Diy Illuminated grill

[Diode Dynamics]

Regardless, it's not something I would take a chance on personally

Nick C.

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[Project Whitemare]

DIY...do it yourself. Are we gonna get a writeup here?

 

[arrow94]

Hi there guys. So first off, if you want manual operation of the lights, you will have to run wiring to a switch, which i did not do.
I started with a 30 dollar set of led strip lights from walmart. Autozone has them for 35 with more colors available.
It is a set of 2 flexible strips.

 

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First you must pop the radiator cover off to allow access to the inner grill area. Pull up the 8 pins then pop the tabs out holding the cover on. You may need thin tools for this, as i used my nails and it wasnt pleasant.

 

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Withe the cover removed

 

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Its hard to see in the picture but there is a metal bar on the front that the wiring harness is clipped to.
I put one strip on the top in the center facing up, and one on the bottom in the center facing down, secured with the supplied 3m double stick tape.

The wiring was then ran along the wiring harnes and secured in place with zip ties.
I tapped power off of the passenger side parking light.

 

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The light strip on top of the bar.

I couldnt get a good shot of the bottom strip.

 

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More zipties were used then shown here. Use enough to secure the wire snug along the harness

 

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All three connectors were removed along with the clip securing it to the washer fluid jug were removed to get the connector and wires up far enough to tap into.

 

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I soldered two extention wires from the parking light wiring (gray connector with 2 wires). Black is negative/pink with white stripe is positive.

I used heat shrink tubing to ensure a good seal around my connections.
I then soldered my extensions to the wiring from the lights and heat shrink tubed those connections as well.

 

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I then reconnected everything, and took up the slack in my wires using a ziptie.
I then secured the wires with a ziptie to the wiring harness.

 

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And thats it. Put the cover back on with the 8 plastic pin locks and enjoy your lights

 

[CaptainRob91]

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this is sweet!

 

[krahooligan]

nice James! would look even better with a race mesh grill or grill delete. IMO

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