dknights

Scrolling through old posts I wound up more confused than when I started. All I want to do is change my yellow lights(headlight DRL, and fog lights)—-to white. i believe i have HID headlights because they “rise” as i start the car. What I am confused about is what I will need/lose.
if I change out DRL lights to LED, does that mean I lose my “brights”, and also need a relay or something? Plug and play?
I suppose that would be a deal breaker losing bright beams.

for the fog lamps: are they just plug and play? And do I just want 9006 LED 6k lights?

any list of components would be greatly appreciated. Looking for cheapest/reliable

thanks in advance, guess I just need to know what exactly I’m buying, and if technology has somehow erased the relay I would need or something. Fog lights are my main concern. I know this has been covered before, but it’s a lot of hopping around and I get lost. I’m hoping someone can make sense of this.
thanks clublexus

LeX2K

I'm going to assume (could be wrong) that the high beams are run in series in DRL mode this creates issues with almost all LED bulbs. There are modules that are supposed to get around this they are hit and miss from what I've read. To keep things simple why not replace your low beam HID bulbs with whatever HID bulb colour you want? Fogs will be easy to put in LEDs or difficult depending on how much room there is in the housings.

What year is your car? I use this site to look up bulb types for a particular car, don't generally like any of the products they sell.
https://www.superbrightleds.com

ESrob

I can't help you with a conversion to LED's but if you just want "white" light buy higher kelvin temperature bulbs. You can achieve this without switching to LEDs. If you have HID low beams you want D4S and for the high beams you want 9005.

dknights

I have a 2008. I just want all the lights to be one color ya know, pretty much matching the low beams i have now cause i like those, and with the path of least resistance. Okay so I found some LED 9005 plug and play halogen replacements on Amazon for $40 that will replace DRL and high beams. Easy peasy. So is it the same for fog lamps or are those 9006? Thanks for the help guys! Def cleared stuff up.

Mike734

I’d be careful with different fog light bulbs. I just bought this car and I looks like the previous owner tried some bulbs that were too hot

w84me

reflectors in your factory headlights are designed for the bulbs they specify. LED's are not designed for this as far as I know. you will get a whiter headlight, and also blind on coming drivers, who may be old and frail and think it is the pearly gates opening up and ram into you accidently

polish your lenses, and put fresh stock bulbs in. you'll be surprised how bright they can be if you just do this. much less $$ too.

dknights

Yeah I decided just to have dealership turn off the DRL lights, I thought I could get some that actually worked between high beam/DRL but that’s not the case. Pretty much purely cosmetic, no thanks. I still will upgrade fog lights to LED, but I’ll keep my eye out for a low lumen just in case so it doesn’t get too hot. Thanks for input guys.

LeX2K

Not the case anymore many LED bulbs now put the emitters in the same location as the original filament producing a proper beam pattern.

w84me

how do you know which ones are good?

LeX2K

I initially learned by trial and error now I know what to look for. Example this will be 3x brighter than halogen notice the LED placement

dknights

Holy crap after reading those reviews those LED lights actually look like a nice difference between high beam/DRL!!!
think you just answered my original confusing question!!! Thanks dude

w84me

Are these for headlights? Are they plug and play?

dknights

yep! 9006 for fogs and 9005 for headlights (high beam and DRL). Plug and play.
not sure of HID projector bulb size

w84me

I'm getting the impression that LED's don't help hi-beams that much. via this website. Not sure if there is a HID LED, haven't ran across one.

https://www.bulbfacts.com/

heidihidin

what is HID LED?
those 2 terms conflict each other