DRL for your S3 fog grills?

:lmfao: not even "finished" flung together either...the seller states they are "almost finished" and still need to be glued together or similar

:huh:
 
Here's what I did: (non S-line, Non-S3, regular US-spec A3...)

Drilled a closely-spaced diagonal set of 5mm holes:
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Same thing, but backlit:
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Made some 0.1" pitch circuit boards to stuff behind there:
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Here's one inserted through the carefully-drilled holes into the fog grille, with the others close by:
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Here's two loaded in, one either side of the center 'rib':
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rear view of the LED clusters wired through current-limiting resistors:
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Test-lit using a DC bench supply:
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Two of them test-lit:
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Lights out... it's pretty damn bright!!!:
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Here's the two foglights side-by-side, unlit:
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...And I experimented with some film-set lighting gel (www.leefilters.com) to correct the light from "blue-white" to PURE white (seen to the left in this photo:
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..then of course, I got a bit giddy, and added two half-rows (one above, one below) to each fog grille, with super-bright AMBER LEDs, to use as turn-signal repeaters:
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I've still got to install them, but they shoudl look pretty 'stealth'. -They're actually mainly 'hidden' by the 'ribs' above them, but they should light up pretty well once they're on there.

Keith
 
jeeze thats a fair amount of drilling! I think a single layer looks ok but aren't you getting carried away?? LOL
 
if i am going to put drl's on my a3, theyre gonna be in the lights. Where they belong lol!
 

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