This was copied from my build thread on a couple other forums in case anyone is interested in getting rid of their nasty DRL's like mine.

Next update:

I fitted in 4" round LED lights into my DRL's. The light itself if 4" but a total of 5" including the bottom mounting boss. I'll go over the install here.
These are my stock DRL's. You can see the lens is completely burned away at the top, as was the oem 4114 burned at the base. I don't know why these things run so hot.




If you've seen this thread I also added the ceramic substrate SMD LED towers which were pretty bright however these LED lights blow the towers out of the water:

Here's the lights, the right one has the mounting boss ground off:




Better pic of the mounts ground off and painted:


The back of the lights have 4 holes for mounting tabs as a second mounting option. What I did was cut some 2" long 10-32 thread studs. Screwed them into the lights and secured them with a washer and nylon lock nut:




After that it's all downhill. Those studs will fit exactly into the factory holes. I put another nylon locking nut and washer before the end of the threads to prevent the light from falling back. Then one more washer and regular nut on the back of the bumper to hold everything tight.
This way the heatsink fins do not touch any of the plastic of the bumper, these lights do get pretty toasty. I'd imagine driving though the should stay cool with wind blowing over them.


Here's a pic of one installed:




Another pic:




My LED towers were very bright compared to the factory bulbs. Here's the comparison between my LED towers on the left and the new LED lights on the right:




I still have to do the wiring, the pic above was just connected with jumpers. Shouldn't be difficult though, couple of pins, heatshrink and done.

Let me know if anyone has any questions!

 

Yet another mod that I will just have to put on my list.


(heavy sigh)

 

LOL you are too funny!


How about I do all the DIY mods for you and you give me that nice fancy cam system you have??

 

Nice mod!

What brand are they?
Do the LED's consume less power?

 

just off brand, each light is a total of only 18 watts which is why I didn't expect much but they are extremely bright.

 

nice mod ... I had LED in the DRL for a year now , no problem so far but they are not as bright as the one in you pic ... where did you got those .
Also do you have the mod for running the DRL at night ?

 

picked them up on ebay, they're just cheap lights but crazy bright. Yes I have the DRL mod so they stay on with the headlights.

 

looks good dude!

how do you like the lights on the rack?

steve

 

Thanks!

Well after seeing how bright these LED's are I'm tempted to start replacing the rack lights with LED bars. 2 bars on the back then either 4 bars up front or just 1 long one the entire width.

I'm still kicking it around though.

 

You got me look into all my bulbs to LED. Thanks for my next project that I will start after I get new shocks and tires.