DRL upgrade kit from V-Leds
03-10-2009, 05:52 PM
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03-10-2009, 07:21 PM
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i had them but one wasnt working. so i sent them back. VLEDS is awesome! awesome customer service. anyways i got confirmation from them that this harness does work. well i should know im running them now. but as i said it is not with the 68 SMTs. i was also running the Nokya yellow bulbs and they are great. with the 68 SMTs it should be really bright.
03-13-2009, 02:28 PM
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I just got my 68 SMT's in the mail and the harness. I will install today and take photos.
DNPhotography, which side did you plug in the resistor and which side did you plug in the bulbs? I'm thinking resistor in the pax side and bulbs in driver side.
DNPhotography, which side did you plug in the resistor and which side did you plug in the bulbs? I'm thinking resistor in the pax side and bulbs in driver side.
03-13-2009, 07:02 PM
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Grrr, I just got home from work and now it's dark and cold out. I'm debating doing it tonight. Tomorrow I'm out of commission too all day...this might have to wait til Sunday...
03-13-2009, 08:16 PM
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03-13-2009, 10:25 PM
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Ok..FINE!! I hate a tease...so I went out in the cold and dark and installed them...
Here is what I got from V-LED's
68-SMT LED 9005's. Looks to be well put together from what little I know.
Resistor for pax side light
DRL Harness
Driver side connection
The harness looked like it was pretty well made too. The only complaint I have is the connector for the passenger side, the wires move in and out of the female plug a little too easily and it was resulting in a lost connection. I jammed them all the way up in there and taped it up and it was all good.
So... lights before (sorry for teh terrible pic, but you all know what they look like
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Lights after - They look more blue in the photos than they are in real life.
With the flash on...looks a little more like this
I'll get some day time photos tomorrow. Install took all of 25 minutes, mostly because I was fighting with the pax side OEM bulb. Light output is equal from both side, and I got no DRL light on my dash
All in all, I'd say this was worth the $70 considering it's our only option.
Here is what I got from V-LED's
68-SMT LED 9005's. Looks to be well put together from what little I know.
Resistor for pax side light
DRL Harness
Driver side connection
The harness looked like it was pretty well made too. The only complaint I have is the connector for the passenger side, the wires move in and out of the female plug a little too easily and it was resulting in a lost connection. I jammed them all the way up in there and taped it up and it was all good.
So... lights before (sorry for teh terrible pic, but you all know what they look like
)Lights after - They look more blue in the photos than they are in real life.
With the flash on...looks a little more like this
I'll get some day time photos tomorrow. Install took all of 25 minutes, mostly because I was fighting with the pax side OEM bulb. Light output is equal from both side, and I got no DRL light on my dash
All in all, I'd say this was worth the $70 considering it's our only option.
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03-14-2009, 12:07 AM
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And just to confirm for me ('cause I'm slow on these things): NO DRL dummy light, right?
03-14-2009, 12:22 AM
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03-14-2009, 01:28 AM
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Haha, thanks mglax!! Great pics and exactly what I've been looking for. I really do appreciate you slaving away in the cold! I'm gonna have to pick this up as well! V-leds ftw!
03-15-2009, 12:52 AM
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hey rockyfeller, with this module you would be able to run an LED strip off the DRL's as well wouldn't you? Just like on the new Audi's??? I wanted to wire some LED strips to the DRL's but the DRL's only run at 6.4V, this will cure that I hope
03-15-2009, 06:47 PM
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03-15-2009, 07:36 PM
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Well if the 6.4V is enough to light up these 2 bulbs, then I'd think that maybe it's enough to light up the LED strips IF you only lit the LED strips and didn't light any bulbs. In that case, I probably wouldn't bother going with that specific harness from V-LED's. I think I'd do something similar with a resistor on the passenger side, and then splitting the power on the driver side.
03-15-2009, 08:01 PM
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Well if the 6.4V is enough to light up these 2 bulbs, then I'd think that maybe it's enough to light up the LED strips IF you only lit the LED strips and didn't light any bulbs. In that case, I probably wouldn't bother going with that specific harness from V-LED's. I think I'd do something similar with a resistor on the passenger side, and then splitting the power on the driver side.
03-15-2009, 08:20 PM
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That sounds good to me, but don't take my word for it becasue I don't know a whole lot about the electic system as it pertains to the DRL's. I'm just speculating. LED's require very little power to run, so who knows, it might work. Trial and error is my method of choice with these things...lol
04-22-2009, 01:02 PM
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Update to this thread. The harness works perfect, there is no DRL warning light on the dash, however the output of the actual 9005 LED DRLs is about half of what they should be. If you look at the output of the LED DRLs during the day, they are not very bright at all. They seem to be quite a bit dimmer than the oem 9005 bulbs.
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
04-22-2009, 01:09 PM
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Ok forgive me, if these aren't outputting the same amount or more light then stock, whats the point again?
04-22-2009, 01:14 PM
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The original DRL via V-LED that were available...showed the same characteristics of brightness in the beginning...after two weeks of riding with them...they die...and are no longer as bright as before... I think it would work better if the DRL produced a nice yellow output or a deep yellow like Hoen Endurance bulbs.
I'm a skeptic... I need to rethink making another $50 commitment. To people who have them right now, please continue to post your updates. Thank you.
I'm a skeptic... I need to rethink making another $50 commitment. To people who have them right now, please continue to post your updates. Thank you.
04-22-2009, 04:05 PM
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I bought a set of these for my wife's 2009 Honda Pilot and all they did was keep blowing the DRL fuses. I even brought the fuse up to a 20A and it still blew them. I guess they look great if you can get them to work.
04-22-2009, 04:10 PM
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Update to this thread. The harness works perfect, there is no DRL warning light on the dash, however the output of the actual 9005 LED DRLs is about half of what they should be. If you look at the output of the LED DRLs during the day, they are not very bright at all. They seem to be quite a bit dimmer than the oem 9005 bulbs.
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
haha thanks.
04-22-2009, 04:54 PM
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04-22-2009, 11:32 PM
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Update to this thread. The harness works perfect, there is no DRL warning light on the dash, however the output of the actual 9005 LED DRLs is about half of what they should be. If you look at the output of the LED DRLs during the day, they are not very bright at all. They seem to be quite a bit dimmer than the oem 9005 bulbs.
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
04-23-2009, 05:41 PM
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Update to this thread. The harness works perfect, there is no DRL warning light on the dash, however the output of the actual 9005 LED DRLs is about half of what they should be. If you look at the output of the LED DRLs during the day, they are not very bright at all. They seem to be quite a bit dimmer than the oem 9005 bulbs.
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
I spoke with Jake and he said purchasing the plug-n-play 9005 in-line DRL module and installing one on the harness side will yield a full 14.5v to the LED DRLs. I'll post some pics when I get this.
link to the module: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html
Just out of curiousity (I have no electronics knowledge), how can you just step up the voltage like that? Wouldn't it require more power coming from somewhere?
04-24-2009, 04:31 PM
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how come my harnesses are so much smaller then the ones that you guys have? the ones i have don't work either, they came with a harness with like a mini ballast on the end of it i don't know how to even describe it.
04-24-2009, 05:15 PM
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Ok so I received the 9005 in-line module and plugged it into the harness side and the DRL LED output actually DECREASED by about 2x. So in short, it doesn't work. The standard harness is about as much power as you're gonna get for the LED DRLs at this time. Sucks! I guess i'll be going back to my Nokya yellows.
04-24-2009, 05:16 PM
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http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6901806.html
04-24-2009, 05:32 PM
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You are referring to the in-line modules. The harness is this....
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6901806.html
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6901806.html
04-26-2009, 09:58 PM
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Can someone please help me? I have an 05 TL, with 07-08 type-s headlight. I also have the DRL module that i bought from autobarn.com. I want to get the 9005 DRL LED(amber), do i need to get the 9005 DRL WIRING HARNESS + RESISTOR or the 9005 PLUG N' PLAY DRL DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE to make it work?
thanks.
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