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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 04:11 AM
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Looks nice can never have enough light on these DRL's, how do they compare to your low beams still a huge difference? You should do a night pic with the high beams and lows both on to see how it looks I used to do this on my LX 470 with the "quad light" set up. Since the high beams/DRL's are LED's they wont blind anyone.
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Old May 3, 2014 | 06:43 AM
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Seen these in person, and they are bright as hell!! Can't wait to get my set
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Old May 4, 2014 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by PrinceAkim
Seen these in person, and they are bright as hell!! Can't wait to get my set
Thx for the co-sign man. Okay here are 2 vids showing light output and believe it or not they are a tad more brighter than what's in the vid. Sorry using an iPhone 5 no pro equipment but I hope you get the idea.


Originally Posted by LXurious
Looks nice can never have enough light on these DRL's, how do they compare to your low beams still a huge difference? You should do a night pic with the high beams and lows both on to see how it looks I used to do this on my LX 470 with the "quad light" set up. Since the high beams/DRL's are LED's they wont blind anyone.
Here is a pic with both on and up against a wall.
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Old May 4, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Tee

Thx for the co-sign man. Okay here are 2 vids showing light output and believe it or not they are a tad more brighter than what's in the vid. Sorry using an iPhone 5 no pro equipment but I hope you get the idea.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CULkKs_DJeM
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIjsrFgN-Q

Here is a pic with both on.
Looks great bruh
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Old May 4, 2014 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by CJITTY
Looks great bruh
Thx Jitty!
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Old Mar 19, 2015 | 04:40 PM
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No issues with high heat burnout? Interested in getting some of these!
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Old Mar 19, 2015 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by macjac69
No issues with high heat burnout? Interested in getting some of these!
Still going strong, bright as day one and no issues!
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 07:08 AM
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Ok, sounds good.
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Thanks Tee for the instructions on these DRL replacements. I'm so happy to finally rid my car of those dingy/dated OEM bulbs. I couldn't stop looking at the reflection on the bumpers in front me! Here are some pics I took, but they look much brighter and much more modern in person.










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Just got my bulbs in waiting for my decoders.......
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Originally Posted by Dirteeboy
Just got my bulbs in waiting for my decoders.......
If you ordered the decoders from the ebay seller posted by Tee, make sure you get the ones with the metal housing instead of the plastic housing. The plastic housing is too big for the DRL space. Also make sure it's for the 9005 bulb instead of the 9006. I had some issues at first but the seller was very quick to correct them.

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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by efxonly1
Thanks Tee for the instructions on these DRL replacements. I'm so happy to finally rid my car of those dingy/dated OEM bulbs. I couldn't stop looking at the reflection on the bumpers in front me! Here are some pics I took, but they look much brighter and much more modern in person.
No problem, I'm glad you are pleased with the outcome. The pics & vids really don't do how bright they any justice in the write up, but now that you have set you see that. Thanks for the feedback and pics enjoy!👍
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Originally Posted by efxonly1
If you ordered the decoders from the ebay seller posted by Tee, make sure you get the ones with the metal housing instead of the plastic housing. The plastic housing is too big for the DRL space. Also make sure it's for the 9005 bulb instead of the 9006. I had some issues at first but the seller was very quick to correct them.
Yups ordered the gold metal ones. I had the plastic ones on my 3gs drls and they were a pain to fit.
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Old May 27, 2015 | 03:16 PM
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order the module from the link, but module wont fit in the housing. did they change the size of the module? or there is specific way im supposed to put it?
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Old May 28, 2015 | 02:54 PM
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If they sent you the metal module like in the pic & link then yes it will fit, you just have play around with until it goes in.
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