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Old 04-19-09, 04:29 PM
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So I went to John (Low Offset)'s house today to get my low, high and fog lights done. As soon as I handed him the lights, he started freaking out lol cause he thought it was just the bulbs but instead it was a whole bunch of HID kit/wiring for the fogs. I got really excited to put it on cause my lights were sitting in my room 2 weeks now. We only managed to change out the DRL/highbeams on the drive side because the dust cover wouldn't come on the other side.

So in the end, I have to eventually bring it to the shops and get it done. What's not cool is that I was looking forward to a white/blue-ish DRL but it turned out that it was still the ugly yellow, but only white/blue-ish when the high beams are turned on. I think Clifford sent me the wrong ones.

Now, this worries me, I'm gonna change out a whole bunch of parts. HID fogs, low and high beams. I'm worried that these will void my warranty if anything happens. Also, if I ever wanna take those off again, I'm gonna have to got to the shop to get it done which means more $$$. So I've set up a poll for you guys to see if I should change it out.

PS: What's a good shop around Houston to put on these lights and what's a reasonable price?

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Old 04-19-09, 04:33 PM
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In order not to have a yellow output for the DRL you will lose the high beam function because only LEDS will give you a straight white//blue-ish look.

For me i used a DRL module and a HID harness i got from vLeds.com that enables me to use a HID kit for my DRL. Basically with the module from vled you have the highbeam on the entire time the DRL is enabled. Once you turn on the headlights, the DRL will go off. It might shine into people's eye when it starts to turn dark, but in the day it looks hot.
Old 04-19-09, 05:54 PM
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I just unplugged by DRL, becuase I am running HID fogs also. 2 sets of HIDs is plenty of light for anyone.
Old 04-20-09, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2slow
In order not to have a yellow output for the DRL you will lose the high beam function because only LEDS will give you a straight white//blue-ish look.

For me i used a DRL module and a HID harness i got from vLeds.com that enables me to use a HID kit for my DRL. Basically with the module from vled you have the highbeam on the entire time the DRL is enabled. Once you turn on the headlights, the DRL will go off. It might shine into people's eye when it starts to turn dark, but in the day it looks hot.
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Old 04-22-09, 09:47 AM
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why don't you just have the dealer disable the drl??? is that possible for the isf because it is for the isx50's...drl's off ftw
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Originally Posted by fleadog99
I just unplugged by DRL, becuase I am running HID fogs also. 2 sets of HIDs is plenty of light for anyone.
How were you able to unplug it yourself? I had my dealer do it for me.
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I unplugged the light bulb. So I don't have high beams either, but I have HID Headlights AND HID Fogs.
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