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Old Jul 6, 2015 | 02:10 PM
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A DRL went out the other day so I thought it would be a good idea to run into autozone and get the LED bulbs for the driving lights/turn signals. Put those in, now both drivers lights don't turn on and when I have all of my lights off and the car is running, every single light on the car from dash lights to tail lights flash, except the drivers lights... Which don't work.
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 09:34 AM
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I think you mean DRL and not driving lights.

Did you install them with the correct polarity?
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 11:41 AM
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Yup
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Yup on both questions?
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 02:31 PM
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Haha yeah, it's the DRL's. I call them drivers lights, sorry about the confusion. And yes they're plugged in the sockets the correct way
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 02:48 PM
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Different load on the circuit, the Diode adds another voltage drop.
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What should I do about that? Am I stuck with Halogen or can I do something to still run the leds
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Something like this I'm assuming
http://www.carid.com/articles/what-d...to-my-car.html

You basically want to simulate the load that the old halogen placed on the system. What wattage did you buy to replace what you had?

You'll most likely need something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA27C1P13946

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What brand and part number did you get?
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