Running lights are lights than are illuminated with the engine running, they are not parking lights. Motorcycles and some riding lawnmowers are equipped with running lights. Parking lights are operator controlled. Some German cars are equipped with separate left and right parking light circuits. Side markers are additional parking lights required in some countries where the light source of the front parking lights or taillights cannot be seen from the side of the vehicle. Third brake lights are actually called Center High Mount Stop Lights (CHMSL), for example a 1994 Ford mustang has 2 brake lights per tail lamp making the CHMSL the 5th brake light. The "4th brake light" is actually a rear fog light required in some countries. It's easier to wire it as an auxiliary brake light as opposed to wiring a switch and an amber indicator on the dash to remind the driver that this light is on (like high beams and turn signal indicators in your gauge cluster).
Hi FlyRyde, I was wondering if you could share some knowledge with me. I'm working on a custom motorcycle project. I purchased sequential led strip light turn signals with two color diodes, white and amber. The white are to remain on unless the turn signals are activated, but I need a "switch devise" of some sort to allow that to happen? I have watched several videos showing a small rectangular box, but they apear to be part of a kit (that I unfortunately did not know I needed to buy). What is that device called, and could you point me in a directing to purchase what I need? Thanks
AYE!!! Soul and WRX headlamps. I would have said headlights before watching this video. Had a Soul before that I was too scared to do a retrofit, now I have a WRX and all the stuff to do a bi-xenon retrofit 😃 Great video
Dude you go into so much detail wtf I love it! I hate it when people leave shit out. I'm here to like and learn and you do a smashing job at it, love all your vids. Keep them coming
I love your videos I watch them as often as possible and run to show my pops what I've learned! Amazing man thanks for all the videos and teaching us something new
These terms and definitions are very helpful because I’m trying to research more and learn more before I pull the trigger on light mods for my new Durango... wanting to be a more informed purchaser for LightingTrendz and Ghozt Module etc... very helpful video, thank you.
I thought I knew a lot of this but learned loads still. A great video! Also you were correct about the rear fog light in the UK, by law every car has to have at least 1 rear fog light but isn't required to have front fog lights
great info, i knew 98% of them and the rest just called them a different term.... suggestion, have a vid that explains how to set the HL level where they are supposed to sit, so many people out thr doin stupid things with their HL and dont re-adjust the leves... great content, if i had more money id deff hit up your classes
Thanks for the projector terminology and bulb compatibility. They make everything fit everything, so it’s difficult to know what actually works. I’ve been working on Tundras. I know all about that permaseal! Thanks for the knowledge bro! 🤘
Geno Arceo hope it helps beginners feel less self conscious about not knowing this stuff, and equally makes those “in the know” more confident since they already knew all this 👍
Rear Fogs a Euro thing that is required for cars in times there are low visibility on the autobahn. Its where you have a red brake light that run once you switch it on and run all the time(bulb is ran at 100% brightness) usually its only on one side of the car and VW/Audi will usually use one of the reverse lamps as the rear fog light and the other will be regular reverse light. Sometimes they even have drop in lens to change the color with out changing the bulb. Like the MK5 Golf has drop in reverse lens that can change from clear to red. Also most of the US models VW/Audi can easily add this feature with some repining of wires and VAGcom/ VCDS/ OBD11 and a bulb change and a euro headlight switch you can have this option on your vehicle. This is all due to the coding already being there from factory and pin positions exist so you only have to plug things in to get them to work.
I've always had it explained as this, headlights are the glass and these days plastic units typically using an H4 bulb in older vehicles and motorcycles. It's just a single round lamp that produces light. Headlights are an entire unit with 1 or 2 beams and turnsignals. The insides aren't chrome, it's a nickle coating and very delicate. The inside of headlights and lamps are called shrouds not whatever lens as explained.
I am loving the vids I have a KIA soul. I know a huge car for upgrades but it wasn't my choice. Having a rough time finding OEM head and tail lamps I can pull apart at a reasonable price to experiment on since I have never done it before.
Dude you're the man !! Taught me some good info. Lol it's why people who use D2S bulbs in a reflector housing blind everyone 😂 D2Rs would make more sense but if they get a projector D2S would work. How can I be your intern !? Doing a Q45 retrofit to my IS300 with halos and bixenon hibeam
Great stuff, thank you. I'd say I knew about 20% of the terms, and 10% of that I've picked up from watching your other videos. I started watching your stuff because I was considering learning to program LEDs with Arduino to make my own custom lights, but I've since learned that it won't be nearly as easy as I thought. I have a '11 Infiniti FX50S that just begs for some awesome lights, but I think custom is going to be expensive. Who knows. Again, great video!
I retrofit my f150's reflector bowl headlamps with one of morimoto's bi-xenon projector kits with halos for around 400 to 450 dollhairs, but that was about 6 years ago. I can only imagine that shit costs way more now. Now that I have a 3D printer I plan to print my own housing to hold the projectors, instead of using the old reflector bowls. I sort of want to try building a pair of lamps that will move with my steering wheel.
For a small channel you make quite the quality content I was not expecting that and I am surprised, subbed, will love to see you glow... I mean grow... Now I know what I want to change in my BMW headlights to make it look exactly like I want
I have a 2014 ram 1500 and I bought the headlight that is kinda like the Mortmo ones that gives the look of the new rams. Anyways I was gonna see how I can get a clear lens for the side marker other than the amber. Thanks
They are a aftermarket headlight if you get a chance look up alpharex headlights and you will see the headlight I'm talking about. Thank so much, alot of youtubers wont ever respond so I really appreciate you taking time to answer my questions!!👍🔥
That was a great video. I learned a few things. What I want to know is what turn signal did you have in the projector housing and did it effectively output light? Lol.
I'm wondering about your light setups on your desk, and the rock lights in the ceiling... If they are car specific lights, how do you do the power step down and/or conversion??? Or do you just use batteries??? I'm thinking about doing something similar myself, with either LED strips or rock lights... Possibly even a dual setup, with rock lights on a row of shelving, for instance 1 set per shelving level, and a set or 2 of strip lights on the ceiling... Then, I was thinking I might put a few PC Fans on the ceiling, with a PWM modulation board controlling speed... It would be an easy way to add air movement, if I can get an adequate amount of power to run along the wires and power them fully... My room will be approximately 8.5Ft x 17Ft, when I get done framing it in, I hope... What are the best bang for the buck brands of wireless controllers, and best outputting strip/rock lights??? Also, is it better to go with regular RGB, or ARGB???
So question on the parking light and DRL segment. Newer cars have what appears to be DRL but those lights stay on but just dim when the headlights are on. What are those called and can those be installed?
Also where do you get your halos. Demon eye. Angel eyes and all that? Been looking at lightning trends. Also seen another dude I follow use lit lights. Just wanna know sites out there I can check out for my 07 chrysler 300 srt8.
Damn! A lot of info in very little time. How hard or expensive is it to retrofit HID proyectors into a reflector headlamp? I have an old 2007 chrysler voyager that came with halogen reflector headlamps and I wanna go HID. It cane with separate bulbs and reflectors for hi and low beam, so it would be nice to get Bi-Xenon on both places for maximum output (I rather go with HID because it is way easyer to get 5000 and 5500 kelvin lights than it is on LED).
Hey really hope you can help I'm after some 2.5" projectors that I can retro fit Into my headlights but here in the UK we are not allowed to use hid,'s or (as of last month) leds for low or high beam so I need to have projectors that fit halogen bulbs, I really am struggling to find any hope you may have ideas where can find them
AUR Crispy haha, nobody like that home made look that often times comes with retrofitting pretty much anything. At least projector retrofits can come out super clean right?
Great video. At 4:25 you say "you can upgrade and put HID inside" that halogen housing. While you can buy one and it will fit, according to the DOT laws and regulations you are not allowed to do it unless the housing states that it is for HID bulbs. This is marked on the housing and generally on the lens . At 11:45 you talk of load resisters when using LED's. I f'n hate these things. I do my best to never use them especially on motorcycles and scooters. One of the big advantages of LED's are efficiency. They use a fraction of the power required to run incandescent, halogen, or HID lights. On older cars that are not using CAN data bus with light recognition it is completely not needed. You will need to change out the flasher unit to one designed for LED's. Many of the LED flasher units have adjustable pots on them where you can adjust the speed of your flash. I like that. On motorcycle/scooters the power available is very limited and upgrading the 'alternator' is not an option. If you need to watch your wattage usage never use load resisters, buy the flasher unit for LED's. At 19:45 you mention DRL"s. On one of my personal vehicles the DRL is in reality the low beam bulb. They are running this through a special SSR (solid state relay), that is stupid money to replace. They are actually flashing the high beams at a very high rate so they are not at full low beam brightness but are at DRL brightness. Also if your SSR goes out the entire high and low beams go out. So you then have no lights. Wonderful stuff. At 20.25 you mention the rear fog light. You are correct that is what it is. But this is all over Europe. Depending upon which side the driver is on is the side you will find the rear fog light, usually. So from factory, depending upon the destination of the car you will have one bulb installed for that side. If it is coming to America in general you find that the knock out tab will still be in place on the housing bucket. If you remove that tab you should have access to it. Sometimes it is already wired and sometimes you have to wire it in. I have made them work in hundreds of European cars here in the states. I have also noticed that using LED's you can mostly eliminate the flicker or dimming that happens with powerful audio systems. Just a thing that I thought was a great feature also. My son is really getting into your videos. He works for (he asked me not to say) custom car group and is looking to bring these ideas to their bag of offerings.
Thanks so much for the thoughtful response my man! I LOVE when its as simple as swapping a Flasher Relay like on an early Genesis Coupe, or a super common WRX. It always blows when the BCM is responsible for the turn signal instead. And yeah, load resistors suck man, wish they weren't such a practical option :(
@@flyryde Sometimes you have to use them. I really meant on cars before the CAN systems and the BCM ones that control all that. We are working mostly restomods.
3rd brake light is called chimsl. center hi mount stop light. i got my car back from mechanic one time, the paperwork said i had a defective chimsl. i had to call and ask wtf they were talking about
This video is underrated. Thanks for the hard work you put into this. Your videos have been helping me do my first headlight mods on my Miami blue 370z show car 👍🏽. -@kawaiicarguy (IG)
Seems like faulty advice about the diffusers not fitting. These are suppose to be custom lights? If it doesn't fit, cut out a mold from thin cardboard and trace inside the bevel, then you can buy a Acrylic prismatic lense sheet use your mold and cut your piece out.
Can go on for hours about how messed up this terminology is. No wonder trying to Google search for materials for retrofits is getting harder and harder.
Is there anything on the list you DIDN’T already know? Comment what it was:
I have a quick question homie... Is it possible to use h1 bulbs in a 9006 or 9005 housing?
Running lights are lights than are illuminated with the engine running, they are not parking lights. Motorcycles and some riding lawnmowers are equipped with running lights. Parking lights are operator controlled. Some German cars are equipped with separate left and right parking light circuits. Side markers are additional parking lights required in some countries where the light source of the front parking lights or taillights cannot be seen from the side of the vehicle. Third brake lights are actually called Center High Mount Stop Lights (CHMSL), for example a 1994 Ford mustang has 2 brake lights per tail lamp making the CHMSL the 5th brake light. The "4th brake light" is actually a rear fog light required in some countries. It's easier to wire it as an auxiliary brake light as opposed to wiring a switch and an amber indicator on the dash to remind the driver that this light is on (like high beams and turn signal indicators in your gauge cluster).
Hi FlyRyde, I was wondering if you could share some knowledge with me. I'm working on a custom motorcycle project. I purchased sequential led strip light turn signals with two color diodes, white and amber. The white are to remain on unless the turn signals are activated, but I need a "switch devise" of some sort to allow that to happen? I have watched several videos showing a small rectangular box, but they apear to be part of a kit (that I unfortunately did not know I needed to buy). What is that device called, and could you point me in a directing to purchase what I need? Thanks
@@buellscool1 do a search for Morimoto Xchange Drivers
@@flyryde Thank you much!
AYE!!! Soul and WRX headlamps. I would have said headlights before watching this video.
Had a Soul before that I was too scared to do a retrofit, now I have a WRX and all the stuff to do a bi-xenon retrofit 😃 Great video
Great video. I did learn a couple of new terms, & understand a couple better. Thank you for taking the time to explain these items
Dude you go into so much detail wtf I love it! I hate it when people leave shit out. I'm here to like and learn and you do a smashing job at it, love all your vids. Keep them coming
It seems so simple....but gets and is more complicated than anyone thinks....but I like it and will listen and learn
I love your videos I watch them as often as possible and run to show my pops what I've learned! Amazing man thanks for all the videos and teaching us something new
All I need is a Complete set of Morimoto D2S HID kit with 5500k D2S bulbs and 9006 relay harness for my Car Headlamp retrofit. Keep it up Bro.
These terms and definitions are very helpful because I’m trying to research more and learn more before I pull the trigger on light mods for my new Durango... wanting to be a more informed purchaser for LightingTrendz and Ghozt Module etc... very helpful video, thank you.
I thought I knew a lot of this but learned loads still. A great video! Also you were correct about the rear fog light in the UK, by law every car has to have at least 1 rear fog light but isn't required to have front fog lights
great info, i knew 98% of them and the rest just called them a different term.... suggestion, have a vid that explains how to set the HL level where they are supposed to sit, so many people out thr doin stupid things with their HL and dont re-adjust the leves...
great content, if i had more money id deff hit up your classes
You have giving me so many new ideas for my car, I didn't even know where possible... Thank you...Tho it's gonna cost me an arm and a leg..
Awesome video with far more information than promised!
Thanks for the projector terminology and bulb compatibility. They make everything fit everything, so it’s difficult to know what actually works. I’ve been working on Tundras. I know all about that permaseal! Thanks for the knowledge bro! 🤘
Geno Arceo hope it helps beginners feel less self conscious about not knowing this stuff, and equally makes those “in the know” more confident since they already knew all this 👍
Geno, have you ever opened a Tacoma housing? Is that permaseal too?
Havoc7991s sorry man, haven’t done a Tacoma. I know there websites devoted to tacos, probably find out there bro.
Thank you very much 🥰💟
Rear Fogs a Euro thing that is required for cars in times there are low visibility on the autobahn. Its where you have a red brake light that run once you switch it on and run all the time(bulb is ran at 100% brightness) usually its only on one side of the car and VW/Audi will usually use one of the reverse lamps as the rear fog light and the other will be regular reverse light. Sometimes they even have drop in lens to change the color with out changing the bulb. Like the MK5 Golf has drop in reverse lens that can change from clear to red. Also most of the US models VW/Audi can easily add this feature with some repining of wires and VAGcom/ VCDS/ OBD11 and a bulb change and a euro headlight switch you can have this option on your vehicle. This is all due to the coding already being there from factory and pin positions exist so you only have to plug things in to get them to work.
I've always had it explained as this, headlights are the glass and these days plastic units typically using an H4 bulb in older vehicles and motorcycles. It's just a single round lamp that produces light.
Headlights are an entire unit with 1 or 2 beams and turnsignals.
The insides aren't chrome, it's a nickle coating and very delicate. The inside of headlights and lamps are called shrouds not whatever lens as explained.
Sweet headlamp run through, plesently technical 👍
Didn't even watch the video, just starred at the GTR in the back lol
And I didn't know about unicorn fariy rainbow lights....that is now my favorite part name and looking for some .....great video
Thanks for the study guide 😊
I am loving the vids I have a KIA soul. I know a huge car for upgrades but it wasn't my choice. Having a rough time finding OEM head and tail lamps I can pull apart at a reasonable price to experiment on since I have never done it before.
What year bro? Same as the ones in the video?
@@flyryde 18 soul
Dude you're the man !! Taught me some good info. Lol it's why people who use D2S bulbs in a reflector housing blind everyone 😂 D2Rs would make more sense but if they get a projector D2S would work. How can I be your intern !? Doing a Q45 retrofit to my IS300 with halos and bixenon hibeam
Very informative! Thanks for this very well made video! Keep up the great work!
Great stuff, thank you. I'd say I knew about 20% of the terms, and 10% of that I've picked up from watching your other videos. I started watching your stuff because I was considering learning to program LEDs with Arduino to make my own custom lights, but I've since learned that it won't be nearly as easy as I thought. I have a '11 Infiniti FX50S that just begs for some awesome lights, but I think custom is going to be expensive. Who knows. Again, great video!
This was rocket science explained ...thanks
Thanks bro. It means a lot to teach us
I retrofit my f150's reflector bowl headlamps with one of morimoto's bi-xenon projector kits with halos for around 400 to 450 dollhairs, but that was about 6 years ago. I can only imagine that shit costs way more now.
Now that I have a 3D printer I plan to print my own housing to hold the projectors, instead of using the old reflector bowls. I sort of want to try building a pair of lamps that will move with my steering wheel.
For a small channel you make quite the quality content I was not expecting that and I am surprised, subbed, will love to see you glow... I mean grow... Now I know what I want to change in my BMW headlights to make it look exactly like I want
I have a 2014 ram 1500 and I bought the headlight that is kinda like the Mortmo ones that gives the look of the new rams. Anyways I was gonna see how I can get a clear lens for the side marker other than the amber. Thanks
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They are a aftermarket headlight if you get a chance look up alpharex headlights and you will see the headlight I'm talking about. Thank so much, alot of youtubers wont ever respond so I really appreciate you taking time to answer my questions!!👍🔥
good stuff I am learning
Love your work bro
Great stuff bro!!
Robin Hood thanks dude 🙏
That was a great video. I learned a few things. What I want to know is what turn signal did you have in the projector housing and did it effectively output light? Lol.
Thanks for the info bro 💯🔥
So if you do low beam projectors and retro fit a bit xenon projector. How would you exactly wire all that up?
Jus learnt abt the diffuser inside the after market lights that can’t be retrofitted into normal headlights
I'm wondering about your light setups on your desk, and the rock lights in the ceiling... If they are car specific lights, how do you do the power step down and/or conversion??? Or do you just use batteries??? I'm thinking about doing something similar myself, with either LED strips or rock lights... Possibly even a dual setup, with rock lights on a row of shelving, for instance 1 set per shelving level, and a set or 2 of strip lights on the ceiling... Then, I was thinking I might put a few PC Fans on the ceiling, with a PWM modulation board controlling speed... It would be an easy way to add air movement, if I can get an adequate amount of power to run along the wires and power them fully... My room will be approximately 8.5Ft x 17Ft, when I get done framing it in, I hope... What are the best bang for the buck brands of wireless controllers, and best outputting strip/rock lights??? Also, is it better to go with regular RGB, or ARGB???
Damnnnnnnn 🤯….. I went to headlight or HEADLAMP university… gj.
Do you guys sell 2020+ f250 running like drop in for oem halogen?
Who knew? Wish I would see these on the road. Maybe I just didn't notice before.
So question on the parking light and DRL segment. Newer cars have what appears to be DRL but those lights stay on but just dim when the headlights are on. What are those called and can those be installed?
Also where do you get your halos. Demon eye. Angel eyes and all that? Been looking at lightning trends. Also seen another dude I follow use lit lights. Just wanna know sites out there I can check out for my 07 chrysler 300 srt8.
Damn! A lot of info in very little time.
How hard or expensive is it to retrofit HID proyectors into a reflector headlamp?
I have an old 2007 chrysler voyager that came with halogen reflector headlamps and I wanna go HID. It cane with separate bulbs and reflectors for hi and low beam, so it would be nice to get Bi-Xenon on both places for maximum output (I rather go with HID because it is way easyer to get 5000 and 5500 kelvin lights than it is on LED).
Thanks man
Hey really hope you can help I'm after some 2.5" projectors that I can retro fit Into my headlights but here in the UK we are not allowed to use hid,'s or (as of last month) leds for low or high beam so I need to have projectors that fit halogen bulbs, I really am struggling to find any hope you may have ideas where can find them
Hey @FlyRyde.
I think you ran through the topic on the defuser quite fast. Don't you have tip and ticks for DIY led with costum defuser ?
I’m not a fan of custom diffusers. I haven’t really seen one that didn’t look cheap up close 😣
I now understand why seraching for my 09 300c headlights asks for the difference of halogen or hid.
Nice!
I learned what those clear plastic things are called and the different types of projectors
Thanks for the info. Helps s lot and keep up the good work
Luke Jette glad it helps 👊 most of it is super basic, but I wanted to cover all the entry level info on this one 🙂
@@flyryde that would be awesome to get more details on it.
"Retrofiting is not pretty"
Iknow that feeling my friend ..haha🤣
AUR Crispy haha, nobody like that home made look that often times comes with retrofitting pretty much anything. At least projector retrofits can come out super clean right?
Where can I get those addressable halo at the last part?
Great video.
At 4:25 you say "you can upgrade and put HID inside" that halogen housing. While you can buy one and it will fit, according to the DOT laws and regulations you are not allowed to do it unless the housing states that it is for HID bulbs. This is marked on the housing and generally on the lens .
At 11:45 you talk of load resisters when using LED's. I f'n hate these things. I do my best to never use them especially on motorcycles and scooters. One of the big advantages of LED's are efficiency. They use a fraction of the power required to run incandescent, halogen, or HID lights. On older cars that are not using CAN data bus with light recognition it is completely not needed. You will need to change out the flasher unit to one designed for LED's. Many of the LED flasher units have adjustable pots on them where you can adjust the speed of your flash. I like that. On motorcycle/scooters the power available is very limited and upgrading the 'alternator' is not an option. If you need to watch your wattage usage never use load resisters, buy the flasher unit for LED's.
At 19:45 you mention DRL"s. On one of my personal vehicles the DRL is in reality the low beam bulb. They are running this through a special SSR (solid state relay), that is stupid money to replace. They are actually flashing the high beams at a very high rate so they are not at full low beam brightness but are at DRL brightness. Also if your SSR goes out the entire high and low beams go out. So you then have no lights. Wonderful stuff.
At 20.25 you mention the rear fog light. You are correct that is what it is. But this is all over Europe. Depending upon which side the driver is on is the side you will find the rear fog light, usually. So from factory, depending upon the destination of the car you will have one bulb installed for that side. If it is coming to America in general you find that the knock out tab will still be in place on the housing bucket. If you remove that tab you should have access to it. Sometimes it is already wired and sometimes you have to wire it in. I have made them work in hundreds of European cars here in the states.
I have also noticed that using LED's you can mostly eliminate the flicker or dimming that happens with powerful audio systems. Just a thing that I thought was a great feature also.
My son is really getting into your videos. He works for (he asked me not to say) custom car group and is looking to bring these ideas to their bag of offerings.
Thanks so much for the thoughtful response my man! I LOVE when its as simple as swapping a Flasher Relay like on an early Genesis Coupe, or a super common WRX. It always blows when the BCM is responsible for the turn signal instead. And yeah, load resistors suck man, wish they weren't such a practical option :(
@@flyryde Sometimes you have to use them. I really meant on cars before the CAN systems and the BCM ones that control all that. We are working mostly restomods.
Is there Any Led headlight bul Special for H1 Hid projector Lens?
I think you’ll like this video 👍
th-cam.com/video/vpSuGrpdVjo/w-d-xo.html
All of this are new to me
3rd brake light is called chimsl. center hi mount stop light. i got my car back from mechanic one time, the paperwork said i had a defective chimsl. i had to call and ask wtf they were talking about
Some really good stuff here man thanks for the upload!
Where do I buy blinker fluid....the guys at the shop keep telling me I am low
matrix led retrofit... ?! 🍀🏁😉
This video is underrated. Thanks for the hard work you put into this. Your videos have been helping me do my first headlight mods on my Miami blue 370z show car 👍🏽. -@kawaiicarguy (IG)
Haha thank you. Sometimes these things pop later, sometimes never at all, but I’m just glad YOU enjoyed it 🤙
We need a drop in board for the genesis 😭
bjdjbmx which part would you want a board for?
FlyRyde I think is is talking about the ribbon but just de chrome it and it’s white underneath
FlyRyde yes what Marine Kustomz said. Somehow make the chrome ribbon into an led board. That would be amazing
bjdjbmx you can put leds behind it
Seems like faulty advice about the diffusers not fitting. These are suppose to be custom lights? If it doesn't fit, cut out a mold from thin cardboard and trace inside the bevel, then you can buy a Acrylic prismatic lense sheet use your mold and cut your piece out.
I couldn’t pay u to customize my 2002 camaro headlights???
Dear sir can you help me
Hi
I hate the drl fog lights. Make other people with normal fog lights think its ok to turn them on.
Can go on for hours about how messed up this terminology is. No wonder trying to Google search for materials for retrofits is getting harder and harder.