xenonfusion Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I had xenon conversion for my low beams. When first turning them on i would get a flickering "check left headlamp" message. since the wattage is very low at fist untill they get brighter (about 10seconds). plus i couldn't use the rubber covers at the back of the bulb becuase the wires had to stick out. So i decided to move them down to the fog lamps. (room for wires and no flickering message) they look great down there. NOW i am considering LED bulbs for the low beams. I know that they too use low wattage but they draw consistant power vs. xenon. the ones i am considering use about 15 leds. the power is probably no more than 10watts. they have a lot of these on ebay.... My main question is exactly what trips this senor to show "check headlamp". Is it that it detects if it is drawing a low amount of power. or is it that it detects if there is no power draw. if i put in the LED bulbs (h11 lowbeam) will i get this message again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuoVadis69 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I had xenon conversion for my low beams. When first turning them on i would get a flickering "check left headlamp" message. since the wattage is very low at fist untill they get brighter (about 10seconds). plus i couldn't use the rubber covers at the back of the bulb becuase the wires had to stick out. So i decided to move them down to the fog lamps. (room for wires and no flickering message) they look great down there. NOW i am considering LED bulbs for the low beams. I know that they too use low wattage but they draw consistant power vs. xenon. the ones i am considering use about 15 leds. the power is probably no more than 10watts.they have a lot of these on ebay.... My main question is exactly what trips this senor to show "check headlamp". Is it that it detects if it is drawing a low amount of power. or is it that it detects if there is no power draw. if i put in the LED bulbs (h11 lowbeam) will i get this message again? Your Xenon kit is pulling out 35 watts.... the oem kit is 55w. So, you need to buy resistor pack for the equivalent (35w for your Xenon + 20w for resistor) then you'llhave no problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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