GeekEV
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So all done? Congrats!
gascant said:Couple of questions:
You likely could do it without jacking or ramps, but it is much easier with them because of the increased ground clearance. I did it using ramps.
1. Did you need to raise up the car to do the work from below? Or can you loosen/remove the pan without jacking.
Yes, that would work fine. I simply used a convenient body ground nearby each light but any ground anywhere will work.
2. Could we just make a pig tail off the upgraded horn ground connection and use that? The 120 mA would be un-noticeable in the horn's 8-10 Amp circuit.
TomT-gascant said:2. Could we just make a pig tail off the upgraded horn ground connection and use that? The 120 mA would be un-noticeable in the horn's 8-10 Amp circuit.TomT said:Yes, that would work fine. I simply used a convenient body ground nearby each light but any ground anywhere will work.
91040 said:1) So the above avoids running the black wire from the PDM or LCM?
2) Would you describe the location and wire you tapped for the power wire more precisely? Is that location better/easier?
3) What amber fog lights did you use and why? In a prior post you denigrated using amber over white.
Yes, that sounds good--it's only 120 mA total so there should be no stress running both lights through a single wire for much of the circuit. Good idea. I'm also interested in where you take off the +12V. And, does cutting a notch or drilling a hole in the "cover" for the Power Distribution Module compromise it in any way (e.g., water splashing up)?TomT said:1) Yes, that way you only need a hot (+12) wire. Plus, I wired the two hots together at one lamp (driver's side) so that left only one wire I had to run in to the engine compartment. You can pick up the ground for the lights near the lights, by tapping in to the horn ground or pretty much any other metal surface you like anywhere in the area. You could also tie the two grounds together at one light if you liked so you only had one wire to connect to ground. They will all work equally well for this purpose.
I shouldn't think so, particularly if you take care to only notch just enough to run the wire(s) through. But even water does get in there, the actual PDM board snaps in upside down so it would just drain harmlessly into (and out of) the bottom of the box.gascant said:And, does cutting a notch or drilling a hole in the "cover" for the Power Distribution Module compromise it in any way (e.g., water splashing up)?
GeekEV said:Wow, that sounds elaborate. Did you actually do that or is this one of your jokes? It's hard to tell sometimes. :lol:
TomT said:Agreed! But it clearly is another of his jokes... They DO have drugs these days that will help with his problem, by the way!
GeekEV said:Wow, that sounds elaborate. Did you actually do that or is this one of your jokes? It's hard to tell sometimes. :lol:
Did you do a study to see which provides more visibility of the car from another driver's perspective? For example, the LED headlights are focused in the forward direction while the DRL's from the Superbright Kit look like they have a more dispersive lens/reflector on them.EVDRIVER said:It's not a joke and it works great. Next I will enable this functionality to the fog lights once I change them to an LED I found so they will also follow the headlights as described. The mod is exactly what I wanted and is like a factory option.TomT said:Agreed! But it clearly is another of his jokes... They DO have drugs these days that will help with his problem, by the way!
GeekEV said:Wow, that sounds elaborate. Did you actually do that or is this one of your jokes? It's hard to tell sometimes. :lol:
GeekEV said:And I like the look of the LEDs myself - ever since Audi started using them I thought they looked cool.
TomT said:That is nearly the entire reason why I went with the LED DRLs: the look. The safety aspect was strictly secondary for me.
GeekEV said:And I like the look of the LEDs myself - ever since Audi started using them I thought they looked cool.
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