ATTENTION PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT OWNERS! - Toyota Yaris Forums

marlondog · 08-05-2009, 12:18 AM

For the past couple of nights, I have noticed that the a couple of the angel eyes on my ebay projector headlights seem to stay on. Not on full blast, but they seem to glow when the car has been off for some time. I smacked it a couple of times, and it seemed to shut it off for a second or two. I finally disconnected the Halo's from their power source, but they come back on every time I plug it back in. Any suggestions?

Wisher23 · 08-05-2009, 01:04 AM

Mine do the same thing 2. I think it looks cool at night.

marlondog · 08-05-2009, 01:07 AM

That's cool! I just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't lead to the battery dying or some kind of short that would result in it being lit up all the time.

ryota · 08-05-2009, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marlondog

I smacked it a couple of times, and it seemed to shut it off for a second or two.

when in doubt... hit it!!!

i know this doesn't help in your problem but i thought it was funny. hopefully you get it worked out. i think the halos look awesome!

CTScott · 08-06-2009, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marlondog

For the past couple of nights, I have noticed that the a couple of the angel eyes on my ebay projector headlights seem to stay on. Not on full blast, but they seem to glow when the car has been off for some time. I smacked it a couple of times, and it seemed to shut it off for a second or two. I finally disconnected the Halo's from their power source, but they come back on every time I plug it back in. Any suggestions?

Are they completely off after a couple of hours? If so, there may just be enough residual charge in a capacitor to power the LEDs for a while.

eTiMaGo · 08-06-2009, 09:28 AM

hmmm never noticed... LEDs are not s power hungry in the first place (especially the dinky ones for the halos), so at a very low brightness it'll probably take years for them to drain your battery this way

alan1828 · 08-11-2009, 09:18 AM

Maybe they just need time to "cool down" were they on all for a long perioid of time?

marcus · 08-11-2009, 09:40 AM

when in doubt tap wire on the headlight wiring instead.

08-05-2009, 12:18 AM	#1
marlondog Shut your fricken suck!!! View User's Garage Drives: 07' liftback Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 755	ATTENTION PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT OWNERS! For the past couple of nights, I have noticed that the a couple of the angel eyes on my ebay projector headlights seem to stay on. Not on full blast, but they seem to glow when the car has been off for some time. I smacked it a couple of times, and it seemed to shut it off for a second or two. I finally disconnected the Halo's from their power source, but they come back on every time I plug it back in. Any suggestions?

08-06-2009, 09:28 AM	#6
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	hmmm never noticed... LEDs are not s power hungry in the first place (especially the dinky ones for the halos), so at a very low brightness it'll probably take years for them to drain your battery this way __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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08-05-2009, 01:04 AM	#2
Wisher23 Drives: LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bay Area Posts: 139	Mine do the same thing 2. I think it looks cool at night.

08-05-2009, 01:07 AM	#3
marlondog Shut your fricken suck!!! View User's Garage Drives: 07' liftback Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 755	That's cool! I just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't lead to the battery dying or some kind of short that would result in it being lit up all the time.

08-11-2009, 09:18 AM	#7
alan1828 Drives: 2009 Vitz RS Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 88	Maybe they just need time to "cool down" were they on all for a long perioid of time?

08-11-2009, 09:40 AM	#8
marcus toyota View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris RS Blazed Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: toronto, canada Posts: 3,637	when in doubt tap wire on the headlight wiring instead.