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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:25 AM
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Audi Style LED's in headlights

This is my version of the audi headlights costing around $30


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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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I'm trying to upload the images but this site is being retarded
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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I tried to get a picture further away where you can see the whole from of the car but they are too bright, the actually light the road quite well
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:47 AM
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Audi, Chrysler, and other's are going with this type of style of head light. I'm not a fan of them personally. However I can appreciate the time and effort spent to doing modifications. It's just not something for me.

Also, depending on where you live, the police can give you a hassle about it as well. A friend of mine awhile back bought a brand new Audi S4 B5, made between 99-02 (his was a 2000) here in the States, had factory HID's. Since these were relatively new in the market then, he was pulled over several times because of his lights. He actually had to go to court once to prove that his lights were factory and DOT legal.
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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are these side emiting LED strips or the regular ones? where did you get them at and do you have moar pictures? i'm interested in doing something like this for my 5th gen
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 06:09 PM
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That looks aweful. There's my $0.02
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Why did you ruin your lights?
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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Ew...Audi style only belong on Audis...Get a refund lol.
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Originally Posted by Romulus811
This is my version of the audi headlights costing around $30

I'm not going to lie, it looks out of place but nevertheless it is a good first start. I've been toying about the idea of some sort of similar ideas using either light pipe, lit shrouds, etc. The shape of the headlight is a big major factor. If you look at those Audis, they are swooping curves in multiple direction and the shape is much more complex and looks good with this kinda of lighting. Explore more and make improvement.
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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IMO, this style doesn't even look good on the newer Audi's, they went too far. When they first came out they looked cool. Now the only style of this lighting I like is the Benz's Fog lights. Everything else looks racy and outlandish.
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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Lexus is going with this style of lights as well. Uggh... fads...
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:02 PM
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^I don't so much mind how lexus did it though. To completely renig on my previous statement LMAO.
Clean, tucked away, and with high quality reflectors so it's not a bunch of freaking dots, it just looks like one clean emitting line.
I still don't LIKE it, but it's the best job anyone's done yet, and that includes AUDI.

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Meh its like angel eyes on anything but a bmw.

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However not quite. Just that it is a bmw thing just like the audi style leds are an audi thing.
Certain cars with the right styling can do it, others cant.
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I don't mind the angel eyes and I do like the led's inside our head lamps if they are done correctly such as in this case below.

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These ones have the signal light cleared, blacked out inside and the addition Halo's & LED's are mounted with taste in my opinion.

Sorry OP but the ones you have installed are too short in my opinion and mounted in the wrong location.
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If I did leds in my headlights I would do it like the range rover sport.
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Originally Posted by Ghost_54
I don't mind the angel eyes and I do like the led's inside our head lamps if they are done correctly such as in this case below.



These ones have the signal light cleared, blacked out inside and the addition Halo's & LED's are mounted with taste in my opinion.

Sorry OP but the ones you have installed are too short in my opinion and mounted in the wrong location.
That one needs a malibu clear lens!
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^^^ agreed ... but you know how hard they are to find these days
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 04:48 AM
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......i kinda like it?
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 05:07 AM
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Ehh...Leave the halo's to bmw's. The only decent LED's I have seen on a Max was on a 7th gen..Forgot who it was but it was pretty sick.
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 05:24 AM
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leave the halos to Bimmers and leave the LED to Audi and cards post 2010... imho...
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Originally Posted by Ghost_54
I don't mind the angel eyes and I do like the led's inside our head lamps if they are done correctly such as in this case below.

These ones have the signal light cleared, blacked out inside and the addition Halo's & LED's are mounted with taste in my opinion.

Sorry OP but the ones you have installed are too short in my opinion and mounted in the wrong location.

The angel eyes I like. The LED's, still aweful. Looks like the car has eyelashes. It's ugly, tacky, and ruins an otherwise gorgeous light. If people could acheive WHITE LED's in there, then there'd be something to discuss. The off colour (blueish) is aweful, clashes horribly with the other lights, and is also illegal.


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That one needs a malibu clear lens!
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^^^ agreed ... but you know how hard they are to find these days
Actually I thought so too, but they come up on Amazon.com constantly/all the time. 30 second search just now, they have a bunch:
http://www.amazon.com/Malibu-8102-90...140549&sr=1-32
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Thanks for the link for the Malibu lights, I had tried google for Home Depot with no luck
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The angel eyes I like. The LED's, still aweful. Looks like the car has eyelashes. It's ugly, tacky, and ruins an otherwise gorgeous light. If people could acheive WHITE LED's in there, then there'd be something to discuss. The off colour (blueish) is aweful, clashes horribly with the other lights, and is also illegal.
I think the guy that did the headlights chose the wrong location and wrong size of led bulbs to use.. IMO a white led strips with bigger bulbs will make it look less ricey, too many little stars to look at in this one.. and maybe he should've mount it at the bottom of the headlights instead of the top.
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Thanks for the link for the Malibu lights, I had tried google for Home Depot with no luck
Home depot no longer carries them, that's the goose chase I went on also.
But Amazon.com seems to ALWAYS have them.

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I think the guy that did the headlights chose the wrong location and wrong size of led bulbs to use.. IMO a white led strips with bigger bulbs will make it look less ricey, too many little stars to look at in this one.. and maybe he should've mount it at the bottom of the headlights instead of the top.
It's almost impossible to get WHITE LED strips without spending huge dollars, or making it yourself. Size of LED's makes little difference too, the type is what matters.
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 10:09 AM
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Well i wasn't really trying to make it look like an Audi, more like inspired by audi, thats why i said my version, and the picture does not do its justice, they look amazing in person
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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And these are LED strips, i got them from Autozone and they took some modifying to make the angle, and to make them face forward. They look outstanding in person, and like I said, they light the road about as much as the fog lights
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Here are some better pictures





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But like I also said before, they look way better in person, come on to Fredericksburg and take a look haha
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Hate it even more now.
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Puke if I saw that on the street.
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Originally Posted by Romulus811
They look outstanding in person
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and the picture does not do its justice, they look amazing in person
If you say it one more time it might come true

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Hate it even more now.
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Puke if I saw that on the street.
Agreed. Just aweful. I have a feeling in person it'd be even worse.
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Agreed. Just aweful. I have a feeling in person it'd be even worse.
I'd probably laugh if I saw that in person. They don't flow at all..
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I'd probably laugh if I saw that in person. They don't flow at all..
I'm with Tseng1023. Would probably puke a little in my mouth.


i suppose that's enough flaming for this poor fella. He's not the first and wont be the last. Though, this is probably top 3 worst style in the 5.5 I've ever seen. Placement makes no sense at all.
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Orange parking lights, yellow fog lights, 8000K/6000K? hid headlights, and a different tint of blue for you LED strips... That's too much.
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Hmmm, maybe if you had eyebrows?
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The chap that made the ones that I posted has also installed a switch so you either have the LED strip on or the angel eyes as he said when they are both on it was just to busy. I thought that was pretty cleaver as well to install a switch for activation.
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Hmmm, maybe if you had eyebrows?
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