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Old 12-06-06, 10:00 PM
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Are there any bulbs out there that i could use for my daytime running light so at night they won't look yellow? Instead I want them looking more white!
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Originally Posted by malraymal
Are there any bulbs out there that i could use for my daytime running light so at night they won't look yellow? Instead I want them looking more white!
The bulbs running at night are not daytime running bulbs. They are your parking lights. The daytime running lights are simply your high beams at 50% output. They do not run at night when your headlights are on. You want to replace your parking lights which is the wedge bulb on the bottom of the same housing as the high beams. Any 194 bulb will work.
Old 12-08-06, 07:30 AM
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Try Polarg M4 bulbs. They look much better than stock.
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Originally Posted by malraymal
Are there any bulbs out there that i could use for my daytime running light so at night they won't look yellow? Instead I want them looking more white!

Try Going to Car-Gym.com. There located in Hong Kong. I bought the Piaa Tera LED 6000k & 6500k. They Look great. They are whiter and brighter then the stock Bi-xeon's.
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Originally Posted by mrurmil
The bulbs running at night are not daytime running bulbs. They are your parking lights. The daytime running lights are simply your high beams at 50% output. They do not run at night when your headlights are on. You want to replace your parking lights which is the wedge bulb on the bottom of the same housing as the high beams. Any 194 bulb will work.
ok? so how would one make the DRL's not yellow
Old 01-25-07, 06:23 PM
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try a 9005 or 9006 bulb such as Polarg to match the wedge bulb.. Also try the thread in the lighting section under GS's The whole list is right there.. GL..
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Originally Posted by russian
ok? so how would one make the DRL's not yellow
You cannot they are your high beam bulbs running at 50% voltage. Even if you put white/blue bulbs in there they will still look yellow at half voltage.

I disabled mine with a jumper wire.
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Originally Posted by BossGS4
You cannot they are your high beam bulbs running at 50% voltage. Even if you put white/blue bulbs in there they will still look yellow at half voltage.

I disabled mine with a jumper wire.
no kidding? what if i put an ultra ricey blue bulb in?
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You could try it ..... when I was searching Club Lexus I couldn't find one person IS, GS, LS who was able to do it to their liking.

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Originally Posted by BossGS4
You could try it ..... when I was searching Club Lexus I couldn't find one person IS, GS, LS who was able to do it to their liking.

DaveC
but it has to be a slight improvement over the stock high beam at least, right?
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I put in an ebay, Nokya 9005 bulb in there and it's night and day difference. Not bad for some cheap bulbs but my only gripe is, when they'e not on, you could see the blue reflection of the bulb throughout the housing.
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Originally Posted by P Rock
I put in an ebay, Nokya 9005 bulb in there and it's night and day difference. Not bad for some cheap bulbs but my only gripe is, when they'e not on, you could see the blue reflection of the bulb throughout the housing.
i could sacrifice some blue gayness whilst the car is off for some non-yellow DRL's!
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Try PIAA SUPER WHITES you might like them about $80.00 for a set
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