DRL options

[carboncelicatrd]

i just put in hids...im looking for drl options because the stock bulbs look terrible with the hid's...wut can i do with them other than dissabling is there some way to do a citylight conversion??? can i change the color to blue or hyper white?? please resond with suggestins thanx!

[S|Lv3rBu||et]

Dude, the DRLs are just high beam bulbs at half power, so you cant really change them, you might as well just disable them.
Enjoy your HIDs!

[WRENCHHEAD]

disable them.

[Sups]

just one wire... one snip and its gone :)

[Spitfire]

i agree...much better without the annoying DRL's. disable em.

[bLaH1031]

Disable them. I did it the first day I owned the car.

Here's the link on how to do it:

http://www.clonegts.com/mods/drl/

[Jesse IL]

That method also disables the auto on light system. If you want to disable the DRL's but keep the auto lights, its more work but:

http://www.ameritech.net/users/trdcelica/DRL.htm

[carboncelicatrd]

so theres nothing can be done to salvage the DRL's and change the color???

[Blue Bomber]

Originally posted by carboncelicatrd
so theres nothing can be done to salvage the DRL's and change the color??? There are only two things you might be able to do. Not sure if they will work or not, but it's worth a try if you really wanna keep the DRLs.

1. Find a high wattage (100W+) blue high beam bulb. If the DRLs run at half of the bulb's wattage instead of a specified wattage (nobody has confirmed this yet), that would make them 50W as the DRLs. They should be a bluish white, similar to super white headlights. The only negative to this is you can't leave your high beams on at night very long because they may damage their wiring or the headlight housing itself. :eek:

2. Find the bluest high beam bulbs possible. There's a chance the blue may be deep enough to tint the DRL's light output enough to make them bluish during the day. The only negative to this is your high beams will become almost useless at night (blue is the least visible color at night). Then again, you have HIDs which should light up the road enough so you never need the high beams. ;)

[Nooch]

100W for high beams is not recommended?

[WRENCHHEAD]

Originally posted by Nooch
100W for high beams is not recommended?

nope, stay with stock wattage or you MAY fry the wiring harness to the bulbs.

[homerdudes]

whats the stock wattage?

[Blue Bomber]

65W

[carboncelicatrd]

anybody have an idea on wut may be the bluest or purplest bulbs around???

[baNanA_ryCe]

:wtf: HIDs.....6000K+

[carboncelicatrd]

i meant regular bulbs

[CONTROL ONE]

Originally posted by Jesse IL
That method also disables the auto on light system. If you want to disable the DRL's but keep the auto lights, its more work but:

http://www.ameritech.net/users/trdcelica/drl.htm

page not found jesse..

[Jesse IL]

Originally posted by CONTROL ONE


page not found jesse..

Jeez, apparently the thing is very case-sensitive...

http://www.ameritech.net/users/trdcelica/DRL.htm

[CONTROL ONE]

damn, good job man, how'd you figure that out?

so basically it's just snipping the blue wire and attaching it to the redwire without cutting the red wire while taping off the other part of the blue wire?

[Jesse IL]

I basically studied the wiring diagram for a LONG time and figured out what everything did. Plus some trial and error on my car. I hated my DRL's so bad that this was actually my second mod after lowering springs. Then yeah, its just basically cutting one wire and attaching it somewhere else. Just don't cut the red wire completely (like I did) because there's not much slack in it and it will be hard to reconnect. I did this mod back in Sept 2000 and I've never had any problems with it. This mod was never that popular because it was harder to do and people didn't want to go ripping into their wiring. Clone figured his mod out about 6 months later and everyone always liked his because it was easy. His is easy but you lose the automatic lights, which I don't like.

[CONTROL ONE]

and all this time i just thought you were an e-pimp, lol

i'm gonna do it this wkend, along with the LED's. right now i just have my high beams unplugged