Lemme just make your life harder than it is and play devil's advocate.

1. you can just leave your headlights on all the time and it should just go on and off with the ignition, right?

2. If you have xenon lights, there shouldn't be any issues with any yellow spots showing up.

3. Not all insurance gives discounts.

But hey no one should need any justification to slap on LED's. Do what makes you happy. In the end they save energy and then you can say you're part of the green movement if anything.

 

You've already expressed your opinion (many times) that you don't like them. That's fine, you don't have to get them. What purpose does it serve to continue denigrating them to people who like them?

 

Where did I say directly that I didn't like them? I was pointing out that LED's have become a FAD for some people lately. I still have LED based Angel Eyes on the wife's BMW as a matter of fact.

If you like them then get it and look cool, but to many, it is merely looking cool or different and has nothing or little to do with actual DRL safety item in their minds.

Same thing for me to try to justify one of my watches which I'll admit is more of a man's jewelery then anything else. I'm not gonna say this Swiss ETA movement is really accurate and that's why I paid $XXXX dollars for it. I know there are $10 Timex quartz watches that can keep just as accurate time if not better but I don't disguise it. I just have the watch because it's cool and makes a statement. It has nothing to do with the accuracy of timekeeping.

Anyways, I'm not knocking ya(even though you might've perceived it that way). Let's just all get along in the P-car club.

Edit: Gave you rep points for putting up with me.

 

Well, I agree with you on the watches thing.

 

See we can agree to disagree to agree on some things!

 

I agree, it's a personal thing! I'm ordering the iJDMTOY version since it looks to be the easiest to hook up. Also only having the 5 lights, looks like it will fit in space better. If it looks junky..... oh well....I'll take 'em off! I'm pretty new to 6speed and am enjoying reading the conversations!!

 

FedEx left a note on my door that they tried to deliver the package, so Alpine003 will be happy to know that my 996 will be DRL-less for another weekend.

 

fyi, Philips makes a 4, 5 and 8 led version of their led DRL kit.
I imagine that they are higher quality than the ijdmtoy version, but don't know for sure.
Amazon carries the 4 and 8 led version, but not the 5.
Here are the dimensions.

8s are dimensions: 165x18x35mm
5s are dimensions: 180x20x50mm
4s are dimensions: 125x24x31mm

 

I found this one on ijdmtoy
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Philips-Day...ddl_sku_7c.htm
which looks like a copy of the Philips 12810WLEDX1
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...2810wledx1+led
http://www.planet-9.com/cayman-boxst...ion-drl-4.html

from my width measurements above, it looks like the Philips 5 is curiously wider than the 8...
so now i'm debating if I should get the Philips 4 and squeeze it into the first slot of my turbo bumper or if I should get the Philips 8 and squeeze it into the 3rd slot as others have done. any idea which would look more OEM?

 

The Philips 8 IMO are the brightest and perhaps best quality. They incorporate the latest generation of high-power Philips Luxeon® Rebel LEDs which are used by Mercedes and other OEM. The Philips 4 does not use the "Rebel" technology. The Philips 5 use their previous/older technology which I'm assuming a lot of other companies have copied.

 

Also, starting in 2011 in Europe all new cars are required to have DRL's...My theory is we drive German cars so why not add these, a lot of other mods we do are towards the European ways anyway (clear side markers, etc), but it all is personal preference.
http://www.newscenter.philips.com/ma...ght4_and_8.wpd

 

Just please don't add European rear fog lights and leave them on all the time. Nothing more annoying than seeing Jag and Land Rover owners with the DOUBLE rear fogs driving with them all the time in the on position in the states.

 

double post. oops.

 

After receiving the lights today from iJDMToys and realizing that they're not made by Philips, I went back to the website. It says "Philips-style", which I missed. The Philips lights have two wires according to the YouTube video I watched. You just hook them up to the positive and negative terminals of the battery and the built-in module does the rest.

The set I got from iJDMToy has 6 wires and very vague instructions. Also, because of the curves in the stock bumper, I can't find any place to mount the lights. Has anyone installed these on a stock MKI bumper?

How directional is the light? If I mount them flush to the front of the bumper, the lights will be pointing about 20 degrees outward.

 

Those are annoying., but more importantly - no driving on the "wrong" side of the road!