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clickman · 09-10-2013, 08:55 PM

Nine8six, do you have a Canadian car with stock Daytime Running Lights?

The non-DRL folks are wiring low beam wires to the projector bulb and splitting off the high beam power to the cutoff shield solenoid. Easy.

HOWEVER, the stock DRL uses the low beams, supplying reduced voltage to the lows in DRL mode, which would be an issue for the projector. HID Vendor: The reduced DRL voltage generally isn't compatible with aftermarket HIDs, but with some advanced configuring you should be able to set it up.

If you have stock DRLs I'd love to know how your going to work it.

09-10-2013, 08:55 PM	#36
clickman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC Posts: 1,325	Nine8six, do you have a Canadian car with stock Daytime Running Lights? The non-DRL folks are wiring low beam wires to the projector bulb and splitting off the high beam power to the cutoff shield solenoid. Easy. HOWEVER, the stock DRL uses the low beams, supplying reduced voltage to the lows in DRL mode, which would be an issue for the projector. HID Vendor: The reduced DRL voltage generally isn't compatible with aftermarket HIDs, but with some advanced configuring you should be able to set it up. If you have stock DRLs I'd love to know how your going to work it. __________________ 2001 Boxster, 5 spd, Seal Grey