LED Headlight Installation

[Vaszya]

I do a lot of night time driving and the halogens weren't cutting it, even Sylvania's higher priced set at CT. I was leary of switching to LED but came across this thread and it was very helpful understanding the process. I bought the same one's as you, Sylvania Zevo 9003/H4 from CT yesterday and read instuctions and installed in 10 min. I don't know the lumens but they're considerably brighter than halogen so far i'm impressed and wished i did it sooner. Now just hoping they're reliable. If not i will hold them to their warranty.

Just curious, any issues with your DRL's after the install?

[Zombies]

Just curious, any issues with your DRL's after the install?

Hi, If doing this option, you lose your DRL, or at least i have, maybe other models have them still, not sure. I have Micra S. I've been using the lights for a few days now and can confirm there's no errors in car. Not having DRL made me think of those little parking lights in there, I replaced those with Sylvania ZEVO 2825 LED mini bulb from CT. Also replaced side marker lights, noticed they were burnt out while i was in there. The new 2825 bulbs are very bright and I drive in daytime with those, depends on weather condition, just adds a little more safety. If the sun is blasting, not going to bother turning anything on. Cheers.

[Richard]

I'm on my third set over the last number of years. The first set DRL's worked. They were cheap and only lasted about a year ($30 on Amazon). The second set DRL worked but one of them flickered at low RPM (sitting at a red light etc). They were also on the cheaper end, but the flickering bothered me when I could see the reflection in someone's bumper. I figured that would be annoying to oncoming traffic as well. The set I'm on now was a bit more expensive. About $75. The DRL do not work. Not sure what the difference is in all of them other than cost. Something in the built in CANBUS I assume. I did install factory fog lights, so I hooked them up to a switch, but wired them up to turn on/off with ignition so I use them as my DRL's.
Another alternative is to leave the headlights on all the time. They turn off after a min when the car is turned off and turn on every time the car is turned back on.