Daytime Running Light Help
04-24-2005, 02:28 AM
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Well think about it like this. Your DRL's have two filament's in it one for running light's another which is brighter for your DRL's and turnsignal. You might could try to just tie the wire's going to the running light filament to the DRL's and see what happen's That way when your headlight's come on and the running light's are supposed to come on the DRL's would be coming on. I don't know if it will work but it's worth a shot.
04-24-2005, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonWW
I'm pretty familiar with the logic circuits for those lights, what exactly are you wanting to do?
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04-24-2005, 06:12 PM
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i think what hes tryin to do is....our cars DRL's are brighter when the headlights arent on....soon as you turn your headlamps on, they dim down a bit...he wants to prevent them from dimming out.
i personally dont think you should try and mess with something like that especially if you arent up to par in the electrical field...might run into some serious problems screwing around with it...but goodluck if you do it anyway.
i personally dont think you should try and mess with something like that especially if you arent up to par in the electrical field...might run into some serious problems screwing around with it...but goodluck if you do it anyway.
04-24-2005, 06:47 PM
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OK, when the lights are off, the DRL lights up the bright filament to be seen during the day. If they stayed that bright at night, it would be breaking the law. There are restrictions on how bright the turn signals can be. So that's why the factory did that.
Now, in your case, the brightness would be no big deal legally. The problem is this, at night you need the front blinker to be on to be seen in the front. When you signal, the dim filiment stays on while the bright filament blinks on and off. If you replaced the dual filament bulb with a single, bright one and combined the wires, it would stay bright at night, but you would lose the blinking. Won't pass inspection.
Even using relays and logic cicuits, there's no way I can think of to get the bright light to work at night and still maintain the blink ability. Sorry.
Now, in your case, the brightness would be no big deal legally. The problem is this, at night you need the front blinker to be on to be seen in the front. When you signal, the dim filiment stays on while the bright filament blinks on and off. If you replaced the dual filament bulb with a single, bright one and combined the wires, it would stay bright at night, but you would lose the blinking. Won't pass inspection.
Even using relays and logic cicuits, there's no way I can think of to get the bright light to work at night and still maintain the blink ability. Sorry.
04-24-2005, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonWW
OK, when the lights are off, the DRL lights up the bright filament to be seen during the day. If they stayed that bright at night, it would be breaking the law. There are restrictions on how bright the turn signals can be. So that's why the factory did that.
Now, in your case, the brightness would be no big deal legally. The problem is this, at night you need the front blinker to be on to be seen in the front. When you signal, the dim filiment stays on while the bright filament blinks on and off. If you replaced the dual filament bulb with a single, bright one and combined the wires, it would stay bright at night, but you would lose the blinking. Won't pass inspection.
Even using relays and logic cicuits, there's no way I can think of to get the bright light to work at night and still maintain the blink ability. Sorry.
Now, in your case, the brightness would be no big deal legally. The problem is this, at night you need the front blinker to be on to be seen in the front. When you signal, the dim filiment stays on while the bright filament blinks on and off. If you replaced the dual filament bulb with a single, bright one and combined the wires, it would stay bright at night, but you would lose the blinking. Won't pass inspection.
Even using relays and logic cicuits, there's no way I can think of to get the bright light to work at night and still maintain the blink ability. Sorry.
04-24-2005, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by dallas
Personal preference.
Personally I hate the look of the DRL's, which is why mine are disabled, along with the automatic lights.
04-24-2005, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Payne01SS
To each his own i guess.
Personally I hate the look of the DRL's, which is why mine are disabled, along with the automatic lights.
Personally I hate the look of the DRL's, which is why mine are disabled, along with the automatic lights.
04-24-2005, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dallas
Can I reverse wires to the filaments to where the lights dim during daytime operation and bright during nighttime operation (headlights on)? After that is done, maybe tap a line that makes it think the headlights are always on when the car starts?
04-24-2005, 09:43 PM
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Fortunately, I don't have the automatic headlights.
On my TA, I cut the light sensor wires and stuck the light sensor in the dash. Now I have working auto headlights. They pop up at night and turn off in the day. I had the forthought to wire a toggle to it as well as to the DRL circuit. I turned them both off in the end.
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Originally Posted by JasonWW
If you did that, the blinkers would be flashing the dim filament and they would not be seen over the brighter running lights. So no turn signals in front, no inspection.
04-24-2005, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonWW
Actually, you do. The TA's use the same light box the camaro's use. The only difference is that the camaros have the light sensor in the dash. The US TA'a don't have the light sensors and the wires that would normally go to it is looped together.
On my TA, I cut the light sensor wires and stuck the light sensor in the dash. Now I have working auto headlights. They pop up at night and turn off in the day. I had the forthought to wire a toggle to it as well as to the DRL circuit. I turned them both off in the end.
On my TA, I cut the light sensor wires and stuck the light sensor in the dash. Now I have working auto headlights. They pop up at night and turn off in the day. I had the forthought to wire a toggle to it as well as to the DRL circuit. I turned them both off in the end.
