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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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When I flip to daytime running lights my damn headlights pop up but dont come on.. how do i fix it so they stay down??
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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Do you want to disable DRL all together?
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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no i want my headlights to be down like all the other 99% of the birds i see on the road when running there DRL's
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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ive had one 95 with headlights that pop up with the DRL's and the one i have now keeps them down. so i dont know exactly what it is in the wiring that makes them do it but its weird cause you see them both ways.
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it didnt used to do it now it does they are all wired the same way
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is there any grinding noise when the lights go up or down? i know when my motor gear became stripped the headlights would pop up when i turned the parking lights on.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 07:51 AM
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one side is, i flipepd the gear and it still does it
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by borninatransam
ive had one 95 with headlights that pop up with the DRL's and the one i have now keeps them down. so i dont know exactly what it is in the wiring that makes them do it but its weird cause you see them both ways.
95s didn't have DRLs.
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