LED DRLs w/ H11 base?

[trehouse]

Anyone find any great H11 base LED's which can be swapped into the DRL's which are bright and usable as DRL's?

To do this I need a relay harness? Will the relay switch at the 6V or 8V which the DRL's run at in the standard HID relay package or do I need to find something else?



Thanks!

[JasonA]

What year is your car? If for a 2007+, the DRLs are in the high beam segment, which use H9 bases.

[trehouse]

Originally Posted by JasonA

What year is your car? If for a 2007+, the DRLs are in the high beam segment, which use H9 bases.

Forgot to put in my car: 2010 SE I think that it's H11 however I've never messed with my DRLs

[JasonA]

H11 is the low beam segment, H9 is the high beam segment. If you want LEDs for your DRLs, you'll need to replace the high beam segment, which is an H9 bulb.

[njerald]

Originally Posted by trehouse

I think that it's H11 however I've never messed with my DRLs

Do more reading and less thinking............

[eyezack87]

If you don't believe everyone, go to www.sylvania.com and look yourself

[trehouse]

Gotcha, I stand corrected, H9 for high beams. I understand that they go to low voltage for the DRL's. I'm not seeing any threads about this and was looking for good suggestions on what to get.

What I'm finding via Google is that the LEDs fitting the H9's are 12V. So this wont work for DRL's w/o perhaps a relay harness I think. Here's where I'm looking for advice.

I'm looking for something like a super bright DRL like the LED DRL's on the mercedes or audi but simply in the DRL headlamp as a replacement bulb.

[ItsMeJon]

2007-2011 High beam headlamp 9005

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...orLanding/true


If you switch your drls to leds since they are tied with high beams your high beams will not work or wont be as efficient

[trehouse]

Originally Posted by ItsMeJon

2007-2011 High beam headlamp 9005

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p6297704.html

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...orLanding/true


If you switch your drls to leds since they are tied with high beams your high beams will not work or wont be as efficient

Thanks man. I may give these a spin unless I can find something better over the next day or 2.

[ItsMeJon]

lol good luck ive bin contemplating about that setup since i first got the car in 07 but never pulled the trigger on it since i got hids never use my drls or i use my fogs for drls.

[JasonA]

Originally Posted by ItsMeJon

2007-2011 High beam headlamp 9005

Yes, thank you for that correction. I had the H11 -> H9 conversion on my mind for the low beams. The highs are indeed HB3/9005 bulbs.