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Yellow DRL's? Nah.

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Old 07-22-08, 11:05 AM
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That picture of the IS-F is a LED parking light, NOT the DRLs!

I think a lot of people tried blue bulbs on their DRLs and to only have the faint yellow color again. The only way to get white is by getting LED DRL's(9005) NOT parking lights.
Old 07-22-08, 11:10 AM
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^ and lets not forget, running a blue bulb is just one more ticket a cop can write you up for.
Old 07-22-08, 11:18 AM
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ya that's true...bah forget it...gotta think of something else =(
Old 07-22-08, 06:14 PM
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3 hrs later, here we are! I wouldn't really recommend these unless you don't have a problem re-wiring your headlights to reverse the polarity. Other then that, they look pretty sweet.




Old 07-23-08, 09:32 PM
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ok now i have another question...would the bi-xenons still do a GOOD job when highbeaming? like if i highbeam with the LEDs in..how significant is the loss of light?
Old 07-23-08, 09:39 PM
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D.Jobin, can we get a close up day pic with the lites off? and a bright sunny day pic (not close up)? thx
Old 07-24-08, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by w1ck3d64
ok now i have another question...would the bi-xenons still do a GOOD job when highbeaming? like if i highbeam with the LEDs in..how significant is the loss of light?
Ehh...not nearly as good as it would be with the halogens in there.

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D.Jobin, can we get a close up day pic with the lites off? and a bright sunny day pic (not close up)? thx
No problem, I'll have them up after lunch time.
Old 07-24-08, 08:09 AM
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wow, those look bright...what exactly did you do?
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
D.Jobin, can we get a close up day pic with the lites off? and a bright sunny day pic (not close up)? thx
They are by no means this blue in person, think of a 6000k white (pure white w/ a hint of blue). Also, they look a lot fuller in person, not choppy like they look in the picture. I guess the phone camera is to blame.


I know what your looking for, and it doesn't make the reflector housing nearly as yellow when there off like the VLED bulbs, the circuit board is painted black.

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Originally Posted by andyboy
wow, those look bright...what exactly did you do?
Bought these off ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-X...mZ380048675385

Reversed the polarity of my high beams, and voila.
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I see VLED's finally have the new and improved 9005's in stock so I went ahead and ordered those as well for a little comparison. I'll report back when they arrive.
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Originally Posted by D.Jobin
I see VLED's finally have the new and improved 9005's in stock so I went ahead and ordered those as well for a little comparison. I'll report back when they arrive.
nice! thanks for trying things out

edit: are they the 68 SMT ones? http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481

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Old 07-25-08, 07:48 AM
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is anyone running these...

http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...d/0/SFV/32481#
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Originally Posted by w1ck3d64
nice! thanks for trying things out

edit: are they the 68 SMT ones? http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
Yup, those are them.

Originally Posted by Gr8Dane
From the 1st page:


Old 07-31-08, 11:25 AM
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hey jobin...did those smts come in yet?


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