I installed some LED strips on the headlights to use as DRL's during the day and enhance the look at night. I put them between the headlights and the bumper so they are hidden when they aren't lit up. Here's some pics, let me know what you think. They look much better in person, the camera blurs the light so that's why they look out of focus.

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SEXY!

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very nice!

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Thanks guys! The LED strips were $30 shipped on Ebay, so it's a cheap & easy mod. Here's the Auction in case anyone is interested, you should be able to put them on any car.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWAX%3AIT

Here's a better pic from another G8 owner, this one is a little clearer.

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Looks very nice Don. I would like to do something like that one day. But I am not electrically sound, oh well. One day I might break down and pay some shop to do it.

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Laura there's 2 wires to connect on each LED strip, 1 positive and 1 negative, and they give you the splice connectors to hook them up to the parking lights or the headlights. I'm not that good with electrical either, but this was easy.

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Looks good!
I'm holding out for Halos for the '04+ GPs
How's the G8 treating ya'?

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lol, good luck with waiting on those halos...

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Billy the G8 is doing well, I've had no problems with it. It's the best car I've ever owned!

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That's what u said about the GP, lol

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Such a simple inexpensive mode turn your g8 into pure sex lol well a g8 stock is already that. Good job Don

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Thanks REDCOMPG!


Yes indeed, and the G8 jumped ahead of the GP by a BIG step in the driving category.

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Looks awesome!!

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Here's some daytime pics. As you can see the LED's are practically hidden when they aren't lit up.

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What do you have them stuck to? The bottom of the headlight housing? What direction do the led's actually point?

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They are stuck to the bottom of the headlights and the LED's face sideways on the flat strip.

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Did you bend them sideways, or did they come facing sideways?

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They are molded into the clear plastic strip, you can't move them or feel them. They aren't the round LED's like you see in electronic devices, they are little square LED's that face sideways. They do have some that face upward, I saw those at Pep Boys, but those won't work unless you attach them to the face of the headlights.

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That looks really good, Think I will order a set for myself. What did you hook them up too? I noticed that in 1 pic the lights are not on at all.

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I connected the positive wires to the ignition fuse with a fuse tap in the fusebox under the hood, and connected the ground wires to a screw on the body. That way they are are on whenever you start the car. You can also connect the wires to the side marker lights, then the LED's will come on with the parking lights or the headlights. Here's how I connected the wires.

I got the fuse tap at Radio Shack.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... nSession=1

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Great idea Don. I think I will order a set tonight when I get home. How much wire do they give you on the LED strips? Enough for the passenger side to reach the drivers side?

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About 12" on each LED strip which wasn't enough to reach the passenger side. So I used about a 4 foot length of speaker wire to connect the driver's side.

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Awesome, I ordered my set a few minutes ago. I am still debating on what I am going to use for a power source, I don't know if I want them on all the time, or with the marker lights. Really do love the look of them, and theres enough room between the bumper and the headlight to get them in no problem at all.

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Very nice Don......They look as though the came with the car!!!

Wonder how they would work on a 04+ being the daylights are part of the fog light???

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I remember seeing a kid at a local meet down here with the new style GP and he had the LEDs inside the headlight and it looked good. Not sure how he had them wired though.

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