Daylight LED strips under headlights on D3/4

[PeterOZ]

Folks,
has anyone fitted a set of the LED daylight light strips to their D3/4 ala Audi fashion?

Was toying with the idea.

Thoughts?

ciao!
P

[Redback]

The D4 already has them;)

Baz.

[SBD4]

here's the genuine kit:
:: Duckworth Land Rover Discovery 4 Lighting Accessories (http://www.duckworthparts.co.uk/landrover/accessories_dis4_Lighting.html)

[PeterOZ]

mine is a D3, no LEDs.

Not keen on the look of the LR version that goes in a circle. IMO it looks **** poor!

Was after more the Audi look.

anyway will keep pondering.

cheers

[PeterOZ]

341GBP for some LED strips!! Bloody heck! :nazilock::twisted::eek:

I can get third party strips for under $30 AUD.

LR at it again!

[DiscoWeb]

341GBP for some LED strips!! Bloody heck! :nazilock::twisted::eek:

I can get third party strips for under $30 AUD.

LR at it again!

PeterOz,

I have an OL bar with a small gap between bar and the lights and was thinking that would be a good location for an LED strip.

Keen to see if you progress this.

Does anyone know the legislative requirements/limits for this style of fitment ?

George

[PeterOZ]

PeterOz,

I have an OL bar with a small gap between bar and the lights and was thinking that would be a good location for an LED strip.

Keen to see if you progress this.

Does anyone know the legislative requirements/limits for this style of fitment ?

George


George,

any pics of that location? Legislation wise if they are legaon on vehicle then surely that precedent applies accross others?

Need to do more research yet. My other half is not convinced either, she seems to think it may make the car look "boganish! " :o

We shall see! For $30 I might buy a set and tape them to where I am thinking and see what they look like in daytime and at night before permanelty fixing.

cheers
P

[SBD4]

341GBP for some LED strips!! Bloody heck! :nazilock::twisted::eek:

I can get third party strips for under $30 AUD.

LR at it again!

Yep they like to charge - the full LR price is even more than that! In this case it is a kit with all the mounting hardware, relays and cabling etc.:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1123.jpg

For D3's the LED strips would have to be mounted a different way as you can see they have a specific mounting point for the D4 (if indeed the kit could be used in a D3):

http://www.discovery-parts.de/images/Produkte/LRD4-LR-VPLAV0066/HighRes/Tagfahrleuchten%20Land%20Rover%20Discovery%204%20V PLAV0066%203.jpg

PS in the case of the circularly arranged LEDs, they are not considered day time running lights as they do not remain on with out the lights switched on. They are termed "Signature LED's" to give the car a distinctive look.

The kit above, when wired in, will always be on when the main lights are switched off. From the Manual:

"DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS
With the lighting control in the Off position,
Daytime running lamps will switch on
automatically under the following conditions:
• The engine is running.
• The gear selector is out of Park (P).
• The parking brake is not applied (is
released) - market dependent.
Unless required or prohibited by law,
daytime running lamps can be
disabled or enabled by a Land Rover
Dealer/Authorised Repairer."

[PeterOZ]

interesting however all the vehicles I have seen with these LED strips be it audi, Mercs to Hyundies all seem to have them on both day and night.

I was simply going to take a feed off the ignition and use it to trigger a relay.

Ignition on, lights on. Could always have a dash switch if that was a legislative requirement.

daytime running lamps can be
disabled or enabled by a Land Rover
Dealer/Authorised Repairer."

think that equates to sidecutters :D

[PeterOZ]

oh goody I'm no longer a "fosicker" but have now obtained the lofty status of "master"

Ahhhh learn it you will, mmmm tech him the way ....

Sorry quite quite carried away :cool: :angel: :eek:

[SBD4]

oh goody I'm no longer a "fosicker" but have now obtained the lofty status of "master"

Ahhhh learn it you will, mmmm tech him the way ....

Sorry quite quite carried away :cool: :angel: :eek:

Every milestone is worth celebrating :D

We are both a long way from Ricks recent achievement though:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/172464-uh-oh-ive-spent-waaay-too-long-here.html

[PeterOZ]

oh goody I'm no longer a "fosicker" but have now obtained the lofty status of "master"

Ahhhh learn it you will, mmmm teach him the way ....

Sorry quite quite carried away :cool: :angel: :eek:

[Redback]

mine is a D3, no LEDs.

Not keen on the look of the LR version that goes in a circle. IMO it looks **** poor!

Was after more the Audi look.

anyway will keep pondering.

cheers

:tease:

[Yorkie]

quick look on ebay has a few options, should be easy to fit and if you get the led washer nozzles and under sill pink leds you would really stand out from the crowd. :D

[PeterOZ]

quick look on ebay has a few options, should be easy to fit and if you get the led washer nozzles and under sill pink leds you would really stand out from the crowd. :D


dunno about the pink leds -

Do you have a link to the fleabay item in question?

[Yorkie]

NEW LED Daytime Running Lights 1W 6000k Universal Nissan Honda Toyota Mitsubishi | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-LED-Daytime-Running-Lights-1W-6000k-Universal-Nissan-Honda-Toyota-Mitsubishi-/110956667853#vi-content)

:) plenty of others on there.

[PeterOZ]

cool, thanks mate. woul;d have to see whre I could fit that type. I did find some flexible ones that stick on. Cut to length and fix on.

Will keep on pondering :D

[irondoc]

I think I have to chime in hear.....

Proper DRLs should not be on at night - they are too bright and spread light upwards so oncoming cars can see them. Even at dusk, you will notice that cars with LEDs on without headlights are quite bright and bothersome to oncoming drivers.

The signature LED lights on the D4 are not proper DRLs and do not dazzle oncoming drivers at night.

I put some Hella DRLs on my car - there are 3 wires coming out of them - one earth, one power and one that is supposed to be connected to headlight power that switches the DRLs off when the headlights come on.

I found some sort of ignition power and wired my DRLs to that, so that they are on when the ignition is on. Then I wired the other wire to the signature LEDs. I leave my headlights on auto, so that when it gets dark, the signature LEDs and headlights come on, and automatically switch the DRLs off.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Lucas

[Tombie]

Lucas

Can you remember where you tapped the ignition power from?

[irondoc]

i can find out. i basically opened the fusebox and tested every spare spot that didn't have a mini-blade fuse in it and found one that seemed to be on with ignition and turned off 30 sec after ignition. it was obviously redundant on my car. i then put one of those fuse double-adapter like things on it which gave me a spare wire and wired that to the LEDs - they don't draw much power so assumed it was ok.

i will have a look next time i am near the car

cheers
lucas

[Tombie]

Thanks "Fe"doc

[irondoc]

hi tombie

here is what i did - i used fuse 17 which doesn't do anything on the 2.7 V6, but i think it does something on the 3.0 and petrol ????

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/856/ledfuse.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/ledfuse.jpg/)

[Tombie]

Thanks!