BRZ ‘s “boomerang” LED strip mystery

[kajun]

Originally Posted by Gunman

Parking lights allow you to be seen when parked along the road. Driving with just parking lights on is illegal, and annoying.

Huh, never thought of that... I always used parking lights when in a parking lot, as it's usually darker than full daylight but you usually don't need headlights; that's what I assumed "park lights" meant

[Khazzy]

The BRZ's parking lights are less noticeable though than other vehicles since it is the LED strip in the headlamps. Sometimes people like to look like a BMW/Audi in their BRZ. IMO, I have no problem and a cop will most likely not pull you over.

[Brahsbrah]

Didn't realize these lights even existed as I usually keep mine on auto.

BRB looking cool and turning on the Boomerang strip now.

[DoomsdayJesus]

I know on BMWs with the older, more yellow halo lights there were easy mods to get them updated to bright white. I just want to know if this can be done with the boomerang. And Australia wants to know.

[OakmanSmalls]

So still no solution to make only the boomerang light up w the drl? I don't want to deal w the park lights and dash dimming ect, but still want to look cool haha

[VesperLynn]

Originally Posted by OakmanSmalls

So still no solution to make only the boomerang light up w the drl? I don't want to deal w the park lights and dash dimming ect, but still want to look cool haha

Do you mean both the DRL and the Boomerang on at the same time, Or only the Boomerang? Because if you start the car up, put the parking lights on, and release the handbrake, your DRL and Boomerang will be on, making other drivers envious of your sexy BRZ.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by DoomsdayJesus

I know on BMWs with the older, more yellow halo lights there were easy mods to get them updated to bright white. I just want to know if this can be done with the boomerang. And Australia wants to know.

Yeah... it's called switching the bulb to an LED... lol

[OakmanSmalls]

Originally Posted by VesperLynn

Do you mean both the DRL and the Boomerang on at the same time, Or only the Boomerang? Because if you start the car up, put the parking lights on, and release the handbrake, your DRL and Boomerang will be on, making other drivers envious of your sexy BRZ.

I want both on (boomerang and drl) but no tails or side markers. I essentially just want to run the boomerangs as the drl w the led bar.

[tomkozski]

Originally Posted by WRXGuy1

I don't care about the taillights being on, what I don't like is how dim the dash and nav get with the parking lights on. Yes I can just adjust the dimmer, but that gets annoying.

Originally Posted by meeskee2

100% agree. The nav gets hard to read, especially withsunglasses on without adjusting the dim everytime.

Originally Posted by Shizuma

Yeah, that irritates me too, I ended up setting it so it didn't dim or change color at all with the parking lights because I always turn them on and the nav screen is pretty crappy and hard enough to read at full brightness during a bright sunny day as is, it's like it's off when dimmed.

Have you tried changing the setting where you determine when the day/night changeover occurs for the nav system? Options are when headlights are on; at specific times (sunset/sunrise); or never. Doesn't solve the instrument panel dimming when headlights are on, but takes care of the nav system dimming - at least it works for me.

[DoomsdayJesus]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

Yeah... it's called switching the bulb to an LED... lol

I was thinking of the more recent E90s and X3/X5. I thought they already came with LEDs, I could be mistaken. I know there are a ton of mods for their stock halos.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by DoomsdayJesus

I was thinking of the more recent E90s and X3/X5. I thought they already came with LEDs, I could be mistaken. I know there are a ton of mods for their stock halos.

LCI models did come with upgraded LED Angel Eyes, M3's never had LED's

but it's easy to replace the bulb with an LED upgrade

http://www.bimmian.com/WeissLicht-LE...om-bimmian.com

[Gunman]

Originally Posted by tomkozski

Have you tried changing the setting where you determine when the day/night changeover occurs for the nav system? Options are when headlights are on; at specific times (sunset/sunrise); or never. Doesn't solve the instrument panel dimming when headlights are on, but takes care of the nav system dimming - at least it works for me.

With GPS, it should be able to determine sunrise/sunset on it's own, which would be cool, instead of having to adjust the sunrise/sunset time as it changes thru the year.

[PMPB]

Originally Posted by Gunman

With GPS, it should be able to determine sunrise/sunset on it's own, which would be cool, instead of having to adjust the sunrise/sunset time as it changes thru the year.

But how about when it's dark HOURS before sunset because of a big storm, should it still be in 'day' mode?

[Gunman]

Originally Posted by PMPB

But how about when it's dark HOURS before sunset because of a big storm, should it still be in 'day' mode?

Kinda like those foggy rainy days, when I want tail lights on for visibility, but don't need the navi in night mode.

GPS based sunset/sunrise with darkness over ride?