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Old Jan 19, 2020 | 07:18 AM
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06 is250 rwd halogen

when does the little tiny bulb in high beam side come on

ive tried everything lol (maybe blown)

anybody know what size it is

thanks
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Old Jan 19, 2020 | 08:06 AM
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https://www.clublexus.com/how-tos/a/...th-leds-362783
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Old Jan 19, 2020 | 09:13 AM
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Got it city light

guess mine r blown
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Old Jan 19, 2020 | 12:45 PM
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I used LED bulb, they look better IMO
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Old Jan 25, 2020 | 07:03 AM
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Really simple to replace those 194 bulbs, you can go LED which looks a lot better but the bulbs are absolutely worthless if the DRL feature is working on your vehicle. I could never get over the fact I got 6000k low beams and swapped out those 194 city light bulbs with the closest I could find 6000k white 194’s to match my low beams and still had the yellowish DRL. Found a dealer service tech that was kind enough to turn off the DRL feature for me.
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Old Jan 25, 2020 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by teaguedp90
Really simple to replace those 194 bulbs, you can go LED which looks a lot better but the bulbs are absolutely worthless if the DRL feature is working on your vehicle. I could never get over the fact I got 6000k low beams and swapped out those 194 city light bulbs with the closest I could find 6000k white 194’s to match my low beams and still had the yellowish DRL. Found a dealer service tech that was kind enough to turn off the DRL feature for me.
im thinking of swapping to LED high beam to get rid of yellow DRL. I’ve been looking at the Xenondepot with driver.
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Old Jan 25, 2020 | 01:39 PM
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That’ll work! If I remember right, swapping the high beam bulb to an led will definitely work but you lose the ability to actually use your high beams.
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Old Jan 25, 2020 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by teaguedp90
That’ll work! If I remember right, swapping the high beam bulb to an led will definitely work but you lose the ability to actually use your high beams.
I believe DRL are high beam during the day.
when headlights are on high beam works fine.
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Old Feb 4, 2020 | 11:57 AM
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The default DRL is the high beam bulb at a lower power mode. When you turn on your headlight, it shuts off. When you turn on your high beams, the high beam bulb goes to full power.

If you are switching to an LED high beam, I suggest disabling the DRL lights (using the high beams socket) and only use the city lights (tiny bulbs inside high beam housing)
This can be done with Techstream (and maybe carista?)
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Old Feb 4, 2020 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mrplesh
The default DRL is the high beam bulb at a lower power mode. When you turn on your headlight, it shuts off. When you turn on your high beams, the high beam bulb goes to full power.

If you are switching to an LED high beam, I suggest disabling the DRL lights (using the high beams socket) and only use the city lights (tiny bulbs inside high beam housing)
This can be done with Techstream (and maybe carista?)
I purchased xenon depot LED’s with the DRL driver.
they claim to work like stock. Low power drl. I haven’t installed yet. I would like all my lights to be white, not yellowish
If I don’t like them I have techstream.
next option will be to buy aftermarket headlights.
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Old Feb 5, 2020 | 08:50 AM
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When I replaced my well-worn OEM headlights with replacement TYC headlights, I noticed they didn't come with new city bulbs and I didn't care to even have them. So I gave it a shot with the install without any bulbs in those sockets. No issues or error lights on the dash to speak of!
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Originally Posted by Gville350
When I replaced my well-worn OEM headlights with replacement TYC headlights, I noticed they didn't come with new city bulbs and I didn't care to even have them. So I gave it a shot with the install without any bulbs in those sockets. No issues or error lights on the dash to speak of!
I've been running this setup since my GS. I feel there is too much lighting going on with upgraded led city lights.




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Originally Posted by MikeFig82
I've been running this setup since my GS. I feel there is too much lighting going on with upgraded led city lights.
I thought for sure that I would get some sort of error code for not having a bulb in there; but I was pleasantly surprised!
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Old Sep 25, 2022 | 04:34 PM
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Very nice to know that small bulb is the 194. I like to know how to replace this bulb in a Lexus es300?
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Old Sep 25, 2022 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mrcheap
06 is250 rwd halogen

when does the little tiny bulb in high beam side come on

ive tried everything lol (maybe blown)

anybody know what size it is

thanks
Parking light. 168 bulb.
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