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Old 01-16-08, 02:27 PM
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I am looking ahead at all the pics of the DRL's and the parking lights, are the Parking lights the same bulb as the DRL's or is it located below it. Has anyone left the parking light out so there is no light there at all?

What Color Are the OEM HID's? Are they liks super white or are they like my Acura with the Purplish hallogens?

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Originally Posted by Actsx3
I am looking ahead at all the pics of the DRL's and the parking lights, are the Parking lights the same bulb as the DRL's or is it located below it. Has anyone left the parking light out so there is no light there at all?

What Color Are the OEM HID's? Are they liks super white or are they like my Acura with the Purplish hallogens?

No the parking lights are not same as the DRL. The DRL are really High beams just lower wattage.

The HIDS are in the 4000k range like your acura. The purplish colors are the 10,000k. There are a couple people here that have that. They got them at xenondepot
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So where is the bulb of the drl compared to the parking light, under it? any pics of just the DRL's on.

Second, So I am guessing we don't have a purpleish tint, they are just white.

Third, what if I take the parking light out all together and have no light coming from the Parking light?
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The DRLs are the high beams..

The image above is from the forum, sorry i stole it, it was usefull so i saved the image to my desktop
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the parking light is the little wedge bulb located in the upper outerside of the headlight. ur DLR is the 9005 bulb u see first when u look at the highbeam area.. as said above.. the DRL is the same bulb as ur highbeam but at half wattage. ur stock HID is rated around 4300k. its more of a whitish yellow. if the TL HIDs seem differnt it may be because the projector lens is at a differnt curvature therefor u see a differnt color spectrum. finally... what if u take ur parking light out? i dunno.. thats up to u.
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the blue one is the parking/city lights and the one in the middle is the DRL/highbeams
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Originally Posted by ExTrEmE99


The DRLs are the high beams..

The image above is from the forum, sorry i stole it, it was usefull so i saved the image to my desktop
The parking light all the way right where it says Parking light led, I am gueesing that I don't have to change that.

By the way great find.

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Originally Posted by Actsx3
I am gueesing that I don't have to change that.
Nope you guess wrong, goto vleds and get the 9smt 194 bulb.
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but it looks to be a led already. We are looking at the same bulb, the one to the right of the pic where it says led. If I am wrong what should I get there a yellow LED?
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im geussing what llamaboiz is saying.. get some bigger and brighter leds.. 9smt are 6 side firing and 3 front firing... and they come in amber.
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Originally Posted by Actsx3
The parking light all the way right where it says Parking light led, I am gueesing that I don't have to change that.

By the way great find.
I am confused. I am talking about the only bulb on the right of the pic thats says LED and not a size of a bulb. It looks to be behind the yellow housing. Does anyone change that one?
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Originally Posted by Actsx3
I am confused. I am talking about the only bulb on the right of the pic thats says LED and not a size of a bulb. It looks to be behind the yellow housing. Does anyone change that one?
I wouldn't bother with that one since it sits behind an orange reflector..
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I also see that the Stock Headlights are 4300k, so when everyone is getting the 6000k and the 8000k, its just the bulb. I don't see any DIY for just the headlight bulb change. Is that hard?
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Originally Posted by Actsx3
I also see that the Stock Headlights are 4300k, so when everyone is getting the 6000k and the 8000k, its just the bulb. I don't see any DIY for just the headlight bulb change. Is that hard?
This thread should help, I posted a DIY in there.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=313755
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Originally Posted by Actsx3
I also see that the Stock Headlights are 4300k, so when everyone is getting the 6000k and the 8000k, its just the bulb. I don't see any DIY for just the headlight bulb change. Is that hard?
Stock HIDS are 4300k and if you want to change to 6K or 8K bulbs you just need to change it with the same bulbs D4S


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