Changing DRL Bulb to Aftermarket

[advan24r]

I noticed that the DRL/HIGHBEAMs are 60W according to the manual. If I were to put a 65W bulb in replace of it, should I worry too much that the wire harness may melt? I know it's only 5W increase and that DRLs only run on half the power, is this a concern?

Also, if I were to replace it w/LEDs instead of a BULB, would that eliminate my high beam capabilities?

UPDATE: Pictures/Video doesn't do it justice but I tried to film the fogs and took a picture of the high beams.



video: http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s...-17-00_343.mp4

[advan24r]

UPDATE: I ended up just changing it to NOKYA 65W bulbs. I read other car forums and the concensus seems like that the additional 5W is no big deal to the harnesses. Also I won't be driving w/the HIGH BEAMS all the time.

[kingnba6]

any pics ? and it shouldnt harm the harness.

[advan24r]

I will take pics later. I actually used the hyper yellow Nokya Stage 1 9005 bulbs (rated 65W but the packaging markets it as 80W output) and I also swapped out the OEM FOG LIGHT H11 55W bulbs to Supremepower parts (supremepower.com) Yellow Bulbs 55W too (I had these on my bimmer as DRL and never had a problem)

[kingnba6]

sweet. sounds like it looks good

[ACS Rob]

i used a similar nokya bulb but in the 5000k output. haven't had problems with the wire harness thus far.

[Biggoldfish]

Those are yellow bulbs? They look pretty white in color to me. Great looking, BTW!

[kingnba6]

nice pics. looks kinda white in those pics

[ACS Rob]

the SPP "yellow" xenon bulb are only a faint yellow. it's hard to see unless you see them in person. i owned a pair used them for low beams on my 04 accord. looks great OP!

[advan24r]

Yes, the pictures don't do it justice. The nokya bulbs are in the highbeam/DRL...they are extremely yellow. More yellow than the SPP Fogs that I put in. Regardless, the fogs still has that Lexus yellow in person.

Thanks