christianz!

sorry, but those are pathetic.

:iagree:

Those pics helped me make up my mind.
Im gonna save my money on these. I may attempt the landing strip mod this winter.

That light strip is waay to short.

looks like eyeliner

I believe that pictures cannot represent what some things really look like in person. Have you ever tried to take a picture of something only to try again and again because you can't accurately capture it on your camera as you see it in real life?

I will document it as much as possible, but don't assume they are 'pathetic' just because you saw a somewhat washed out full sun picture.