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Old 06-03-2013, 08:31 AM
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Has anyone tried led bulbs for the daytime running lamps? Since they don't do anything as far as providing light in the daytime, I was thinking of wanting a whiter light. Only concern is how does it affect high beams, if it affects it all.
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you pretty much lose your high beams as they wont be bright at all at night.

you only get the "LOOK" and thats about it.

use the search function, it has been done and covered before.
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Thanks. And I did try the search function. Nothing came up in 4th Gen TL.
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It's official, LED's aren't cool anymore

The 2013 Nissan Sentra now comes with LED strip running lamps...




Old 06-10-2013, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Marco
The 2013 Nissan Sentra now comes with LED strip running lamps...




^^LOL

And let's not forget all the cars that now have the "Pep Boys" style Flexible LED light strips stuck on them.
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It's amazing how many Audi's I see with one side of the led's no longer working...
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Originally Posted by cltgt
It's amazing how many Audi's I see with one side of the led's no longer working...
I see that too (also Lexus's) And Benz's with one tail light out !
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I see that too (also Lexus's) And Benz's with one tail light out !
Are you guys sure you aren't just seeing the Audi with it's signal on? One headlight will start blinking when the turn signal is being used and if you're passing by it looks an awful lot like one side is burnt out.
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Originally Posted by wreak
Are you guys sure you aren't just seeing the Audi with it's signal on? One headlight will start blinking when the turn signal is being used and if you're passing by it looks an awful lot like one side is burnt out.
I'm quite sure. I see them on the freeway before the sun comes up.
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No. The led's are just not working.
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If it doesn't make the car go faster or stop better, it's probably a waste of time and money.
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Originally Posted by cltgt
Has anyone tried led bulbs for the daytime running lamps? Since they don't do anything as far as providing light in the daytime, I was thinking of wanting a whiter light. Only concern is how does it affect high beams, if it affects it all.
just pull the fuse. That's what I did. Halogen based DRL look terrible.
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