You keep saying that rotating them doesn't matter. Have you actually tried it? Or are you just saying it won't work?

 

This thread is from 2012, pretty sure OP tried it and it worked.
If car was wired wrong his stock DRL wouldn't work either.

 

How are you going to rotate an 1156 bulb?

 

I changed my drl...fog..map lights...license and trunk light to led. One month so far no dead bulbs. I know this sounds stupid but maybe the bulb was doa. Just saying it should work just popping it in

 

I also have the same issue with my 2012 gsr sss gave up looking for the led bulbs

 

The stock bulbs dont have any polarity which means theyll work anyway u put them on, leds on the other hand do have polarity and the way sum evos were wired like mine.... wont light up the leds unless you invert the wiring of the plug and this wont affect the stock ones cuz like I said they dont have polarity in case u wanna put them back on down the road... I have leds inside , plate and trunk no problem except for drls....

 

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Same issue with a 2013 GSR with SSS. Swapped them out, no DRLS. Rotated them no DRL again. I'll check the fuses hopefully thats the issue and I just initially had them installed upside down.

although with the license plate frame, I installed one wedge bulb backward and reinstalled it with no blown fuses and everything working fine.

hands all cut up. Too tight for gloves!

 

Yep, same issue. Bought some LED's and they will not work on my 13. The bulbs are good though as they worked on someone else's Evo shortly afterwords. I think the OP is correct, Mitsu switched the polarity.

Let there be light!


No light

 

weird..... mine only come on when I initially release the parking brake, but other than that i've had no issues w my LED DRL's.

Here's where I got my DRL's and fogs from.

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/

 

I have the exact same problem on my 2013 gsr. I have tried rotating the bulbs, still doesn't light up. But when I plug my stock DRL bulbs it comes right on. If some one figures this out I will be forever in debt.

 

Check out the pic in the 6th post of this thread. Rotating the bulb wouldn't make any difference with the drl bulbs. It would only make a difference in the map, dome, etc lights.

I ordered these today:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Ultra-Blue-45-SMD-1156-LED-Bulbs-for-08-12-Lancer-Evo-X-Daytime-Running-Lights-/110996842960?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ALancer&hash=item19d7ed69d0
I had been talking to the seller and he said he is aware of this thread and the issue 2013 owners have had but that his bulbs will work because "Our 1156 LED bulbs are bipolar which means that they don't have specific polarity."

I'll update ya'll when I get them in.

 

You guys need to install a "Resistor" with the LED which is find here http://www.vleds.com/resistors/lr-park.html to make it still on but be warn DON'T install high voltage LED which will melt the housing

 

What is considered to be "high voltage?"

 

I put 1156 LEDs in my DRLs and they worked fine. Did they change something with subsequent years?