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Just purchased some DRL's...........Will be fitting them in the side vents of the EVO 5 bar, should look great........I'll keep you posted with pics once I recieve them.

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ah wicked! :) Do post some pics when you figure out how they're going in! Should look nice as!

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Ah yes, no worries Steve..............will wire them to the park lights (which I currently don't have) as I made them indicators, everything in the car is now LED.........except for the headlights.

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Ok, have played around with mounting the DRL's...........was going to mount them horizontally but didnt have the room...........

So I made a bracket to mount them vertically.

Painted them black and mounted to the bar.

Here they are in operation..............they are BLOODY bright!!!

Just need to remove the bar and add the blue mesh, just to "hide" the outer edge...........what do you guys think?

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looks good. adds to the modernized look. :)

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After a whole day and some nervous cutting I have finally mounted one side.........just need to finish the other.

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Very very nice! Looks better than a bought one! haha

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I'll put a pic up of the whole bar once it's finished.

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Here is the finished product.........sorry about the quality but my camera is "funny" without the flash.

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The lights are now all wired up..........when I turn the parklights on the DRL's go off...............nice.

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that's cool... I wouldn't suppose you'd need them on at night hey? Would they be blinding at night you reckon?

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I can wire them to be on at night..............but hey..........they are too bright during the day.

Besides...........To stay within the law (HA HA) they have to be disabled once the parklights are enabled.

So much for Bluewire Motorsport selling these items..........the normal Hi LED's can't be seen without a reflector...........Sean Basford is just ripping people off for "Looks" and overpricing when these are available as a stick on strip from ebay at half the price.

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yeah that's pretty dirty! I don't understand why people can't just be honest and speak up!

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OK............out with the old 180mm spot lights;

In with the new 175mm lights:

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That looks sweeeeet!!! Seamlessly Tough! haha

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looking good :)!

though out of interest, why did you go down a size on the spotties?

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The 180mm's never really fitted properly.............I had to remove the top mounting point on the glass for them to fit.

Besides I don't use them as "Spot lights" anyway...........they are my parklights, as the original parklights are now indicators.

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Just checked the "auto" setting with the headlight commander.............tends to flicker between the DRL's and the normal lights.........time for a sensitivity adjustment.

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It looks great. And since you pay much attention with your headlights than the average driver, I guess you should read this: Get to know more about your headlights, cardealexpert.com/news-information.

There's an interesting story behind the development of the headlamp, Popular Mechanics reminds us. Knowing how your front lights work is helpful for maintenance and to avoid crashes.

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That's actually an interesting read...............LED headlights don't look that far away.