That's fine for off-road use, but it's not legal, and may not be safe, for use on public roads.Now that your headlights are working, if you want more light, just get a Black Oak 6" LED bar. I have mine mounted in the center in between the headlights and it turns night into day. Doesn't seem to bother other drivers, no one flashes me, unless I pull to close in to a bush and change the angle of the beam. For offroading/country driving I can angle the beam up higher so it's like a super-high beam. Also helps in the fog as it's mounted lower.
Understood, Vic. Thanks.Staying with the T1N section that this thread is in...
The T1N DRL's are completely functional as to low beam headlamps and exterior running lamps including the license plate lamps (DRL relays). The ATC, console, etc. backlights aren't on until the stalk switch activates the lights. The instrument cluster lamps are fully functional with DRL's. Hi beams will not work during DRL only lights operation except for the stalk quick flash.
The T1N DRL's use the low beam lamps. You lose the DRL headlamp when the low beam H7 lamp fails.
I find my H7 55 watt lamp service life on both the 2004 and 2006 to be normal when compared to other vehicles. I'm convinced that there was a bad batch of MB OEM lamps that plagued T1N's for time.
The T1N's without DRL power the headlamps directly through the stalk switch. The DRL headlamps use relays. I notice that the 2004 headlamps get slightly brighter when I rotate the stalk switch to on. It could be the result of parallel current paths, or possibly a shorter wire run through the stalk switch.
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Laws and regulations vary by jurisdiction. Check your locale...That's fine for off-road use, but it's not legal, and may not be safe, for use on public roads.
He lives in Oregon, and I did check. ORS (Oregon Revised Statutes) Chapter 816 says it's not legal. That's why I said what I said.Laws and regulations vary by jurisdiction. Check your locale...
No. Headlight bulbs do not burn out in pairs. What usually happens, is that one headlight bulb burns out, but the vehicle operator doesn't realize it, so they continue driving the vehicle for quite some time, until the OTHER headlight burns out.Lesson learned, also from other recent posts:
Headlights burn out in pairs, and must be replaced in pairs.
(note: headlights refer to BULBS, not the housing as some have thought)
They don’t burn out in pairs but it often feels like it, as with a matched set, installed at the same time, first one blows and then usually the other blows within a few day/weeks. This is simply because for given conditions a bulb last x long, so it’s sister bulb will last x+? long and ? is usually a short enough period that you light a small well buy 2 bulbs.No. Headlight bulbs do not burn out in pairs. What usually happens, is that one headlight bulb burns out, but the vehicle operator doesn't realize it, so they continue driving the vehicle for quite some time, until the OTHER headlight burns out.
At that point, many of them will notice. I have, however, encountered a number of people driving around in the dark with no headlights on, and they STILL don't notice. Scary...