2016 Plug-in Hybrid: LED accents on the headlamps?

phftw · Jan 9, 2017

Hi all,

I drive a 2016 Plug-in Hybrid. From what I've seen the headlights are the same for the 2016 HSH and for 2017 Plug-in Hybrid. On the headlights, there is a strip of matte translucent white-ish plastic that looks like it could be lit up by LEDs. In addition, these strips look exactly like the translucent strips on the taillights, which indeed glow red at night. But on my car, the headlight strips never come on. Has anybody seen theirs light up?

(on the image below, it's the L-shaped strip under the HID)

In the below video, the narrator says that the translucent strips are indeed the LED accents, but the video doesn't show them on.

https://youtu.be/J4aZ2MAdB-E?t=4m37s

If there are no LEDs that might be activated there, has anybody looked into trying to install LEDs to light these strips up?

Any input is welcome.

JimGarb · Jan 9, 2017

On my 2016, those are the daytime running lamps and they come on when the lights are set to auto. I have the base plug-in hybrid.

introspectron · Jan 11, 2017

Wait, do you mean the LED strip below the headlights on the lower edge of the bumper? I think OP is asking about the "L" shaped translucent strip contained in the main headlight housing.

phftw · Jan 11, 2017

But do you also have the LED fog lamps?

MButkus · Jan 11, 2017

There seems to be variations. HSH, non-plug in. There are DRL as noted on the headlight stalk, this is a strip around were the fog lights are usually set.
I have HID, and they pretty well cover where the fog lights usually light.

My 2014 SFS had that LED strip lit by the headlights, but only when the headlights were on. So they weren't that useful. I added Phillips 8 bulb DRL to the grill of my SFS after someone pulled out in front of me at dusk, before the headlights turned on.

MButkus · Jan 12, 2017

The problem with the "eyebrow" lights were they were not as "white" as the HID headlights. Some SFS users tore out the headlight and put in "whiter" bulbs in that strip to match the HID headlights. A bit overblown. I wonder why they removed them ? ? It did look "cool".

I just found out (reading the manual) that the HID headlight bulb in my Ultimate is both my low and high. Some "shield" uncovers in the housing to go to "high".
These cars do not have fog lights, but the low HID's really cover all the front of the car.

Only drove a few miles in my new HSH.

2016 Plug-in Hybrid: LED accents on the headlamps?

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