any drawbacks to enabling LED DRL's all the time?

datcipher · 12-16-2020, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyber370

The only downside is they may be too bright for night time driving. You’d be surprised at just how bright they are and you will probably piss off other drivers. I was about to do this mod on my Nismo and decided against it because there was no way to turn down the brightness of the DRLs for night time driving except tinting.

Hmm....I was wondering about that too... thought maybe since they aren't really "projecting" - and are low that it would be OK.....

I suppose that is why Nissan has them set to turn off.

cv129 · 12-16-2020, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by datcipher

Hmm....I was wondering about that too... thought maybe since they aren't really "projecting" - and are low that it would be OK.....

I suppose that is why Nissan has them set to turn off.

Actually, it’s the fact that it’s not projecting that makes it no go for night use. The uncontrolled scattering of light is what blinds the other drivers. Doesn’t take high power light to do it. That’s why even fog lights needed to be aimed correctly with proper cutoff, which can be a problem when people switch from incandescent to led bulb.

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