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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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i was gonna get those, but i think it'll look ugly cause u can see the bulb (or whatever you wanna call it) through the lens.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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anyone have a pic of these in action, i bought some 90 dollar PIAA ones and they are COMPLETE CRAP!
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:19 PM
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DRLs are 9005, i dont think the 9006 will fit.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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anyone have a pic of these in action, i bought some 90 dollar PIAA ones and they are COMPLETE CRAP!
haha damn... i bought those, haven't come in yet. why are they complete crap? i just want a clear bulb that'll give me a matching color to my hids. i don't care about brightness.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by vApor21
DRLs are 9005, i dont think the 9006 will fit.
they have ones for the 9005s as well, you just have to look on ebay. vleds site is having some problems, especially the checkout... so if you want anything from them, just look for their stuff on ebay. same prices and everything, just easier process.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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So won't the bulb blow if you accidently flick the high beam?
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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So won't the bulb blow if you accidently flick the high beam?
i dont think so. someone else used another brand (i forgot what its called) and they had pics with the high beams and drls. i'm not sure how it works with an led bulb, but seems like it doesn't have any problems with using the high beams.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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i have the piaa ones as well on my rx300...they will kill your DRL totally and u can only lit them if u turn on your highbeams
they are not that bright but pretty nice
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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so u replace the regular 9005 bulb with these leds. doesn't that mean u lose your high beams? if so.. might as well just take out the 9005 bulb and not have drls or high beams.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jsquared
haha damn... i bought those, haven't come in yet. why are they complete crap? i just want a clear bulb that'll give me a matching color to my hids. i don't care about brightness.
they are VERY dull, you cannot even tell they are on during the day, you have to really be looking for them. their claim of being "12 times brighter led" or whatever is a scam. i should have taken pics of it when i had them.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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i have the piaa ones as well on my rx300...they will kill your DRL totally and u can only lit them if u turn on your highbeams
they are not that bright but pretty nice
they kill your DRLs? what do u mean? i'm curious to how it'll turn out. right now, i just use my hids/fogs all the time. with hid fogs, i don't think i'll ever need to use high beams unless i flash someone. hmm... i thought these leds were made for the purpose of the drls, the description says not made for high beams or something like that.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by PNice972
they are VERY dull, you cannot even tell they are on during the day, you have to really be looking for them. their claim of being "12 times brighter led" or whatever is a scam. i should have taken pics of it when i had them.
are they at least white/bluish? oh well, at least i wont have blue bulbs anymore. and how do the high beams work/turn out?
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jsquared
they kill your DRLs? what do u mean? i'm curious to how it'll turn out. right now, i just use my hids/fogs all the time. with hid fogs, i don't think i'll ever need to use high beams unless i flash someone. hmm... i thought these leds were made for the purpose of the drls, the description says not made for high beams or something like that.
i was just like you, i dont mean to kill your hopes, but you will be disappointed. during the day especially if you got the 6k LEDs, it will look like you have disabled your DRLs and you will not even tell they are on. and the PIAA LEDs at half power does make them flicker, you will tell when you look at them.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jsquared
are they at least white/bluish? oh well, at least i wont have blue bulbs anymore. and how do the high beams work/turn out?
you will have no high beam basically, when you turn on your high beam it get alittle birghter, and "alittle" is a over statement.
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