If you can't see it. it actually works WELL, It's much better than the STOCK OEM YELLOW. Keep in mind that these 9005's LED will replace your HIGH BEAMS and that these particular LEDS aren't brighter than STOCK or HID. I've installed 55w HID in the headlights and they are BRIGHT enough for my use, I hardly use my HIGH BEAMS or just use them for "Flash to PASS" the LED's DO get BRIGHTER but not really used for distant lighting. For these DRL LED's it's more for looks and to be been in the day.
I Got the dreaded, DRL Check light so i bought the DRL harness with resistors and fixed the problem
Your Led Light is Much more brighter than mine, as You See on my pics. it looks like an ordinary bulb.
This is what I got from xenon
4 LEDs Each side and 2 in Front
Well Xenon sent me again another set of this to cheat the DRL warning on my dash
I have that on my h11 low beam HID
but I don't think I'll install this, it will be too much wire going to my battery and might give me trouble one day. Too bad Can't get a refund since I use the Lights already.
Thank you Oggie50, much appreciated. I have the order ready to be submitted along with the resistive harness. Now do you have a recommendation on HID for the main light to match the brightness/whiteness of the 9005 bulbs you recommended? I might order those also for my 2011 Ody.
The DRL are NOT on when the headlights are ON. DRL are more of a COOL WHITE/BLUE, They turn off with the headlights, I went with 5K 55w for headlights and 5k 35w for the fogs. Keep in mind that the DRL LED are 50% power and when the highbeams are on go to 100% power. Still not bright enough to use for distance. The 55w headlights are bright enough, LED/DRL's are good just to be noticed.
H11 for both headlights and fog. 9005 for DRL. Definitely an upgrade over STOCK
Just select 55w for Low Beams and 35w for Fogs, NO need for mounting brackets, HID Harness (it already comes with them), NO Error Eliminator, NO Adapter Cables
DO NOT get 55w for the lows or put HIDs in your fogs. 35w is plenty bright for driving unless you're half blind and can't see at night. HIDs aren't intended to go into the fog housings either. Both will blind oncoming drivers. So, for the sake of safety, please don't do it.
55w is okay for LOW and the cut off line for the projectors that are made for halogens works WELL and has NO problems blinding other drivers. 35w for the FOGS are FINE, again, it doesn't blind people and just fills in the area where the LOW beams to get. I agree a Projector made for HID's is the better way to go But the ODY headlight/fogs are fine. Some applications in which don't reflect well will def. scatter the light and BLIND people. I tried the 35w and was too DIM in these housings and have upgraded to 55w.
But remember i'm using DDMTUNING stuff 55w @ $39.99/kit and not the Morimoto High End stuff for $140.00/kit. So maybe that's the BIG difference you are talking about. Also when aimed properly you won't have issues with other drivers, Heck, i run Rigid Industries Dually's FLOOD on my truck and have NO issues.
It's not really an upgrade for light visibility. It's really for looks.
The only way you're going to get a true high beam like your low beam would be to retrofit a Bi-Xenon projector where your current projector is and just the the DRL/high beam bulb as a DRL.
But if you want really good lighting, check out NIGHT BREAKER UNLIMITED: product details | OSRAM . Absolutely super headlights if you do a lot of driving on dark country roads. I love mine. They really light up the highway!
If you really want some good driving lights that are DOT/SAE legal install a set of these Rigid Industries DOT dually and you'll see the difference without the need for a retrofit. Now just gotta find a place to mount them. Details soon to follow.
Got these in from No Limit Automotive Solutions. Currently I have the DDMTuning 5k. Gonna replace with these 55k as from what I hear is that these bulbs are def brighter than what I have now. I will post pics when I'm done and share
I noticed that your led bubs didn't have any heatsinks or fans to cool them. If you are using them as drl's, I'm pretty sure that you'll be replacing bulbs much sooner than what is claimed by the manufacturer.
LEDs are BRIGHTER but the technology that go into our headlights aren't made to throw (distance) wise. HID's are better for this. The LED lights found in Rigid Lights, KC & Baja Designs are better since they use the housing as a projector. I have a 20" Rigid E2 combo on my truck and it's made for distance as well as a wide pattern. If you want quality HID's or Headlight conversions with the correct Projector contact Scott @ No Limit Automotive Solutions He will set you up with the Correct HID kit for your ODY. Don't waste your time on LED headlight bulbs.
I replaced my high beams with [h=1]Halo Automotive Premium Fanless 9005 LED Conversion Kit - 40w 8,000Lm 6000K White CREE from Amazon[/h]
after I replaced the lights I am seeing the DRL sign on my dashboard.
I dont really care about DRL's - If I switch lights to "Off" position during daytime and "On" during night time would this be OK?
I would use the 9005's only for High beam if I need to (which is very rare).
Will it cause any problems if I leave the Halo 9005's for High beam and not use DRL ?