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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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i was wondering where i can get led bulbs to replace the "city lights" in my 06 tl headlight. i'm looking for bright ones. Also anybody know what size i need?

thanks for the help
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike_90
i was wondering where i can get led bulbs to replace the "city lights" in my 06 tl headlight. i'm looking for bright ones. Also anybody know what size i need?

thanks for the help
What year TL do you have? Are you in canada?
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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06 and no i'm in the states
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 12:40 AM
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What are "city lights"? Are these the DRLs?
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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there are two sets of lights in the headlights. the outter one is the regular light and i'm talking about the inner ones.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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You got the chinese headlights? I think they're 194s... look it up though to make sure... try Polarg... good luck.

I'm a bit confused though.. 06's don't have DRLs or City Lights... They have Fogs...
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Oh yeeeeah. I had a blonde moment lol
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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I think by city lights, he also means his parking lights / blinkers.

THey are 7443. LED ones can be found a number of places, but I like www.v-leds.com.

If you have cleared out your headlights (removed the amber difuser), then you have a number of options, you can go with white, amber or the switchbacks which are white when steady, but blink amber.

If you do have the amber difuser still in place, I would recomend going with amber LED's as they will have the best light output after being projected through teh amber lense.


The only other options as mentioned above are the actual HID's which are D2S bulbs, the foglights which are 9006 bulbs, neither of which should be replaced by LED's.

In the picture below, the far left is the fog light (9006), the center is the HID (D2S) and the far right is the parking light (7443)

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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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thanks a lot guys. that was what i need it. cuz this guy replaced the "fog lights", i guess that's what you call them, with led's and they don't do anything. anyone know where i can find a replacement for my foglights?
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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Any 9006 will do. If you go to your auto parts store, you'll find all sorts of regular bulbs that will give you the typical yellowish output, or you'll find various "cool blue" bulbs. Some people for their fogs also like to go with the very yellow look. Some good, inexpensive ones for that application can be found on eBay and are made by a company called Nokya.

I would search for Nokya 3000K 9006 bulbs or something to that effect.

Just be advised that if going with any of these "Cool Blue" or "Hyper Yellow" bulbs, you stick with the 70W bulbs. I've heard that the100W can melt your light housing.

Someone please correct me if my wattage is incorrect.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 02:38 PM
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so i can just buy a pair of bulbs and it'll be a direct swap right? i don't need a kit or anything?
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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Correct.
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