DRL new led’s wont get brighter

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Old Jul 7, 2023 | 10:39 PM
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DRL new led’s wont get brighter

So i got 100 dollar DRL leds that i got for my 08 TL. My old bulbs work just fine, its just they were yellow and every other bulb is led’s and white so i just wanted everything to be the same. As i install them, They do turn on but its a little light then barely turns on. Mind you these are 6k lums which should bright up almost everything. So i thought i connected it weird so i flip it around and nothing happens. Out of curiosity i plug in an old bulb to see if i blew my fuse but as soon as i turn on my lights, The leds bright up everything and the old bulbs dont turn on. I do the same with other side and it turns on as 6k lumens should. They dont bright up after i plug in both led’s tho. anybody got ideas?
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Old Jul 8, 2023 | 03:25 AM
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There's few threads about it - look for them.
In summary - daylight installation output is 6 V and your LEDs are 12V. You need to prepare new circuit.
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Old Jul 8, 2023 | 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by RicoDaGoon;[url=tel:16895130
16895130[/url]]So i got 100 dollar DRL leds that i got for my 08 TL. My old bulbs work just fine, its just they were yellow and every other bulb is led’s and white so i just wanted everything to be the same. As i install them, They do turn on but its a little light then barely turns on. Mind you these are 6k lums which should bright up almost everything. So i thought i connected it weird so i flip it around and nothing happens. Out of curiosity i plug in an old bulb to see if i blew my fuse but as soon as i turn on my lights, The leds bright up everything and the old bulbs dont turn on. I do the same with other side and it turns on as 6k lumens should. They dont bright up after i plug in both led’s tho. anybody got ideas?

also 6K is a color temperature, not lumens/measure of luminosity. If they told you these bulbs outputted 6K lumens, they would be total liars
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Old Jul 8, 2023 | 08:26 AM
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And to add to that, 6K color temp is not white and will not match the HIDs.
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