How to: DRL with Parking lights

[sumo]

heres a simple way to make drl come on at night or anytime park lights are on with out the need for fogs.

Take a diode and point it from the parking light fuse towards the drl fuse. This way the drl will only come one when park light is on. If it's pointing the opposite or no diode is used, any time the drl is on, it will make your running lights come on too.

I took shrink terminal connectors and attached them to each leg of the diode. I put wires in the other side of the connectors, strip the ends and wrapped it around one leg of the drl fuse 15amp #31 and used right park 15amp fuse #27

Diode I used is from radio shack 6A050960. The silver strip represents the way it allowes current to flow so make sure that's pointing towards the drl fuse.

 

[sumo]

Diode

 

[vt_hokie2008]

I assume both will flash for signal if I just use a wire? I'd like drl and park light to be on together for DRL duties and have both flash for signaling. Both on with headlights is fine too.

This is definitely easier than jumping wires on the harness behind the headlights. I did that for awhile, but never trusted my diodes to last, so I undid it.

 

[sumo]

No just the outter ones signal. All this is doing is powering the DRL when running lights are on. If you want to do that then you'd need to tap into the turn wire with the DRL wire behind headlight

 

[AppocAlexx]

is that diode getting too hot or was that just burned from you melting the heat shrink?

 

[sumo]

No that's from me using a butane lighter to melt the heatshrink, got a little too close and used more that I needed too

 

[adventurenali92]

Excellent write up! I will be doing this soon! I have halos and leds tied into my running/parking lights and I want the halos to come on @ night with my headlights.

 

[3girls1boyYukonXL]

Very nice!!. LED the world.

Check out what I did last night to my fogs..

 

[sumo]

Nice. Regular halogen should be banned now. Led/hid should be the new standard

 

[AppocAlexx]

Nice. Regular halogen should be banned now. Led/hid should be the new standard

idk about all that, I can see this if it was from factory with the right housing but, as above with the wrong housing its pretty dangerous for the people driving towards you. The lights are too bright if they are not in the right kinds of housing and adjusted to right angle. Which the majority of people have both of those wrong.

 

[sumo]

I mean that halogen should be a thing of the past like sealed beam bulbs. Led/hid should be the new standard

 

[corona718]

would you have an idea how I can get the rear tail lights to come on with the DRL's?

 

[Samuraj]

Very nice!!. LED the world.

Check out what I did last night to my fogs..

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You blind oncoming traffic with this .......

 

[sumo]

You blind oncoming traffic with this .......

No one ever complained or flashed me. I've been in my wife car while she has mine from time to time. Passing her at night or having her behind me does not have any blinding affect. At least with the bulbs I use.

 

[ahunn]

Have you had any issues with this setup? I am not able to find the diode that you used since radio shack is closed. Is there another that I can use?

 

[sumo]

Nope not at all. You can find them on amazon 6a05.

 

[ahunn]

Nope not at all. You can find them on amazon 6a05.

I found them and ordered from arrow electronics before I saw this message.
Thank you very much. I appreciate your help and this thread.

I will be trying it tonight if it's not too cold out.

 

[Evil Wayz]

Is there a way to just reprogram your lights?
As in if I want fogs as my DRL’s and not the Reg DRL’s and reprogram with the ecu? I know you can with VW/ Audi

 

[sumo]

No not really. When you turn just your fogs on, it’s tied into the running lights as well. That’s why I put a diode in the circuit. Otherwise I’d have fog, drl and parking lights on at all times