First off i would like to know if i need to bake the headlights to install these
http://www.customstore44.com/led.htm
Then i would like to know if these only come on with the parking lights...or if they will also come on with the running lights. I'd like to get the red ones, but it's illegal to have these on as running lights. Thanx for the help

 

all you have to do is switch the bulb to the l.e.d. and they will be on with parking and running lights

 

that isnt a new system, just a new bulb

 

just switch your old bulb and thats it.

 

u need skinny hands tho

 

yes very true, i took mine out but they are a pita to change

 

 

i love ur HANDS

 

well since they'll be on with the running lights on...i guess i can't get em...thanx guys

 

what do u mean by running lights. arent those called parking lights?

 

no there's parking lights...just the side markers light up...and then there's running lights...headlights on...what's supposed to be on while running/driving

 

nah man u just gotta unplug it, and dont worry about them being legal the headlights will drown them out

 

Headlights aren't running lights. The term "running lights" comes from "daytime running lights" (DRLs), which are lights intended solely to make the vehicle more visible during the daytime, not to output light for the driver's benefit. Running lights (which the tC does not have) will automatically turn on when the vehicle is running.

What we have on the tC is a parking lights setting, which is where the side markers, the headlight accent lights, and the rear lights all light up. So if you haven't already figured out the answer, the headlight accent bulbs will be illuminated if you have the parking lights turned on, but will not be visible if you turn on the headlights because the light from the headlight bulbs will drown out the accent light.

 

They could also be called "city lights." Many cars in Japan come with this feature, which is probably where they got the idea. They are used when in major cities when headlights are not needed because it is so bright, but so you can still be seen. When I had my Civic, I swapped in the CTR headlights, and they had the exact same light...same bulb also.

 

yea... but it's pretty much illegal to drive like that in the US for the most part..

but yah.. "parking lights" they are..
not running lights.. not DRLs... not that nada.. nuh uh..

 

yea i think it is illegal to drive in the US with the parking lights on. intended just for parking on the side of the street if having car trouble. however, if you have ccfl angel eyes, those can be wired so that they act as DRL's