Motoarzan
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- Cambridge, Ontario
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- Explorer Sport 2014
I'm a Canadian and purchased and have the cool bulbs set on my desk and will be installing when my sport finally arrives late Nov. I've done some research and what I can add, from what I've heard from other Canadians is you "must" change your DRL to go to the yellow side marker lights instead of the headlights.
There are threads and info on this and contrary to what some dealers may say it can be done. It's simply the tech connecting his laptop to the car, go into the settings and selecting the DRL on headlights or marker lights. It's a software thing and a 10min job and simple as that!
My dealer already agreed to do this for me when my vehicle comes in.
If you run your HIDS with the DRLS on the headlights you will have problems and also reduce the longevity of the bulbs.
The Limited's have HIDS already and their DRL's are already on the marker lights so no big deal.
What I'm doing to "make up" for the DRL's being on the markers and not as bright and visible as would have been on the headlights I purchased a set of the "Philips LED DayLight 4" LED DRL strips. (There is also some threads on this). I got a set for my Explorer and also installed a set on my wife's Honda pilot and they are awesome and the install was easy. Price on Amazon was around $90.
To your other questions: The cool bulbs set is all plug and play, no relay required, no flickering issues at startup. Because I haven't physically installed mine yet I can't all to the mounting however I've been taking notes of what others have done. I plan to (if I have to slit the boots) seal them back up with some type of sealant if possible but for anyone that's installed the "Coolbulbs" kit no one has ever indicated having to cut the boots...perhaps the connectors on the cool bulbs are simply small enough to fit through or something??
Can any other Canadian's who've installed HIDS add anything more?
There are threads and info on this and contrary to what some dealers may say it can be done. It's simply the tech connecting his laptop to the car, go into the settings and selecting the DRL on headlights or marker lights. It's a software thing and a 10min job and simple as that!
My dealer already agreed to do this for me when my vehicle comes in.
If you run your HIDS with the DRLS on the headlights you will have problems and also reduce the longevity of the bulbs.
The Limited's have HIDS already and their DRL's are already on the marker lights so no big deal.
What I'm doing to "make up" for the DRL's being on the markers and not as bright and visible as would have been on the headlights I purchased a set of the "Philips LED DayLight 4" LED DRL strips. (There is also some threads on this). I got a set for my Explorer and also installed a set on my wife's Honda pilot and they are awesome and the install was easy. Price on Amazon was around $90.
To your other questions: The cool bulbs set is all plug and play, no relay required, no flickering issues at startup. Because I haven't physically installed mine yet I can't all to the mounting however I've been taking notes of what others have done. I plan to (if I have to slit the boots) seal them back up with some type of sealant if possible but for anyone that's installed the "Coolbulbs" kit no one has ever indicated having to cut the boots...perhaps the connectors on the cool bulbs are simply small enough to fit through or something??
Can any other Canadian's who've installed HIDS add anything more?