2011 LED DRL installed - Having issue
#251
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For those of you who used the fog lights wires to connect the new LEDs did you have to use a capacitor or resistor? Also do they still function like the fog lights as far as when you turn your wheels left the left LED goes on and when you turn right the right LED goes on?
Mine are wired up to both the ignition (via relay)and fogs (with caps). The DRL`s switch off when my headlights switch on. When this occurs and I turn the wheel one DRL will illuminate depending on which way I turn. The problem is they flicker at the start and end of the illumination cycle. The reason this happens is because if you looked at how the standard fog illuminates it starts of off and then gradually gets brighter until peak brightness and then dims as you bring the wheel back to centre. There is a voltage sweep from 0 to say 14V and back to zero again. Before I fitted my LEDs I confirmed that they need at least 8V to be stable, anything between 7-8V is unstable and results in flickering. I have tried 150 and 220uf caps to stop the flickering during turning but no joy. I have also set the cornering function to off using a Star developer system but the setting seems to get lost when the developer system is disconnected. I am not sure if this a memory retention issue is with my front SAM or something else to do with the intelligent lighting system on my car.
For now I have the DRLs running all the time including when the headlights are on and they function as the standard fogs for convenience lighting on locking and unlocking the vehicle. They work perfectly like this. I just wanted them off at night because they look quite bright. What do you guys think? Are they too bright at night? Id be interested to hear if anyone else has tried to turn the cornering function off via DAS and their experience. Or has anyone worked out how to dim them like the 2012 cars when the main lights are on?
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For those of you who used the fog lights wires to connect the new LEDs did you have to use a capacitor or resistor? Also do they still function like the fog lights as far as when you turn your wheels left the left LED goes on and when you turn right the right LED goes on?
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I asked my friends that also... If the LEDs are too bright at night, they said its fine... Yes... It is brightt but it does not annoyingly bright..
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#255
Hi folks.
I installed this drl to my w204 and it works perfectly without the engine running, but as soon as I turn the engine on and put on the headlight the drl startes to flash (goes dim and bright continuously). I used the APT M control module to wire it up.
Does any one have any suggestions on how I can fix this issue.
Thanks
I installed this drl to my w204 and it works perfectly without the engine running, but as soon as I turn the engine on and put on the headlight the drl startes to flash (goes dim and bright continuously). I used the APT M control module to wire it up.
Does any one have any suggestions on how I can fix this issue.
Thanks
Last edited by Duduondo; 07-15-2012 at 06:59 AM.
#256
Ouch, I just brought the module too. Did you wire it correctly since the instruction is in german.
*Just receive the instruction in english, as bad as google translate. let me know if you need them.
*Just receive the instruction in english, as bad as google translate. let me know if you need them.
Last edited by senc230; 07-15-2012 at 01:59 PM.
#257
Google translate didn't help much with those instructions. I spoke with the guy who makes them and that wasn't easy either because of his thick German accent. It sounds like a bad connection to me since I had the same problem and it ended up being that.
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2008 C300 Sport Sedan: Panarama Roof, P2, Multimedia
If not, I was going to go to a local shop. rb23lb, maybe we can do a group deal at that shop if nobody responds.
#265
Thanks PalladiumC300, it was a bad connection, and I have pretty much got it sorted. Seems to work like factory fitted once.
#266
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Where can I buy this module from
Installed the drls and they are working fine once switched on via fog light however when I lock/unlock the car and the surround light comes on the drls flicker
Tried Capacitors but no luck
Installed the drls and they are working fine once switched on via fog light however when I lock/unlock the car and the surround light comes on the drls flicker
Tried Capacitors but no luck
#268
http://www.teamapt.de/tagfahrleuchte...htsteuermodul/
It's a German website, the module is pretty cool if you wire it up properly. It make the drl work exactly like the factory fitted drl.
Good luck.
It's a German website, the module is pretty cool if you wire it up properly. It make the drl work exactly like the factory fitted drl.
Good luck.
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http://www.teamapt.de/tagfahrleuchte...htsteuermodul/
It's a German website, the module is pretty cool if you wire it up properly. It make the drl work exactly like the factory fitted drl.
Good luck.
It's a German website, the module is pretty cool if you wire it up properly. It make the drl work exactly like the factory fitted drl.
Good luck.
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'11 C350 '13 F150 lariat
u just use an air saw or a dremel tool. the plastic is soft and cuts easily. Its all hidden by the DRL bezel so no worries just dont go too far