I ordered some new DRL's and had my dealer change them out awhile back. The right headlamp housing started to collect condensation so the dealer ordered new one. The ding dong forgot to re-install my new DRL :bigroll:. Now I've got some side by side comparison. Going back tomorrow to get the other reinstalled and have my summer tires put on.
This is what I ordered:
5202 H16 CREE LED Plasma Projector Fog Lamp Daytime Running Light DRL WHITE 11W
How long have you had them installed? I have been dying to get rid of those ugly yellow DRL's, but am worried about the longevity of the aftermarket CREE LED. The stock DRL's are much brighter, but the LED's look sooo good.
I like it a lot. I drive with lights turned manually on all the time for 2 reasons. 1. I hate the look if the factory drl's and 2. My tail lights are blacked out and having the tail lights on keeps the police off my back.
From the research I've read, it may be the watts that are the issue. The 5 and lower watts appear to burn out in a short period of time. I went with 11 watts.
The front bumper has to be removed. There is an excellent write-up somewhere in the forum on how to remove the bumper for the DIY. The dealer did the install for 170.
^doesn't really matter if they're bright as they're DRLs (only for other cars to see you). I think it cleans up the front, I will buy new ones once I get an actual garage to remove the front.
If you want to change out your fog's (which I recommend) then all you have to do is pull back the wheel well liner. Need to remove bumper to do the DRL's.
Here are my before and after of the fogs. Hoen H11 xenonmatch bulbs
Swapped the DRLs yesterday. Look great and bright enough especially when really necessary at dusk. Replacing the bumper is kind of a pain when reassembling the brake ducting but not impossible.
For what it's worth, you can change the drivers side bulbs by removing the airbox. Not sure how hard it is to remove/move the fuse and relays on the passenger side though.
So, this weekend I installed the LED lights from that ebay link and I would seriously recommend going with a different brand.
I spent half an hour trimming excess plastic off the bulb so the connector could plug in. When I finally got it installed, the lights are barely bright enough to be seen. They are visible only at certain angles but 90% of the time, it looks like the lights are off.
I love the look of mpouls1's DRL but mine don't look anything like that, I dont know if I got into a bad batch of them or something.
I found some 360 degree LED's that I'm gonna try next so we'll see what happens.
If I could understand the packaging (from Hong Kong) we could possibly be able to compare. Man that sucks. Please let us know how these new lights work out and of course pictures.
After a bunch of emailing, found out that I screwed up! The bulbs I ordered were 7W, but the seller (cortse) is replacing them for free. Turns out they have several different wattage bulbs so she is fixing my screw up for free with some 16W bulbs instead! OEM is 19W so I'm thinking the 16W should be good. Still a little nervous about how the connector is gonna plug into the bulb but I cant complain after they took care of this for me. But definitely will post some pics when I get them in.
I've noticed my right LED sporadically stops working. Sometimes it's on, other times it's off when it should be on. The left side always works fine. Any ideas?
For anyone interested, I've found that one DRL LED is off sometimes when it should be ON. However, toggling the turn signal on that side turns the LED ON after the signal stops. Must be a wiring gremlin when using the LEDs.
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