Dual color DRL mod

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Here is my mod to the DRL to have dual color LED's; red and white. I'd removed the factory DRL's and added a 4" red and white LED strip mounted side by side to each headlight. The red LED's are connected to a photocell. So when it's dark outside or when the car is in an area with not a lot of light, it comes on. When I turn on the headlights, it opens the circuit to the red LED's thus turning it off and completes the circuit to the white LED's thus turning them on. The white LED strip is not as bright as the factory so I decided to have them not turn on while the car is on. The end result is demonstrated in the video below.

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Now just don't get pulled over because some officers would consider that a felony, even just the DRLs.
 

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Now just don't get pulled over because some officers would consider that a felony, even just the DRLs.
That was what I was thinking is that it's not legal at all while on the road.
 
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Who said I'll be driving on the road with the red DRL's on? As long as I turn on my headlights at night, the red turns off and the white turns on. I've had the same setup on my SI over 11 years and never gotten pulled over because I'm not driving with the red on.
 

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Great idea adding the photo cell so the red doesn’t come on when the low beams are on. Looks evil!
 


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Why I specified on the road and never implied you would be driving with it on.

Looks good though.
 


 


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