Parking light on 08 TL not working after dlr bulb install?

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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 01:02 PM
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Parking light on 08 TL not working after dlr bulb install?

08 Acura TL type s. After I install the bulb only. The day running light don't led anymore. Is there more to it when using these dlr led bulb?

SRY, I Ment Day running lights

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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 02:17 PM
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What?

What do you mean? You changed the DRL bulb for a LED and now it's not working? Are they hyper-flashing? Do you use a harness to get 12V instead of 6V?
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 03:08 PM
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You can not just plug a led bulb into the drl slot and expect it to work. You need a DRL harness.
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 04:21 PM
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Where do I get the hardness? When I purchase these light it didn't come with a hardness . I thought it was plug and play
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 04:39 PM
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Where do I get the hardness? When I purchase these light it didn't come with a hardness . I thought it was plug and play
Can you post a link to the exact ones you bought? You can buy the harness from VLEDS. It's about $50 for the harness. ijdmtoy also has the harness for about $20 I think.

Just search for 9005 drl harness
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 05:08 PM
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I couldn't find the exact link but they look like
These ones.

2X Super White 9005 HB3 High Power 15W Samsung 2835 LED Headlight DRL Light Bulb | eBay
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 05:16 PM
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DRL only provide 6V to lit the halogen bulb, LED need 12V to lit up and that why your LED isn't turn on, the harness will provide the LED bulb with full 12V to be power up.

http://www.vleds.com/acura-led-drl-harness.html
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 10:26 PM
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Here is another alternative although I don't recommend it because I've had bad luck with it. You might have better luck.

Acura Honda Lexus High Beam LED Daytime Running Lights Decoder Modules

You will need "OPTION: R3 (Add +$7.99)"

I first used ijdmtoy harness for several months without problems. One day it started giving me issues. Both LED DRLs would not light up sometimes. Turned out the relay was faulty. Replaced the relay with a new one from radio shack and it worked for a few weeks and started giving me problems again. Put a new relay in and it still didn't fix the problem.

I finally decided to just buy the VLEDs harness and its been over 1 year and no problems yet...
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 09:05 AM
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Is it recommend to get the resister add on??
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 02:45 PM
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you will need the resistor so the dash light doesnt come on
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:43 PM
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Ok, thank. What light on the dash light?
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 10:55 AM
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big ass yellow light "DRL"
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