I quite like the idea of daylight running lights, but I don't like the
ones that stay on when the normal headlights are used. So when I ran
into the Philips Led DayLight 4 set, I bought one. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 The nice thing about this set is that the controllerbox monitors the
voltage of the car. When the engine is not running the voltage is
usually below 12.5V. As soon as the engine is running the voltage goes
up because the alternator is charging the battery, around 13.8V. The
controller box looks at the voltage and when it goes up (and the normal
headlights aren't on) it turns the daylight running lights on. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 The contents of the box is quite complete. It contains the lights and
controller box, and the mounting brackets. The manual contains
information about legal mounting points for the lights on the car. So I started out by putting some tape on the bumper to mark the location
where the brackets should go. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 Next it screwed the brackts to the bumper. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 Next, click the lights in the brackets. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 I ran the wire behind the bumper towards the battery. There I put the
controller and ran a wire to the parking lights, so the controller can
sense when the normal lights are turned on. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 So with everything in place the front now looks like this. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 And when the engine is started, but the headlights are off, the led's
automatically turn on. [brackets-thumb.jpg brackets.jpg doos-thumb.jpg doos.jpg inplace-thumb.jpg inplace.jpg kit-thumb.jpg kit.jpg lightsoff-thumb.jpg lightsoff.jpg lightson-thumb.jpg lightson.jpg measure-thumb.jpg measure.jpg wire-thumb.jpg wire.jpg]
 So it all seems to work find, it is a nice kit! |