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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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You sure? Mine don't come on till I shift from park to gear
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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Huh. Pretty sure, but not entirely. I'll check in the morning and let y'all know.
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by yutzybrian
Ummm Mouse so does my car
Your car'* DRL'* were the lowbeams? Weird. I don't know of too many 05 an older GM cars that do that. Sam'* GXP is another first.

The reason I say that is because I know 05 and down Monte/Impala'* run their DRLs off the highbeam and the same with my car. Newer GP'* I know ran the lowbeam, but that was 05+ I think.

It'* complicated.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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Here'* the pictures of my HID'*. 5000k lowbeams and foglights in projector housings. The lowbeams are TSX projectors and the foglights are from a Caddy.





Now, I know the driver side looks a different color than the passenger, but it'* not. I swear that they are the same bulbs. What I think is wrong is that the coloring is because I'm using two different brand of ballasts. The driver side is a Xentec and the passenger is a Apexcone. I hope to get this fixed when I call DDM and tell them the ballast I was using kept blowing my bulbs.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 01:57 AM
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any pictures of the light output?
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SAMzGXP
any pictures of the light output?
I'll have to get those tonight. I wasn't able to keep my headlights on very long last night because they hit my parents window. Didn't wanna wake them up.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MouSe
Your car'* DRL'* were the lowbeams? Weird. I don't know of too many 05 an older GM cars that do that. Sam'* GXP is another first.
Yup I think all 03 up Bonnes use the low beams as DRLs because I noticed Burghthing'* GXP at Dan'* meet had low beam DRLs
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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I would have to actually turn on my lights. The half-pull on my light **** just turns the center amber lights on. Putting it in gear does nothing.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by teejay37
I would have to actually turn on my lights. The half-pull on my light **** just turns the center amber lights on. Putting it in gear does nothing.
Ok so essentially you don't have any DRLs then? If so then that'* good for the HIDs, one less thing to have to mess with
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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GM didn't start putting DRLs in American cars until 1994, so no, he does not have DRL'*.
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