[fortythirtyfive]

Embarked on my bravest mod yet, cutting open my retrofitted icons to fit addressable RGBW LEDs behind the DRL's, plus create a functioning eyebrow (LCI deletes this from factory).



I have brand new OEM grade lenses so seperating them will be easy.. cut the majority of the lens middle out, then create a notice in the left over lens and slowly pry it out using heat to make the housing edges flexible. Permaseal does NOT ease underheat only the housing does, I used the heatgun with a focus attachment to make it possible for me to fit a rivet popper tool under and break the seal, all you have to do then is pull at the sharp edge of the lens and it lifts out.

















Fast forward a few days after reverse engineering the design, dremeling a lot of holes and gaps in trims, I came to wiring up my LED controller. I have 2 relay switches to power this. One is triggered by the headlight/ecu.. I posi tapped this from one of the original DRL boards



The second relay uses a delay function so that even though the DRL might have down powered the LED controller still has 5 seconds of life left to perform the shutdown led animation.

Demo animation 01: https://streamable.com/5iognm
Demo animation 02: https://streamable.com/mhetkg
Demo animation 03: https://streamable.com/qpzue1
Demo animation 03: https://streamable.com/1x13t0

Because the LEDs are addressable all you have to do is wire a pos, neg and data wire to each strip.. you configure where the group splits need to be via the bluetooth app, so for example DRL #1 might only use 26 chips, DRL #2 might use 38 and the eyebrow might use 65. You input all the correct information and then set offset delays and priorities as to which order they run, or group them together.


--- I will update this thread as the build continues.

[WillLowe]

OK cut to the chase, how much for a set?

[alexonahurry]

that's awesome !