Project Canyonero

[WRXtranceformed]

Yea I'm sure someone has even made a plug and play by now that would give you a plug that goes into factory bulb socket and then a relay and a heavier gauge wire off the battery.

But I don't think that's going to fix your problem because that's how most of those aftermarket hid kits are setup from the start. And shouldn't LED pull less wattage? (Haven't messed with LED auto headlights so not sure what type of power they pull but I assume since led, it's less)

I don't recall what all you've tried but do other projector lenses fit in the housing? I'm not saying that will fix your issue but I know some lenses are better than others. I remember Honda (Acura) having some of the best when I was looking into retros back in the day. But maybe that was just the best protector/lens combo that gave them the edge. I honestly didn't read through all your light posts but if the protectors are shit, increasing their output probably won't help. If they are just dim, I could see it happening. If you're just unhappy with you hid upgrades, you're probably going to have flickering with most aftermarket stuff. Retro some factory ballasts in there with some real d2s bulbs?

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Yeah there are some drop in projector housings, one of the Acura ones fits, but it's not the housing itself that is the issue i don't think. The OEM projectors worked great when the HID retrofit was actually working.  I had pretty decent throw and a sharp cutoff.  It's the DRL system and poor quality halogen fitted to it that i think are the problem with any of the retrofits. LEDs still aren't happy with varying voltages and apparently HID ballasts aren't even either with anti flicker capacitors.

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The harness connects to the battery and a chassis ground, has 1 female plug that connects to one of the factory headlight plugs and provides 2x output plugs for the bulbs.

After install, the factory wiring is only used as a trigger for the relay. The bulbs will always get full 12v whether the relay is getting 9v from the DRL mode or 12v from headlight mode.

Gotcha, definitely sounds like a similar outcome to what the anti flicker capacitor was doing for the HIDs.  Your solution would probably work better since it keeps the halogens but i am done wiring stuff up to fix this.  After burning my brain looking at halogen bulb reviews last night, i just bought the cheapest, brightest Chinese halogens i could find since it sounds like they're all going to burn out in 4-6 months anyway

My salt content is really high right now but I'm just gonna move on