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Old 05-17-11, 05:36 PM
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Anyone tried these?

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/9005-LED-Da...d_sku45_r4.htm

Looks pretty cool. I wonder if they are brighter than stock and will add to the headlight brightness at night?
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I bought these exact lights about a week ago and love them. In fact, now I need to upgrade my fog lights and those other tiny lights just adjacent to these (within the same enclosure) to match the LEDs. To be honest, they don't really add too much to the overall brightness, in fact you won't notice a difference while driving. It really just makes the car look 1000 times better during the day--gives it a much classier and executive look. The stock yellow lights are just plain horrible. The only downside is you do lose your capability to use your hi-beams. However, the HID lights seem to be bright enough that it's not too big of an issue for me. The install seemed difficult at first--you just really gotta squeeze your hands in those spaces behind the lighting assembly. Once I got the first one in, the other was installed in minutes. Oh, another thing, you can drive with both HID and the daytime running lights on if you activate the high beams. This will force the daytime running LEDs to be on then. Hope this helps!
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Oh, one more thing-- I used a coupon code to save an extra 10 bucks or so.. although I can't remember which one worked. Try "JDMFAN" or "GoJDM".. it was one or the other!
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I like having highbeams myself and don't really care what the DRLs look like during the day.

Just a reminder to those considering buying these... no highbeams.

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Originally Posted by BinaryJay
I like having highbeams myself and don't really care what the DRLs look like during the day.

Just a reminder to those considering buying these... no highbeams.
Take a well functioning headlight and cripple it.

Oh well, the little park light is enough for me.
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Originally Posted by BinaryJay
I like having highbeams myself and don't really care what the DRLs look like during the day.

Just a reminder to those considering buying these... no highbeams.
I guesss I'll stick with the yellows...
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Originally Posted by smilepak
I guesss I'll stick with the yellows...
You can't even see it when you are inside the car. But the high beam, you WILL SEE IT. When you drive in dark area, flip on your high beam and it will make you smile because you CAN SEE.

if you want improvement, I recommend change your fog lights to HID.
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Originally Posted by worker
You can't even see it when you are inside the car. But the high beam, you WILL SEE IT. When you drive in dark area, flip on your high beam and it will make you smile because you CAN SEE.

if you want improvement, I recommend change your fog lights to HID.
Good point...
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