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Old Apr 2, 2003
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For Those with TYC Projectors, Worth Changing Bulbs?

Is it worth changing the H1 regular driving bulbs?

NOT the bulbs where the projectors are but the ones that are on during the day, I've seen other peoples and its yellow, is it worth getting aftermarket bulbs?

Since it won't be fully on and it could still be yellow is it worth it?
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...?

you have day light driving bulbs for your car? mine doesn't...

i highly recommend change to something else besides the ones come with your tyc. not fake xenon bulbs, but just regular, bulbs, i noticed a slight improve ment of light output after i got new bulbs, and these were 5.99 GE h1 at discount auto
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This is what I mean
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oh wait or is that the high beam only?
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i guess it's depending on the harness...i dun got TYC's but i do have the Angel Eye's ones (unplugged my rings).. and i still have DRL working in these headlights they are on the same as my HIGH beams, IMO... since the DRL is running at low wattage.. i dunno it you can even really see the DRL if you get white bulbs...
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the thing your arrow is pointing at is my high beam, and only my high beam. i think the high beam bulb is suffice and doesn't need changing

the order of the bulbs as it follows, according to that picture, from left to right

high beam, low beam, top: parking, bottom: turning
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ohh i see, so I guess if you get HID you'll get DRL light on your dash board fo sho
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i would recomend disabling the drl, i heard drl kills hids really fast
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disable DRL? my HIDs dont' even have a DRL to disable, its only night time driving light
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im confused...
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from what i understand, canada civics have day time running lights, which runs on a lower voltage than your normal low beams. if you do not disable the day time running light, it will feed a low voltage into the hid, and some how shorten it's life (or so it said in some article i read)
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sounds like a waste of money to install HID on the DRL/HIGH beam housing...
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if i had drl it would be the first thing i would want removed!!!!!
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oh US doesn't have DRL? Yea my HID doesn't have DRL and most don't unless you pay sorta alot extra to get it....... thanks for your help voiceofid, your the TYC expert
 
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