Bought 30W high powered LED bulbs as DRLs for my 08 TL, only now it gets to me i might need load resistors? I mean these bulbs are not that low energy if they are 30w, but should i still to buy extra stuff? Thank you

 

Are you sure they don't mean the output is similar to a 30W incandescent bulb?

 

2X 30W Super White 9005 HB3 Cree LED Projector FOG Running Light Headlight Bulbs | eBay

Still have a dilemma if they will even fit inside the bulb assembly lol smh

 

Yes they will fit and yes you need a harness.

I had the exact same bulbs before I upgraded to better bulbs.
I bought mine off JLC Lighting.
Now I realize that JLC Lighting and iJDMToy don't make their own bulbs; they just rebrand them.

 

Do you remember which harness did you require?

 

A 9005 relay harness

 

relay harness or load resistor? pretty sure one connects to ur battery and one isn't

 

iJDMToy harness option R3

 

Lol i assume these will do the job

9005 LED Light 50W 6ohm Load Resistor Wiring Harness Socket Canceller Decoder | eBay

 

Acura Honda Lexus High Beam LED Daytime Running Lights Decoder Modules

 

its not about the wattage, it depends on current. LEDs still take much less than stock incandescent bulbs. Im sure the 30w rating is just some arbitrary number the sellers make up

 

What amaze me that people always talking about wattage and they have no clue, I just want to clarify Wattage use to measure the amount "power" needed to power up some thing. Meanwhile people should focus on ampere which is the amount current that withdraw from a power source. LED is knowing for using less power in similar configuration and drawing less current than coventional halogen bulb. I think that is what the main cause for the DRL light to came on.

 

No those will only turn off the drl light.

You need a relay harness that plugs to the battery to provide 12+v the led needs to fully illuminate

 

This is what you need and what I have for my 08

 

uhm if you read the description it says it provides 12V power lol

 

I can guarantee you that one will NOT give it 12v. its simply a harness that connects resistors on it, with no input from battery. dont trust everything you read on ebay

if you have some knowledge of automotive electronics, its actually pretty easy to build the required harness yourself

 

I'm actually a newbie, but I'm wondering why does an LED bulb needs to be connected to the battery if it requires less power? Load resistors seem to do the job I'm just confused why ppl telling me it's not what I need yet don't explain themselves.

At the end of the day the eBay ones are way cheaper for me

 

LED bulb is designed to run off 12V power.
DRL only supplies 6V.

This means it runs at half brightness.
12V means it runs at full brightness.

LEDs are hard enough to see in sunlight, so you'll want full brightness.

What you linked will cancel the error on the dash, but won't give you full brightness.
Up to you, you want dim bulb or bright bulb.

 

The VOLTAGE going to the factory DRL is only 6 volts each bulb. LED bulbs for automotive use REQUIRE 12 volts to run properly (meaning all diodes light up). That's why a DRL harness for LED bulbs pull power off the battery, which is supplying the 12 volts needed for the LEDs.

Just buy a harness that every in this post have been saying to buy.

 

You come here asking for advice, then you complain when people try to give it to you.

Click here to learn about electricity, google is your friend.

I'm going to break it down for your real quick.

The DRL for 07 and 08 TL's has a 6 volt input, that's it, you can't add that eBay harness to your wiring and magically get the 12 volts out the other end needed for the LED's, what that eBay harness does is draw more current (ampere) with the resistors in it tricking the cars computer into thinking there's a halogen there and not throwing a lightbulb out code on your dash (if you had one) because the LED you hooked up doesn't draw enough power. That eBay unit also assumes there's 12 volts being input, if you've bought that, you just wasted more money than you would have if you'd just listened to us.

 

Well, you guys showed him lol!

 

apparently he wants a dim bulb for cheap. I guess let him have that

 

clearly you don't know much when it comes to the fundamentals of electricity.

Adding resistors provides 12v? Yeah OK lol

 

I don't know (or care) if Pegon is taking the advice, but I am. Thanks guys. Been searching for this solution for weeks. The forum search tool isn't always very effective.

 

Loool

 

I have an 05 TL with aftermarket add-on DRL MODULE. I recently replaced the 9006 halogen bulbs with LED. Now the led always stay lit but very dim with the engine off and headlight switch off. Any ideas whats wrong?

 

Could be mainly because you installed a module because the 05 TL doesn't have DRLs? or am i mistaken?