You could just turn the light stalk to running lights and keep it there.
They'll turn off when you shut the vehicle off.
Headlight upgrade 2008 to 2013 with HID & DRL (3 Viewers)
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You could just turn the light stalk to running lights and keep it there.
They'll turn off when you shut the vehicle off.
The LEDs wouldn't be as bright and would barely be visible during the day. So nobody has figured out yet how to get the LEDs to light up at full brightness? I was thinking that maybe it was the red wire? I could use one of those DRL relay kits on ebay to power that wire
It's an Asian-spec VDJ200 which doesn't have halogen DRLs. No factory nav so no way to enable them. No option to turn them on using Techstream either. I've seen 2013 models here that have the LED strip as DRL and they are BRIGHT - bright enough to blind oncoming traffic at dusk.
There is a link on this thread anout a device to enable the LED to be used as DRL but nobody has tried it out yet
Daytime running lights 2013
Which wire did you hook up to the low beams? Red wire or the yellow wire?
So I'm still researching about this upgrade and stumbled upon a Russian forum. Says there that the 2013 lights are bixenon? Maybe only the US version lights have xenon lows only? The poster said "bixenon curtain works"
Here's the link: Google Переводчик
Here's the link: Google Переводчик
I finally pulled the trigger and got a set of OEM 2013 headlights. I can confirm that the non-US spec headlights are indeed Bixenon and all it takes to light up the LED strip in DRL high brightness mode is to connect +12v to the red wire. This red wire is absent in the US spec headlights I saw on ebay so I don't think it's possible to get the LED strip in the US lights to run as DRL. I'm going to have to use a couple of relays to switch +12v between the red and yellow wires of the LED strip. It might get fried if 12v is applied to the yellow and red wires simultaneously.
If you guys in the US want to upgrade to the 2013 lights then it makes more sense to get the overseas version since you get Bixenon and LED DRL for about the same price as the nerfed US spec lights
LED strip in DRL mode
LED strip in park light mode
If you guys in the US want to upgrade to the 2013 lights then it makes more sense to get the overseas version since you get Bixenon and LED DRL for about the same price as the nerfed US spec lights
LED strip in DRL mode
LED strip in park light mode
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Some photos of the Bixenon shutter in low beam and high beam positions
are the 2013 headlights plug in play for an 2008? and just the DRL LED strip requires some wiring expertise?
Not really "plug and play" since some splicing work on the headlight side harness is required. I bought a pair of HB3 and H11 extension harnesses so that I don't have to splice into the vehicle side wiring.
To get the DRL to work, I'm going to use two relays to feed fused +12v from the battery to switch between LED high and low
To get the DRL to work, I'm going to use two relays to feed fused +12v from the battery to switch between LED high and low
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are the transformers/ignitors/controllers for the HIB bulbs part of the headlight case? or how does that work?
sorry, curious now.
sorry, curious now.
I can confirm, no red wire on my headlight.. Argh...
I finally pulled the trigger and got a set of OEM 2013 headlights. I can confirm that the non-US spec headlights are indeed Bixenon and all it takes to light up the LED strip in DRL high brightness mode is to connect +12v to the red wire. This red wire is absent in the US spec headlights I saw on ebay so I don't think it's possible to get the LED strip in the US lights to run as DRL. I'm going to have to use a couple of relays to switch +12v between the red and yellow wires of the LED strip. It might get fried if 12v is applied to the yellow and red wires simultaneously.
If you guys in the US want to upgrade to the 2013 lights then it makes more sense to get the overseas version since you get Bixenon and LED DRL for about the same price as the nerfed US spec lights
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LED strip in DRL mode
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LED strip in park light mode
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could u possibly throw us the part #s by any chance? having a hard time finding them.
Left
81185-60F30
Right
81145-60F30
I posted the wiring diagram is in this thread:
Day time led??? Does this item work??
Hi all
I am retrofitting 2013 headlamps on a 2010 VDJ-200.
The lamps are the non US (ROW) bi xenons with the DRL (hi/lo) LED strips. Left 81185-60F30 Right 81145-60F30
Got everything to work and figured out how to power the DRL´s with a relay setup.
What I cannot get to work is the headlight adjuster. On the vehicle side plug there is 12+, 12-, and a signal that varies form ~0 V to ~7 V, depending on the headlight dial position.
I tried to match the old headlight wire colors and it does not work. Here is what I have:
VEHICLE SIDE PLUG
LAMP SIDE PLUG
Any ideas as to which wire goes where?
I am retrofitting 2013 headlamps on a 2010 VDJ-200.
The lamps are the non US (ROW) bi xenons with the DRL (hi/lo) LED strips. Left 81185-60F30 Right 81145-60F30
Got everything to work and figured out how to power the DRL´s with a relay setup.
What I cannot get to work is the headlight adjuster. On the vehicle side plug there is 12+, 12-, and a signal that varies form ~0 V to ~7 V, depending on the headlight dial position.
I tried to match the old headlight wire colors and it does not work. Here is what I have:
VEHICLE SIDE PLUG
LAMP SIDE PLUG
Any ideas as to which wire goes where?
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