Illuminated growler grill badge
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Illuminated growler grill badge
Well decided to give this a go. Bought 2X 85MM CCFL HALO RINGS WITH 1 INVERTER FOR RETROFIT ANGEL EYES HEADLIGHT WHITE, but used one for round my growler badge. Connected it to one of the sidelights wires. Will take more pics as i had to be somewhere else in a hurry so took a quick pic. Have to say it looks nice especially at dust,as the light is just going. I changed the growler from the old dull one to this new type.
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2X 85mm CCFL Halo Rings With 1 Inverter FOR Retrofit Angel Eyes Headlight White | eBay
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I agree with Ted. I like it. I will need to add it to my "to do" list. Have the cross pipe exhaust being completed tomorrow along with 4 Mina Gallery tips (thanks again for those beautiful tips Ted!). Front and rear Ceramic EBC Red brakes to be installed, the door LED "jag" puddle lights are in the garage waiting for install and now this....Thanks Powerhouse!!
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As i said to cee jay, have looked at the red option, but it would look like a red nose lit up at night, so no for me. I like the halo effect. Some people like it ,others not sure. I love when someone does something different to their car and the interest starts, will i, won't i.
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Since I have the older black-background Growler (since enameled red), I had to buy a 90mm CCFL to fit as the 85mm was too small of an inside diameter to fit. Maybe all the sizes are not equal?
Have you gotten any comments, negative or positive?
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What method did you use to attach the halo? I'm quite sure I could come up with several ideas myself, but all input is welcomed.
Since I have the older black-background Growler (since enameled red), I had to buy a 90mm CCFL to fit as the 85mm was too small of an inside diameter to fit. Maybe all the sizes are not equal?
Have you gotten any comments, negative or positive?
Since I have the older black-background Growler (since enameled red), I had to buy a 90mm CCFL to fit as the 85mm was too small of an inside diameter to fit. Maybe all the sizes are not equal?
Have you gotten any comments, negative or positive?
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OK then powerhouse, how did you get the wiring to the sidelight wiring, and which wire exactly did you attach it to?
I can almost reach exactly ONE plug that I think goes to the headlight of the right, and it has I think eight wires on a nine-pin plug (if I remember).
I will have to fish the supply wiring from the halo through the grill holes and out through a gap between the right headlight and the bonnet support bar.
Any other ideas?
I can almost reach exactly ONE plug that I think goes to the headlight of the right, and it has I think eight wires on a nine-pin plug (if I remember).
I will have to fish the supply wiring from the halo through the grill holes and out through a gap between the right headlight and the bonnet support bar.
Any other ideas?
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OK then powerhouse, how did you get the wiring to the sidelight wiring, and which wire exactly did you attach it to?
I can almost reach exactly ONE plug that I think goes to the headlight of the right, and it has I think eight wires on a nine-pin plug (if I remember).
I will have to fish the supply wiring from the halo through the grill holes and out through a gap between the right headlight and the bonnet support bar.
Any other ideas?
I can almost reach exactly ONE plug that I think goes to the headlight of the right, and it has I think eight wires on a nine-pin plug (if I remember).
I will have to fish the supply wiring from the halo through the grill holes and out through a gap between the right headlight and the bonnet support bar.
Any other ideas?
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Here's my opinion on adding extra illumination:
One needs to be careful when adding exterior mods. Other than for performance reasons a mod added to the exterior design of a car is for impression reasons. Going to far beyond the original design, especially illumination, makes the car loud--it says, "look at me". No one would add a center illuminated halo to a Ferrari or McLaren--they don't need to. The Jaguar XKR is a beautifully designed car out of the box with only simple modifications necessary to make it your own. IMO the illuminated center halo is tacky and pretentious, taking away from the character of the car and it's owner. A well designed car like the XKR doesn't need to be molested into a light show. If I seen a Ferrari or McLaren with a center halo or extra exterior lighting added I would question the character of its owner. Exotic stealth is much more impressionable than making yourself look loud. This is just my opinion...
One needs to be careful when adding exterior mods. Other than for performance reasons a mod added to the exterior design of a car is for impression reasons. Going to far beyond the original design, especially illumination, makes the car loud--it says, "look at me". No one would add a center illuminated halo to a Ferrari or McLaren--they don't need to. The Jaguar XKR is a beautifully designed car out of the box with only simple modifications necessary to make it your own. IMO the illuminated center halo is tacky and pretentious, taking away from the character of the car and it's owner. A well designed car like the XKR doesn't need to be molested into a light show. If I seen a Ferrari or McLaren with a center halo or extra exterior lighting added I would question the character of its owner. Exotic stealth is much more impressionable than making yourself look loud. This is just my opinion...
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Here's my opinion on adding extra illumination:
One needs to be careful when adding exterior mods. Other than for performance reasons a mod added to the exterior design of a car is for impression reasons. Going to far beyond the original design, especially illumination, makes the car loud--it says, "look at me". No one would add a center illuminated halo to a Ferrari or McLaren--they don't need to. The Jaguar XKR is a beautifully designed car out of the box with only simple modifications necessary to make it your own. IMO the illuminated center halo is tacky and pretentious, taking away from the character of the car and it's owner. A well designed car like the XKR doesn't need to be molested into a light show. If I seen a Ferrari or McLaren with a center halo or extra exterior lighting added I would question the character of its owner. Exotic stealth is much more impressionable than making yourself look loud. This is just my opinion...
One needs to be careful when adding exterior mods. Other than for performance reasons a mod added to the exterior design of a car is for impression reasons. Going to far beyond the original design, especially illumination, makes the car loud--it says, "look at me". No one would add a center illuminated halo to a Ferrari or McLaren--they don't need to. The Jaguar XKR is a beautifully designed car out of the box with only simple modifications necessary to make it your own. IMO the illuminated center halo is tacky and pretentious, taking away from the character of the car and it's owner. A well designed car like the XKR doesn't need to be molested into a light show. If I seen a Ferrari or McLaren with a center halo or extra exterior lighting added I would question the character of its owner. Exotic stealth is much more impressionable than making yourself look loud. This is just my opinion...
"making claim to distinction or importance, esp undeservedly", well the xk deservies to be pushed out here, no mater what means, look at wraps, wheels ,body kits and the best of all exhaust noise. There are plenty of car makers doing illuminated grill badges such as Audi, mercs, lexus and deseviedly so as they make some nice motors too. If people didn't differ in ideas it wouldn't make our motors individual to us.
Having owned now two jags and there is members with more there are certain things IMO could have been better designed, so i would differ in the statement "The Jaguar XKR is a beautifully designed car out of the box", this fourm shows how things could have been better, design and build quality.
I love my xkr the good and the bad points and i wan't it to be Pretentious, i want it to scream look at me, after all it's a JAG.
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Be sure to measure the outside diameter of your protruding Growler, as they are different sizes. The new Red Background one I guess is a little smaller than the Black Background one. Powerhouse used an 85mm light (???) whereas I needed a 90mm. The Growler is actually part of the grill on my 2010, molded into it instead of stuck on.
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