jonrey

Hi,

In Canada, we have a Daytime Runnin Lamp. I would like to replace it with a HID light or something to that effect. I've seen a couple of cars (Ferrari as an example) with a daytime running lamp that looks like an HID. With that said, is it possible to do this? If so, how and what type of light bulb I should be using?

Thanks...

William_B

Why not just leave your lights on all the time?

jonrey

I thought about that as I saw a guy driving his TSX that way. If I do leave it running all the time, will there be any consequences?

William_B

You may have to replace the HID lamps after 5 years...

ndawood

i tried to do the same thing to my 03.. but unfortunately you wont be able to get to un HID;s as your drl's. the drl's do not use enough power to ignite the hid's so it wont work if you plan on getting a balast and bulbs.

if you are trying to get rid of the yellow bulbs you can get a set of those piaa super whites and that should give u somewhat of an HID look....

if you run your hid's all the time get ready to replace them in the near future.....

jonrey

Do you know what type of light I should be looking for (watts, size, etc.). I prefer this approach. Thanks for the info.

ndawood

im not 100% certain of what kinda bulbs you would need for your car. I will look it up for the 03's and i imagine that they would be the same.. you should be lookin for about 55w bulbs and they should run you no more than $50cdn... and you can pick them up just about anywhere.....

ndawood

pick up a set of these and you should be good to go...

http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H1.html

it says that these are whats used for the 2004's

jguerra23

is this for 07+ i dont think previous models had DRL. I am interested in changin mine to something more white

sunny201

All canadian cars are required to have DRLs


I dont think those PIAA bulbs work. Ive been trying to do something forever for my DRLs (07) but I dont know what to do.

TLvtecJD

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I was hoping we could convert our DRL to fog light like the US model.

jguerra23

i have a us model...fog lights are the bottom...drl are on the head light..

jay0k

If you put HID's in the DRL location you will blind a lot of people. The same goes with the fog lights too.

jguerra23

i am going to try Nokya 9005 artic white......

Kennedy

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I have a pair of headlight guts from a set of US Spec headlight (with fog reflector)... $50

all you'd need to have Fogs is a relay... you'd have to take your headlights apart to install em... perfect time to clear em out.

sunny201

Let us know how it goes.

ck25

You guys should think twice before replacing a super white bulb into the DRLs.

The DRL is running like 1/2 of the original voltage, so the light output does not look HID at all. Yes, the light does look more white/blue than the stock, but with it running at 1/2 voltage, I personally think the bulb looks a big ricey due to the reduced output.

And yes, I did put a MTEC Cosmos Blue 4750K bulb in my DRL, and I did not like the look due to the reduced voltage.

Kenboyz TLS

FYI...I replaced the DRL bulbs with PIAA Extreme Whites. Not good. Barely any diff from the stock bulbs. I'm thinking there's gotta be some white/blue bulbs out that'll work even with the low voltage?

terry919

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Use PIAA 7500k or 8000k spark blue bulbs. I have the 7500k in my 07 Type-S and it get rip of the yellow look. It looks blue/white stright on, and puple/white, pure white at other angle because of the special gold/blue coating on top. You can get them from auto-proparts on ebay. Chepest place I have found and great customer service even though they are in Hong Kong. They immeditly sent out another pair of bulbs to me when I told them one of the bulbs that I got is defected.

sunny201

^^^^ you have any pics with them on? I wanna see what they look like.

ck25

Taking good pictures of different light colours is very hard.

I can only give you a description.

The light will certainly look more white/blue, but the light output is rather dim since it operates at a low voltage. From a distance, the light nowhere resembles a hid look. It just looks more white/blue than the stock DRL. That's it.

terry919

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I will try to take some pictures tomorrow since it has been raining whole day today.

terry919

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Found some pictures of a IS300 running PIAA 8000k spark blue blub as DRL bulb. PIAA 8000k and 7500k are pretty much the same, and they look pretty close to what mine looks like.



Left PIAA and right stock:

ck25

Those are very good pictures terry!

Exactly what mine looks like. Don't you guys find it ricey?

jguerra23

nice....I think I am getting these.. those DRL make the car look so Pu$$y.....

sunny201

Those look great, I def have to get those now

jguerra23

i bought Nokya artic purple 8500k 120w.....should i try them on

sunny201

Yea.. then let us know how they look

jguerra23

Tomorrow.. I change them and i ll try to take some pictures

jguerra23

I was not able to pull them out... the harness is really tight and I dint feel comfortable playing with it..... I dint have this much problem changing my fogs... I keep pressing the clips but they are not coming out

jguerra23

so i finally changed them... i try takign pictures but the lighting wasnt helping.... but they look pretty much like the ones post #69.

ABP_04TL

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i just saw a TYPE-S today in ridgefield NJ behind me with YELLOW DRLs i was like hmm nice wish i had them lol

jguerra23

I wonder what other ideas are out there....

jguerra23

they actually look very pink, my car is looking like a barbie car right about now.... has anyone consider using led ones here

jguerra23

Update pic of pink with Nokya Artic purples

blue rocket

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i just threw in some PIAA Spark 8000k's, my LED's were finally acting up on me. The DRL's have a nice blueish purple look to them now, and they are much brighter than the LED's ever were...i'm happy!