Bought my wife's 2016 Edge H11 Philips Xtreme vision +100 bulbs, the clear ones (no blue tint), as H11 are what her low beams are. I got them from Amazon for $25/pair and thought it was a good price. Now that I have them I realize we have the Daytime running lights (DRLs) running that use low beams (no clue why not high beams) and and the car has LED signature lamps.
I am assuming these H11's have a shorter lifespan as they burn differently, I believe I can deactivate the DRLs but I don't think those signature lamps are that bright to make the car visible like DRLs would. On the Philips website it claims they get 300+ hours of life, I think I've read once that standard H11's run for about 450 hours but every halogen bulb I've ever had runs for years. I believe the DRLs running all the time will make the new ones burn out within a very short period of time, probably a couple of months. Which is why they may be a waste of money.
Any thoughts on deactivating the DRLs and only using the signature lamps and/or the possibility that these lights may actually work out OK.
Thanks!
I am assuming these H11's have a shorter lifespan as they burn differently, I believe I can deactivate the DRLs but I don't think those signature lamps are that bright to make the car visible like DRLs would. On the Philips website it claims they get 300+ hours of life, I think I've read once that standard H11's run for about 450 hours but every halogen bulb I've ever had runs for years. I believe the DRLs running all the time will make the new ones burn out within a very short period of time, probably a couple of months. Which is why they may be a waste of money.
Any thoughts on deactivating the DRLs and only using the signature lamps and/or the possibility that these lights may actually work out OK.
Thanks!