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Dembflyr 09-01-2010 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VICTORxSE (Post 703411)
I edited the original post. Unfortunately GReddy is unable to provide a group buy discount, so please place your orders directly though the GReddy web site. Be sure you tell them Speed Element sent you :)

Thanks,
Victor

Bummer. Thanks for trying. :tiphat:

SE 09-01-2010 02:50 PM

No worries. We'll be purchasing a few sets for ourselves here too!

Dembflyr 09-01-2010 02:54 PM

Is anyone else having a problem applying the coupon? When I first opened the link it showed a $7 discount and once inside it says to use "onlineexclusive3" for free shipping. However, I cannot find where to apply the coupon nor am I getting the $7 discount.
I have emailed Greddy but haven't received a response.

SE 09-01-2010 03:03 PM

Are you able to get free shipping? Call GReddy directly at 949.588.8300

370Zsteve 09-01-2010 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris@WheelsDirectOnline.com (Post 701180)
Simota control yourself, you are saving up your funds for the new wheels I offered you, no more lol no more.

:roflpuke2:

SE 09-01-2010 03:09 PM

LOL @ Chris' comment!!

Classic.

370Zsteve 09-01-2010 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holliday (Post 702214)
here is a better alternative :tup:

Side Emitting "Headlight" LED Strip

nice find. and a helluva lot cheaper. +1

christian370z 09-01-2010 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 703729)
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).

simota1 09-01-2010 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris@WheelsDirectOnline.com (Post 701180)
Simota control yourself, you are saving up your funds for the new wheels I offered you, no more lol no more.

:roflpuke2:

kenhdcgov 09-01-2010 05:02 PM

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

SE 09-01-2010 06:03 PM

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

PontualZ 09-01-2010 06:07 PM

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.

Dembflyr 09-01-2010 06:11 PM

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?

PontualZ 09-01-2010 06:14 PM

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

Rui Z 09-01-2010 06:18 PM

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!


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