Anyone install LED day time running lights?

[J Tinsby]

I passed another 987 the other day, dunno what year it was but it had LEDS on the front like my 2011 Base. His looked brighter than mine, I don't know if the "S" has more or brighter LEDS or if this was an aftermarket kit.

To get mine to come on I have to turn on the park lights they do not come on with the ignition.

[panameras]

Originally Posted by J Tinsby

I passed another 987 the other day, dunno what year it was but it had LEDS on the front like my 2011 Base. His looked brighter than mine, I don't know if the "S" has more or brighter LEDS or if this was an aftermarket kit.

To get mine to come on I have to turn on the park lights they do not come on with the ignition.

I've yet to see an aftermarket LED DRL as bright as OEM Porsche/Audi/Mercedes LEDs.

[Burg Boxster]

Originally Posted by J Tinsby

To get mine to come on I have to turn on the park lights they do not come on with the ignition.

You could easily rewire them to a switched sourced so they automatically come on, if you so choose. This would be especially simple to do if the installer ran the wire to the fuse panel in driver's footwell. Even if not, it'd still be easy to do, just need to find out where they got the + source from.

[J Tinsby]

Originally Posted by Burg Boxster

You could easily rewire them to a switched sourced so they automatically come on, if you so choose. This would be especially simple to do if the installer ran the wire to the fuse panel in driver's footwell. Even if not, it'd still be easy to do, just need to find out where they got the + source from.

Right... but if you put power to the front ones you need to NOT have 12vdc going to the back ones....so you need at minimum a relay or printed circuit to isolate the front LEDS power source from the rear ones. Depends if they are getting power separately from the switch (which I doubt is the case).

Then conversely when you want the rear ones on, the power has to bypass that isolation circuit and get to the front ones.

Other than that your idea is fine.

[Burg Boxster]

Originally Posted by J Tinsby

Right... but if you put power to the front ones you need to NOT have 12vdc going to the back ones....so you need at minimum a relay or printed circuit to isolate the front LEDS power source from the rear ones. Depends if they are getting power separately from the switch (which I doubt is the case).

Then conversely when you want the rear ones on, the power has to bypass that isolation circuit and get to the front ones.

Other than that your idea is fine.

I thought you were talking about an aftermkt strip of LED lights per the OP's message not the OEM set up. That being said, there still might be a way (by the dealer using PIWIS system) to get yours to do what you want. There are a ton of 'hidden' features available. In my 997 I can turn on/off DRLs (though it does turn the rear one too) if I want to or not thru the PCM individual memory settings.

[newtothegame]

just completed a drl install and used a great little device to
turn them on via wiring to the cars battery, another wire goes
into the sidelights and turns them back off again when the lights
are switched on, easy job !!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Running-Light-Switch-Automatic/dp/B0045HYGZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311017090&sr=8-1

currently £18.99 delivered from amazon uk, saves alot of time and mesy wires all under the dashboard, it wires directly to the battery but for some strange reason only come on when the car has started.

Also just fitted mesh grills to the outer vents, another easy job with a bit of know how and a pop rivet gun !!

[cbbepop]

Hey has anyone wired them up so that the LEDs only come on when you turn your light switch knob to the DRL setting when the side markers turn on?
LOL i dont want the LEDs to be on as soon as the car is on...sometimes I want a little "stealth"

[squirdle]

Also just fitted mesh grills to the outer vents, another easy job with a bit of know how and a pop rivet gun !![/QUOTE]

How did you do this? I'd like to do the same, but not sure how.

[Bobiam]

On my 2001 I did the conversion of my fog lights to driving lights and replaced the bulbs with the brightest LED lamps I could find at the time around a year ago. Unfortunately, they look blueish tint. Functionally, they are fine and do the job.
Considering that almost every new car model has brilliant real white LEDs for driving lights, why can't I buy H7 bulbs that will do that??? Have any of you found some??