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Just read the whole thread. Still cant find the answer. What IF I buy the depo ones and plug them straight in on my 08 ISF. What will happen? Will they work as they should with just the need to pull the fuse for the AFS?
Just read the whole thread. Still cant find the answer. What IF I buy the depo ones and plug them straight in on my 08 ISF. What will happen? Will they work as they should with just the need to pull the fuse for the AFS?
OEM HID w AFS.
Yes they would work but you will have crappy halogen output and color. You can do a PnP HID kit but that would be crappy too. Need to pull AFS to prevent flashing AFS light.
You can also buy the DEPO HID crash replacement versions...I think those are built more to the OEM spec than these halogen $400 ones. They are over twice the price but you get HID projectors and correct wiring for LED DRL (need to buy the OEM cap/harness ~$25 each).
These are designed as the aftermarket crash replacements. They don't come with ballasts/auto level motors though. You will have transplant your OEM ones into them (see Lam Le's video on YouTube for DIY).
I just saw mahcah's thread from last year and he opened the OEM HID headlights and noted that the AFS motors may fit (I personally think the DRL hardware will interfere.). Someone would need to experiment with it.
If I had the OEM 2011+ housings, I would try but I would also transplant my 2006-2010 HID harness with AFS to the 2011+ if I tried the AFS transplant. The DRL would need to be rewired, but those actually are on a separate harness/cap so for pre 2011, you have to rig wiring either way.
Yes they would work but you will have crappy halogen output and color. You can do a PnP HID kit but that would be crappy too. Need to pull AFS to prevent flashing AFS light.
You can also buy the DEPO HID crash replacement versions...I think those are built more to the OEM spec than these halogen $400 ones. They are over twice the price but you get HID projectors and correct wiring for LED DRL (need to buy the OEM cap/harness ~$25 each).
These are designed as the aftermarket crash replacements. They don't come with ballasts/auto level motors though. You will have transplant your OEM ones into them (see Lam Le's video on YouTube for DIY).
I just saw mahcah's thread from last year and he opened the OEM HID headlights and noted that the AFS motors may fit (I personally think the DRL hardware will interfere.). Someone would need to experiment with it.
If I had the OEM 2011+ housings, I would try but I would also transplant my 2006-2010 HID harness with AFS to the 2011+ if I tried the AFS transplant. The DRL would need to be rewired, but those actually are on a separate harness/cap so for pre 2011, you have to rig wiring either way.
I have a follow-up question. Do I need a harness to have the DRL led's work as they do on the OEM led headlights? or there is a customized wiring that needs to get done? I have halogens
I have a follow-up question. Do I need a harness to have the DRL led's work as they do on the OEM led headlights? or there is a customized wiring that needs to get done? I have halogens
There are several OEM thread about this. You need to repin (swap locations) the new 2011+ H/L harness to do it at 100%, others have different relay methods to have it dim with H/L on.
For these Depo Halogen DRLs, you need to wire to ACC power, these only come one output, unless you do an aftermarket china controller. I will have video of my experience there later tonight or tomorrow. They are currently wired to parking light pins.
I'd love to jump on these but I have a question. How would the DRL strip work with my 2006 non-hid halogen car? The big issue is I had the DRL option disabled at the dealer. The DRL option on my year car was the high beams running at half power if I'm not mistaken. Would that matter with these?
I'd love to jump on these but I have a question. How would the DRL strip work with my 2006 non-hid halogen car? The big issue is I had the DRL option disabled at the dealer. The DRL option on my year car was the high beams running at half power if I'm not mistaken. Would that matter with these?
The LED DRL strip on these aftermarket headlights typically only turn on when the low beams or high beams. You'll have to rewire it like above for it to be on all the time. The standard DRL would just be high beam 50 percent if enabled
Hi guy, glad to help. Your are correct my 2013 does use Hi beams at lower output. I disabled my own DRL lights on my car, oem halogen non- hid headlamps. I then opened my headlights and installed Hid Bulbs and halos as DRL and wired the Halos to come in via Park lamps ... removed the 194 little bulbs that where also in the hign beam reflectors that came on also.
Ok, oem car 2013 IS250 and changed the oem halogen lights to what I just discribed. Version 2.0
Version 3.0, I bought Depo headlight, opened them and installed aftermarket projectors. The DRL light strip modeling the 2011 + cars with oem HID headlights with AFS. The DRL lamps are tied to Park Lights Power circuit. There is a separate wire to the plug to the car , pre wired that gets power when the Park lights are turned on. The go round wire ties into the turn signal harness in the headlamp wiring harness.
I have broke out the DRL ground the power wires on my version 3.0 Depo lights, I am using an aftermarket DRL controller that will power the DRL at normal brightness as they would left alone, and use this module to flash the DRL strip when the turn signal is activated. The next circuit the module does is dim the Power to the Depo DRL system when the headlights are turned on. I have to tap the wire to the aftermarket controller to the Headlamp or Park light circuit to make the dim option work.
I am in the process of completing my Ver 3.0 today. I have the lights without lens mounted in the car now, and lens off. To adjust the rotation of the new projectors to make sure they are level with each other.
And wire this aftermarket controller to my car. I have not completed the wiring to my car yet, I have just got the light / low hi beam working with the Park, blinker so far.
Tomorrow my plan is to make the connections to the car with the aftermarket controller . I bench tested this and all works. Now make it work on the car. I then will remove the headlamps version 3.0 and clean / bake and install the lens. Then install the completed version 3.0 lights into my car. I aimed the headlamps today, up down and side to side. One is a little off on rotation and need to Drimel some clearance to make the rotoation adjustment. Getting closer ... to be done.
Tomorrow if the stars line up, I should be driving my car with completed version 3.0
Of you send me your email, or reply to mine I can send you some pics I haven’t posted on CL yet.
Tex
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Just a recap. You want the Non Hid DRL lights disabled to use the DEPO light anyway and the Park lights power the DRL Stip as is when you install these light
Hopefully tomorrow I will finish mine.
Thursday I installed my mounted projectors lights, without the lens in the car. I aligned them today left/ right, up/down and aligning the rotation when I took a break for the evening. Hopefully tomorrow I will finish the project. To complete the 3.0 version retrofit I am installing a DRL light module to control the Depo DRL strip lights with the key on, hi low with park / headlight on/ off, and flash the DRL with the turn signal. I have broke out the wires to the DRL from the Harness, to connect to the DRL module then mount the external ballast, pull the headlamps back out and clean and bake time. Hopefully Put them back in the car to be done Friday..
03-07-18, 06:32 AM
