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Old 02-24-12, 06:28 PM
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I know its been posted before but I wanted to share my 5K White 13LED Parking Light upgrade. I purchased the LEDs from VLeds. IMO I think these match very well with the OEM low beams. Looks waaaaaay better than the stock bulb. Now all I gotta do is disable my DRLs
My only complaint is that the base of the LEDs aren't as stury/thick as the oem. I could wiggle them around with alil bit of pressure when they were inserted in the harness. They light up fine, but I left my engine covers off just incase they come loose or fail.

Here are some pics. I know its hard to take pics of lights but here ya go. From my droid camera phone. I put the close up pics because the further you go away with the camera it just gets glared. The 3rd picture is really on point, it looks exactly like this.

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Just the Parking lights


Just the Parking lights


Low and Parking Lights


Low and Parking Lights
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looks good.
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Looks coooool. Ive got those too and instead of disabling the DRLs I just leave my headlights on all the time. I figure it looks good all day long with the HIDs. Safety wise, headlights are brighter than DRLs too. If you just click the headlights on and leave them on, they go off a few sec after you leave the car. When I first got the car I was turning the headlights on and off at night, then I found out I dont even have to worry about that if I leave them on all the time now.
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are your low beams stock?
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how do u get to those bulbs!?
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Looks blue in the picture.
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looks good indeed!
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Originally Posted by LiLS
are your low beams stock?
yup

Originally Posted by LiLS
how do u get to those bulbs!?
Small hands would have helped me out big time. Getting the covers back on were the biggest beech, other than that pretty easy. There's some DIY threads out there.

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Looks blue in the picture.
Kinda, but its hard to capture light color with cell phone cameras. I just wanted to show how well they matched and make the headlights look way better

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looks good indeed!
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hmm im able to get the engne covers out but i dont know where to reach through to get to that led...it seems like theres a black housing/block behind the drl area
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Yes, there are 2 on each side. The outside ones are for your low beams. The inside one is the one with the DRLs & Parking lights. You'll see a metal clip across the black cap, push that away from the cap and it will unlatch

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yea it looks good at night but how bright is it in the day time...thats the issue i have with mine....
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Originally Posted by TheRyanGS
yea it looks good at night but how bright is it in the day time...thats the issue i have with mine....
The oem parking lights are 5 watt bulbs, they are not for illuminating the road. Why would you have a problem with them during the day? When you have your low beams on so are your parking lights
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