I just installed 55w hid kit for my high beams on my rdx. Now my drl does not turn on and i have a drl error. My high beams do not flicker and work perfectly fine. I did not use any special harness for the hids, just connected it straight to the hi beam connector plug.

Is there a fix for the drl error? Can i keep my drl while using hid for my high beam? Thanks

 

Your DRL will not work. You need to pull the DRL fuse

 

though u can uyse a relay and capacitor to do it youy will be blinding everyone on the road....the reason this is not practical is because the DRL system uses a 9v power supply with a pulse at .01 seconds.....thus causing the ballasts to flicker as the ballasts need 12v to ignite the bulbs.....pull the drl fuse and your highbeams will work fine with no flickering at all caused by a drl malfunction

 

Or just don't use HID for high beams, and keep DRL intact. HID really isn't suitable for high beams because of the time it takes for the bulbs to warm up, plus the fact that HID bulbs and ballasts don't take very well to constant switching on and off.

Automotive HID bulbs generally take 10-20 seconds to come to full brightness. Typically when you use high beams, you might switch it on for less than that, then have to turn them off again as another car approaches. Or you use it for flash-to-pass function. HID would not work well at all in either of those situations.

Just keep the stock halogen high beams IMHO.

 

mever mind forgot drls are high beams at half power or someting

 

Saw title and new how to respond. The ballast in the HID circuit is a circuit board comprised of various componets that are very sensitive. The input voltage must be at a certain level, at least 9V to start or turn on the digital circuit. Probably controled by a high voltage diode or more likely a transistor, but the DRL runs low, at about half the voltage, therefore the circuit won't even turn on. So really, there is no need to pull the fuse or plug for the DRL, it simply won't work. I can't hurt either. I never like DRL, I like to control which light come on when, but that is only preferance. I have HID High beams. GREAT! yes this patrick guy seems annoyed with any thing but stock lighting, but I can see the road 800ft down and spot deer or other animals at about 600-650ft away, road sign are visible 2 miles away.(not that you can read them). I do much night country driving, so On-Off is not much of a problem, especially since I found a company that states that their circuitry is designed and tested for on-off-on situations. Never had a problem yet with their claim and have been usuing them for about a year now. It boils down to opinion, leave stock, or modify and convert back when you try to sell the car.

 

if their are long distances with no oncoming traffic, use HID. But if you have to turn the HI beams on-off 3 or 4 times a trip, stick to halogen.