C5 X7 ambient lighting (and some other bits and pieces)

[vborovic]

Although I like that red in particular (very rare in these parts btw), I'm more of a blue person ... previous Xsara was dark blue, this is very similar ... I wouldn't mind repainting the whole car in this color though:

[vborovic]

I've received the puddle LED lights today, if mounted to the mirrors, it will provide white light almost the entire lengths of the car (checked with the 12V battery) ... crazy ... now the only issue is that I need to remove the door card to get the mirror out, and then I'll see whether or not I'll actually have some space to mount the puddle LED (cut the hole and fix it) .. or not ... as I want to install them on both mirrors, I'll have to check them both (especially the co-drivers side, which has the temp sensor somewhere, which may collide with my idea ...)

[vborovic]

Not really ambient (unless you think outside of the box and consider the exterior of the car as ambient), but I've just purchased a used & working right side headlamp with the genuine LED DRL solution ... hopefully I'll have it by the end of next week, and I'll finally know how it works (is it just plug&play and voila, or will something need to be configured in the BSI) ... note: the old headlamp has the sidelight (W5W) & the DRL (HP24), the new one only has the DRL (LED, which acts as a sidelight)

[vborovic]

So ... today I've received the new style LED DRL headlamp (needs light polishing due to some scratches, nothing major) ... went with the old plug/play method, and guess what ... yep, it works ... it g l o w s ... ... I didn't manage to figure out when the DRL goes on 50% of power (I thought it does that when the main beam is on, but they still glow at 100%) ... anyways, the testing rig looked like this:

I don't know why on the second image the LED doesn't show up as glowing, when it actually did, but I did notice image distortion on my cell phone screen while taking a photo (like you'd see when taking a photo of a TV screen up close). If all goes well, I'll have the freshly colored front end and one LED DRL headlight ... and possibly I'll have some more goodies to show in due time ...

[vborovic]

Lookie lookie, what me got ...

[Stickyfinger]

Did you get the chrome surrounds ?

[vborovic]

Only one side, the other is in progress ... the whole package (bumper spoiler + 1 chrome exhaust + 2 exhaust holders mounted to the bumper spoiler) cost me like one new bumper spoiler at the local Citroen dealer with the max discount ... it was an opportunity hard to pass on (and stumbled onto it purely by luck, by looking for the seat airbag connector black security clip) ...

Edit: people maybe wonder what the big deal is over the twin tail pipes, first, they look great on the Tourer rear, second, the genuine setup with Biturbo engines doesn't allow for the tow bar installation (no room for the bar due to the different exhaust that goes from one side to the other) ... what I'm trying to do is mount the twin tail piped boot spolier, and before actually repiping from the exhaust to the tips, I'll get a tow bar installed (detachable & hidden), and worry about the exhaust piping afterwards

[myglaren]

Pleased to see you have managed to get a spoiler at last, without having to pay exorbitant shipping costs.

[vborovic]

Yeah, me too ... shame that they didn't have the other chrome tip available, but even this is more than I expected for the price

[vborovic]

Here's a relatively good photo of how the biturbo exhaust looks like ... as it can be seen, no chance to mount the tow bar ...

[The Ace]

Only one side, the other is in progress ... the whole package (bumper spoiler + 1 chrome exhaust + 2 exhaust holders mounted to the bumper spoiler) cost me like one new bumper spoiler at the local Citroen dealer with the max discount ... it was an opportunity hard to pass on (and stumbled onto it purely by luck, by looking for the seat airbag connector black security clip) ...

Edit: people maybe wonder what the big deal is over the twin tail pipes, first, they look great on the Tourer rear, second, the genuine setup with Biturbo engines doesn't allow for the tow bar installation (no room for the bar due to the different exhaust that goes from one side to the other) ... what I'm trying to do is mount the twin tail piped boot spolier, and before actually repiping from the exhaust to the tips, I'll get a tow bar installed (detachable & hidden), and worry about the exhaust piping afterwards

Damn, where do you get things like that (and the DRL headlamp) ?

Lip, spoiler, chrome tips, all the little things that I would love to have....The chances of finding things like that here in Greece are next to zero...so only from the dealer

[vborovic]

Well, excuse me for being resourceful ... ... its hard even for me to dig such items up, but it takes a lot of time browsing the net to find what you're looking for (and at the right price as well) ... and huge amounts of luck ... two buckets at least ...

[Hell Razor5543]

Sometimes it can be worth throwing in a common spelling error. You might find that a seller has made the same error (although in error, not deliberately), and be one of a few bidders.

[Xantippa]

Here´s a 3.0HDi with tow bar: http://www.nettiauto.com/citroen/c5/7282184" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dual exhausts don´t seem to be a problem.

[vborovic]

That's interesting, since Citroen officialy say that there is no certifiable tow bar for the Biturbo models ... obviously some manufacturer made a model that is totally different in the mounting mechanism ... it would be great to know how it looks like compared to the regular one