The 08 tCs as we all know have projector headlights, im not too knowledgeable (I so butchered that word lol) but I get the basic points of it. I had HIDs installed the other day, 8ks and im happy how they look with the low beams, but the regular parking lights (just one spin of the light switch)? I dont even know what you call it but the middle bulb, the biggest one is still that amber/yellow color even with the HIDs, it looks pretty weird to me when I have the low beams on and the white/blue lights are on and then the yellow/amber lights of the middle bulb is still glowing, is there any way I can change that? Can that middle bulb be changed as well?

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I bought some 194 bulbs from Pep Boys and the power output isnt nearly as much (not at all actually) as the stock yellow bulbs, is there anything I can do? Maybe its the brand of bulb I got?

 

Change out the bulb for a colored LED.......I used Orange LEds from Autozone or Shucks for like $12.and get superwhites for the high beams.

 

Is it a basic plug and play? Just remove the old, plug in the new? What size bulbs should I get.

 

if I remember the driving light is 194 or 168 and not sure what the high beam is,but both are plug and play.....and under $45 to change them both out.

 

168/194. Both are the same. And its known as your parking lamps.

 

yup just pop the bulb out and stick in the new ones... led bulbs are nice too...

 

I've heard from several people that LED bulbs are more vulnerable to heat, which they would suffer from being in the headlight housings.... especially mounted next to the high beams.
Has anyone had any good/bad experience with LED bulbs in the driving lamp socket?

I'd really like to replace the stock bulbs in my tC with some nice, bright, white LED bulbs... but I don't want them to burn out in a couple weeks.

Any advice on certain kind to get that would do well with the heat?

 

i had green LEDs there, and they got melted from the heat in the headlights housing. like the plastic around the bulb literally melted. what i did was got a small 194 bulb from Autozone, like not an LED bulb, but it has that superwhite color, with a slight blue tint and its super bright and looks amazing.

 

 

I bought some 194 bubls from Pep Boys and the light output isnt nearly as much as the stock lights, whats the problem?

 

the ones i bought from Autozone (or maybe Advance) were like double the size of the stock bulb....maybe thats y

 

how do they melt in the 08s when i have leds in my parking lamps for a year and a half in my 06 where irs less than an inch from the hedlight bulb

 

LEDs in my 08 for over a year now and they are still going strong......glow nice and orange.......earlier headlights 05-07 the bulb is int he headlight it self and not in the high beam area and so they tend to go out more........high beams are rarely on so they last a long time.

 

autolumination.com

 

hmmmph.

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