Changing DRLs to Nokyas-HELP
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Changing DRLs to Nokyas-HELP
On my TL a few years back, I remember trying to change my DRLs to white Nokyas and they wouldn't work right. When I installed one bulb, it would work but when I installed both, they would not. I tried both sides individually and they would work but not both at once...
I think it had something to do with the wattage they ran at...
EDIT: looked up some info, white ones were 100W while yellow ones are 65W.
So my question is:
Does anyone have any first hand experience with changing DRLs to either a white or even yellow bulb (Nokyas)? I don't like the stock faded yellow bulbs.
...Size I believe is 9005, I don't want to order another set of bulbs for it to not work...
Thanks!
-Jeff
I think it had something to do with the wattage they ran at...
EDIT: looked up some info, white ones were 100W while yellow ones are 65W.
So my question is:
Does anyone have any first hand experience with changing DRLs to either a white or even yellow bulb (Nokyas)? I don't like the stock faded yellow bulbs.
...Size I believe is 9005, I don't want to order another set of bulbs for it to not work...
Thanks!
-Jeff
Last edited by chairguru22; 11-28-2011 at 01:59 AM.
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i just switched my DRL's to the nokya yellows, dont seem to have any problems here except it was a pain in the ass trying to put them in blindly from the top.. haha
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i just changed my DRLs to LEDs and they look much better than the stock faded yellow. i got a DRL kit from jlc lightings and it works with full power to the LEDs and no DRL warning light
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Changing the DRL bulbs is a pain since the space is small and you can't see what you're doing. IMO, you're better off taking off the bumper and doing it with the headlights removed.
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The stock DRL's look the way they do because they only get partial power; any white replacement bulb will look the same. Don't know how yellow will look on partial power.
Some have LED's, but that may require a harness/adapter of some kind because of the low draw.
Some have LED's, but that may require a harness/adapter of some kind because of the low draw.
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i have day photos in this thread from various distances https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=821566&page=4
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post #10 up above has the thread link where i put in 3 daytime pics from far distances. they are not blinding but are a good brightness. the night time pic really captures reflections and intensifies it
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Update: I got the Nokya Hyper Yellow lights for my DRLs and installed them earlier tonight. (2500k 65W)
The passenger side was pretty easy, the driver side though is much harder since you need to remove a few things and then the frame of the car gets in the way. I would recommend remembering the position of bulbs as you take them out so you can reinsert the bulbs and not waste time feeling around blindly.
At first they didn't work, but then I realized I had a wire-harness still hooked from a prior install. Took the harness off and viola!![Thumbs Up](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
They are also BRIGHT despite being yellow and DRLs. At least from the pics I took at night.
Nightshots are below.
The passenger side was pretty easy, the driver side though is much harder since you need to remove a few things and then the frame of the car gets in the way. I would recommend remembering the position of bulbs as you take them out so you can reinsert the bulbs and not waste time feeling around blindly.
At first they didn't work, but then I realized I had a wire-harness still hooked from a prior install. Took the harness off and viola!
![Thumbs Up](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
They are also BRIGHT despite being yellow and DRLs. At least from the pics I took at night.
Nightshots are below.
Last edited by chairguru22; 12-05-2011 at 12:51 AM.
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Yes these are plug and play, take out the old bulbs, and replace with these.. if you're putting them into the fog lights, then for 07-08 TL's are H8 size bulbs, for the DRL's they are 9005.. i am unsure of the 04-06 TL DRL bulb size.
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