That looks great!!

just a word of advice. these LEDs dont fit thru the opening....

http://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn....jpg?1333760405

i learned the hard way. oh well....tried to save a couple of bucks and end up losing more in shipping. :owned:

If I may: always avoid LED bulbs with a bazillion little LEDs in them. That said, good info from MavRick.

NOW you tell me!!!! Hahahaha. Thanx, man. 'twas a learning experience...

I know bro, been there, done that. Always opt for a single, million Watt single bulb than a tower of a bazillion little LEDs trying to act as one. A single failure means the whole tower of complexity is screwed.

Not really blaming folks though because technology changes over time. Yesterday's 40-SMD wonderbulbs have given way to today's single-chip SMD, 10W beasts.

Nice mod! Wow those thing aren't cheap.

I've done this set up on three cars (mine included). I'm working on an installation write up (with pics) and hope to have it ready to publish within the next week or so depending on my work schedule.

White LED as DRL:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U...o/IMG_0919.JPG

Amber LED turn signal (a bit washed out from the overhead light glare):
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a...o/IMG_0920.JPG

Overhead view (I was trying to capture the left turn signal but the shutter snapped between blinks):
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0...o/IMG_0921.JPG

And if there's any SoCal people wanting this done but too afraid to do it themselves, feel free to contact me for a quote.

Stay tuned....

Yea I did this 2 years ago works real good the switchback bulbs also work good

Beware if all of a sudden your parking lights /turn signals stop working then you blew a fuse in the IPDM.

Why does nissan install those shitty azz yellow lights I hate that. Looks nasty as hell.

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Murphy's law.....

I noticed my left DRL wasn't working last Friday and decided to pull the bulb to check it out. Coincidentally, I had my brother check his car and found that he had no DRL or turn signal on his right side.

After removing my bulb, we didn't see anything abnormal but the circuit checked out OK. Not wanting to chance anything, I plugged the factory incandescent bulb in and every worked fine.

When we pulled my brother's LED, this is what we found:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q...o/IMG_1035.JPG

Clearly, not good. Has anyone else had this type of problem with their switchback LEDs? I'm trying to determine if it's a product defect or if there is another cause for this failure.

Dave

:iagree::tiphat:

Hey Dave,
Please share your source with us so we can avoid the same issue!

Kaizenmotor on eBay 7441 Dual Color No Error High Power Projector LED Turn Lights Resistors 7W 68C | eBay(it was listed earlier in this thread). I'll chime back in with the results of our attempts to return and get a refund.

Daytime Running Lights + Switchback LED’s
 

Hi Dave,
Usually a hot spot like that indicates a poor connection that under high current heats up and burns the plastic. Of course this assumption is because if it were the LED that failed the melt damage would have been farther up and more widespread. If you don't return for warranty take it apart carefully and see what failed.

Bend those wires out and pull the LED out. Most of those cheap bulbs use components that are not appropriately spec'd, so it will burn up. With high power LEDs my power drivers are too big to cram in the little bulbs so I wire it externally which is in line with the wire harness.

finally found the time to install em...

http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaw...0a1f9688_7.jpg

'preciate the DIY, w3r3wolf!!!

Standing by for that install write up w/ pics :tiphat:

Just an update.. LED's are all working great. I am always weary of aftermarket electronics but so far so good. I did find that the DRL are a bit unfocused so at night they seem to be a bit annoying for oncoming traffic. I did swap out the rear turn signals for LED's and had to install additional resistors due to fast blink.

Working on the draft - just been really busy at work. Stay tuned. :)

Looks awesome op. Best DIY i seen in a while. :tup:

Ugh!! Finally done: DIY: DRL Wiring For Pre-'13 Z's

Sorry for the delay. Please let me know if I missed anything.

Dave

@TheW3r3W0lf, could you elaborate on installing the 50ohm transistors as to how you wire those in at the junction of the parking light. I'm very proficient in 12V as I am an MECP, however for some reason this was confusing to me. If anyone else can elaborate, that would be most appreciated.
Thanks.

So after some intense reading and research, would you not be able to wire the Transistor instead of going from negative on the parking lamp / drl harness, be able to route that black wire to the ground of the body using a ring terminal, and still wire the red to the positive of the turn circuit? If this would work , i'm pulling this in combination of the other DIY which talks about using the RELAY , which by the way is really nice as well. I'm just thinking about the 12V aspect, and figured you could wire this either way. Just curious if anyone can shed some light. I have now answered my question above about how this installs correctly.

LEDs have a higher resistance than incandescent lamps. Higher resistance means less current. The BCM sees this current drop and assumes the bulbs are burnt out. Placing the resistor in parallel reduces the resistance of the circuit and gets the current back up to where the BCM is happy.

That'll work. All you need to do is put the resistor in parallel with the LED. Since one side of the LED is grounded, you can ground one end of the resistor.

Wolf, how is everything holding up? I'm looking to do this next month.

this is great subbd for finding