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jamez79 wrote:
Not to hijack the thread or anything, but just for educational purposes...
If the pre-face lift xenons are fitted to a 2012MY, will that give fairy light DRL's and halogen full beam then?
That's what I did and the lights are a HUUGE improvement on the halogens only. Was almost plug and play with only a small change needed to the vehicle's CCF carried out courtesy of my IID tool. I also modded my second hand new lights to have cornering lights but not sure why I bothered.
Sadly, I also like the look of the fairy lights DRLs.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
5th Jan 2021 2:18 pm
Miffed_G
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Fairy DRLs no - the led lights on these light clusters are side lights only - if DRL is enabled then it actually will use the Xenons i believe.
5th Jan 2021 2:56 pm
dgardel
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Miffed_G wrote:
Fairy DRLs no - the led lights on these light clusters are side lights only - if DRL is enabled then it actually will use the Xenons i believe.
on my MY2012. Well I call them DRLs. I've enabled Swedish or Canadian mode or something, and the fairy light LEDs come on with the engine. Def not the Xenons.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
6th Jan 2021 12:01 am
dgardel
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but the fairy light LEDs has no power enough.
On my past 2011 D4 with DRL on, at the engine run, the xenon also came on (Swedish settings)Discovery 5 tdv6 HSE Corris Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition IID Pro MV License
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is there a recognised power range for DRLs ? i think they are only regulated regarding whether thay make the indicators less obvious ... so they should dim or extinguish if they are directly adjacent to the indicator.
the fairy lights are spread across the whole light unit so whilst, I believe, bright enough collectively to be DRLs they do not mask the indicator.
6th Jan 2021 11:18 am
dgardel
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No mate they use normal LEDs, not power LEDs.
The fairy lights was designed as side lights.Discovery 5 tdv6 HSE Corris Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition IID Pro MV License
6th Jan 2021 11:20 am
TonyR
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Hi guys was there an answer to this as I have the same issue
stutim
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So just a relay is all it takes is it , any picture to show which relay and where it goes , so no wiring needed mate ,I cant see any of your threads explaining , thanks for reply .. Stu
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2nd Sep 2022 10:15 pm
TonyR
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Any idea where to find the threads?
Maxxed_Ross wrote:
they do, that's why I did it
You'll need an extra couple of relays if you want the full beam flash to work, but there's a few threads on that
Really need help with this problem guys?
2nd Sep 2022 10:19 pm
TonyR
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Re: So does it just need a relay to make my lights flash
stutim wrote:
Maxxed_Ross wrote:
the old units have two light sources, the new units are single source with a flap inside
If you just plug and play the flash and full beam works fine - but only if the main beam is already on. You'll hear the relay trigger the flap and the full beam icon will come on the dash, but nothing will happen up front.
The extra relay is needed to trigger the actual light source
I was caught out by it to, but after someone else pointed it out there are a few threads covering it... including mine I think
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but the fairy light LEDs has no power enough.
