Hi all, long time lurker here... We have a 2010 Carib Blue SRX Luxury that my wife drives primarily. It's been good for the most part... it doesn't have a lot of features but she loves the color and the way it looks, and overall is pretty practical, has a warranty, got it for a good price... you get the picture. No complaints, except for the low beams. We've had the car for nearly 3 years, and always have hated how crappy the low beams are in this car. I've replaced the bulbs once about a year ago with Sylvania Silverstars, and they improved marginally, but not that much. This year I finally decided to take another shot... did some research and found some people had moderate luck with HID conversion kits. I went the the KENSUN kit off of Amazon. It had great reviews, so figured I'd give it a shot; I also ordered the capacitors that are supposed to handle eliminating any electric issues (recommended by their support for the SRX). Installation was easy... I see many people say that you have to remove the bumper to replace the bulbs, however I had no trouble removing the airbox to get to the passenger side bulb, and for the driver's side you just pop off the fuse cover. No problemo there.... but a week later, a bulb goes out, and then the car is getting errors and goes into limp mode. Unplugging the kit fixes this. I emailed support, and they sent out all new ballasts and bulbs and capacitors.... same issue. They are at a loss of what else to do, besides trying the relay harness, but I'm going to hold on that until I can research further.
There are no DRL in our SRX (or at least, none I'm aware of), just the Auto headlight function that doesn't really give you an option to disable permanently... but please correct me if I'm wrong here. Is it possible that we need to upgrade the fuse to a higher amp? I could not find the fuse for low beams anywhere.... the manual states position 46 and 47. And of course there are no fuses in that position. Are there simply no fuses in this model for the low beams?? That would be surprising.... but I'm not seeing them anywhere, unless they are tied in with another fuse.
I've also tried a couple other H11 halogen bulbs (Phillips X-treme vision, their brightest model) to no prevail. None are really any brighter than the others, and if they are, it's just a little. Even the HIDs themselves were a little disappointing; it's almost as if there's not enough power going to the low beam sockets (which is why I asked about the fuse). They were certainly brighter, but again, marginally. I compared the lights to our other car (07 Saab 9-3 Aero w/ OEM HIDs), and it's like the SRX's aren't even on...and that's with the HIDs! My next attempt is to try hooking up an H9 bulb after "converting" it to fit..... I've read some have had success with this method.
Sorry for the long post, but I know I'm not alone and they are just so absurdly dim, I want to make sure I'm trying everything. It's been a good car overall, but I'd like the visibility at night to improve a bit for safety's sake.
The TLDR:
-headlights are dim... what has everyone else tried?
-reputable HID kit doesn't work... does that mean there are no options for HID conversions with this car?
-Where the HECK IS THE FUSE for the low beams?!?!
- Any luck with H9 bulb "conversions"?
Thanks!
Scott
There are no DRL in our SRX (or at least, none I'm aware of), just the Auto headlight function that doesn't really give you an option to disable permanently... but please correct me if I'm wrong here. Is it possible that we need to upgrade the fuse to a higher amp? I could not find the fuse for low beams anywhere.... the manual states position 46 and 47. And of course there are no fuses in that position. Are there simply no fuses in this model for the low beams?? That would be surprising.... but I'm not seeing them anywhere, unless they are tied in with another fuse.
I've also tried a couple other H11 halogen bulbs (Phillips X-treme vision, their brightest model) to no prevail. None are really any brighter than the others, and if they are, it's just a little. Even the HIDs themselves were a little disappointing; it's almost as if there's not enough power going to the low beam sockets (which is why I asked about the fuse). They were certainly brighter, but again, marginally. I compared the lights to our other car (07 Saab 9-3 Aero w/ OEM HIDs), and it's like the SRX's aren't even on...and that's with the HIDs! My next attempt is to try hooking up an H9 bulb after "converting" it to fit..... I've read some have had success with this method.
Sorry for the long post, but I know I'm not alone and they are just so absurdly dim, I want to make sure I'm trying everything. It's been a good car overall, but I'd like the visibility at night to improve a bit for safety's sake.
The TLDR:
-headlights are dim... what has everyone else tried?
-reputable HID kit doesn't work... does that mean there are no options for HID conversions with this car?
-Where the HECK IS THE FUSE for the low beams?!?!
- Any luck with H9 bulb "conversions"?
Thanks!
Scott