BRZ DRL Blackout - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

brzzy · 04-10-2016, 12:54 PM

I've been looking everywhere for threads or photos of anyone's whose had the opportunity to crack open the DRLS on the BRZ.

One of the mods I plan to tackle this summer is to blackout the DRL & fog light on my BRZ so they are almost not even visible on the car - at least not at first. And obviously still %100 functional but purely an aesthetic thing.

I did notice, looking at the DRL, that there's 3 LEDS inside there. My goal with this mod is to create kind of a faux rocket bunny look by blacking out the inside the of the housing, possibly upgrading the LEDS to something a little brighter/bluer, and blacking out the actual lens in order to hide the DRL unit in the bezel there. The same sort of treatment will be don't to the fog light housing.

Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? It's been too cold to go out and take the DRL off to inspect it but just planning ahead.

I guess the first thing that comes to mind is paint all chrome inside and VHT outside of the lens? Thoughts?

Looking to go for this kind of look:

All of your help is greatly appreciated.

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SPCorBUST · 04-11-2016, 03:41 AM

Interested in this as well!

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ZionsWrath · 04-11-2016, 04:07 AM

Why did you park in wet cement. Now you car is part of the pavement silly.

cdrazic93 · 04-11-2016, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

Why did you park in wet cement. Now you car is part of the pavement silly.

cant tell if sarcasm or...

brzzy · 04-11-2016, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SPCorBUST

Interested in this as well!

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I'll be attempting this as well as documenting the whole thing within the next few weeks. Not too many threads on this so I think we need one.

RedStickBRZ · 04-11-2016, 11:19 AM

I replaced mine with rgb strips I soldered and wired to my rgb halos and footwells I already had. The DRLs and fog lights both screw into the bumper. Once you have them removed, make them like the headlights. They pull apart.

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brzzy · 04-11-2016, 11:51 AM

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I replaced mine with rgb strips I soldered and wired to my rgb halos and footwells I already had. The DRLs and fog lights both screw into the bumper. Once you have them removed, make them like the headlights. They pull apart.

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When you had it open, did it look like replacing the current leds with different ones was something possible? If I desoldered the OEM ones and soldered in new ones.

RedStickBRZ · 04-11-2016, 12:12 PM

Honestly my electrical/soldering skills aren't advanced enough for me to be comfy with that. It's your typical led setup on a board so if your comfortable enough desoldering and soldering new ones plus any heat sinks or other stuff on there then go for it. I just pulled the board and retrofitted the little holes in the cover before I blacked it out so everything looked very clean and lined up. My front end looks almost exactly like the pic you posted. But u chose to blackout the chrome parts of the lights, not the actual plastic covers

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brzzy · 04-11-2016, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RedStickBRZ

Honestly my electrical/soldering skills aren't advanced enough for me to be comfy with that. It's your typical led setup on a board so if your comfortable enough desoldering and soldering new ones plus any heat sinks or other stuff on there then go for it. I just pulled the board and retrofitted the little holes in the cover before I blacked it out so everything looked very clean and lined up. My front end looks almost exactly like the pic you posted. But u chose to blackout the chrome parts of the lights, not the actual plastic covers

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So would simply blacking out the chrome yield the results in the picture? Or would I need to tint the lens too?

RedStickBRZ · 04-11-2016, 12:19 PM

Blacking out the chrome would make it match the blacked out headlights in the pic better in my opinion. If you black out the plastic cover then when the lights are turned on they will be dulled and show a more yellow cover. Plus when the lights are on you will be able to see every minute imperfection in the tint/paint on the plastic cover. In my opinion it comes across looking cheap

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04-10-2016, 12:54 PM	#1
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04-11-2016, 03:41 AM	#2
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04-11-2016, 04:07 AM	#3
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04-11-2016, 11:19 AM	#6
RedStickBRZ Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2013 world rally blue subaru brz Location: Baton Rouge, Louisana Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I replaced mine with rgb strips I soldered and wired to my rgb halos and footwells I already had. The DRLs and fog lights both screw into the bumper. Once you have them removed, make them like the headlights. They pull apart. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

04-11-2016, 12:12 PM	#8
RedStickBRZ Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2013 world rally blue subaru brz Location: Baton Rouge, Louisana Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Honestly my electrical/soldering skills aren't advanced enough for me to be comfy with that. It's your typical led setup on a board so if your comfortable enough desoldering and soldering new ones plus any heat sinks or other stuff on there then go for it. I just pulled the board and retrofitted the little holes in the cover before I blacked it out so everything looked very clean and lined up. My front end looks almost exactly like the pic you posted. But u chose to blackout the chrome parts of the lights, not the actual plastic covers Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

04-11-2016, 12:19 PM	#10
RedStickBRZ Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2013 world rally blue subaru brz Location: Baton Rouge, Louisana Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Blacking out the chrome would make it match the blacked out headlights in the pic better in my opinion. If you black out the plastic cover then when the lights are turned on they will be dulled and show a more yellow cover. Plus when the lights are on you will be able to see every minute imperfection in the tint/paint on the plastic cover. In my opinion it comes across looking cheap Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

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