A workaround to disable DRL

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Hooking a simple automotive relay that triggers off of your tailights WILL DISABLE your DRL when you drive with your headlight swicth in the 'off postion' (i just got finished testing it); however, when u turn on just your 'tailight on' swicth, your DRL will activate with your tails but, turn the lever all the way to: 'headlights on', and you get your lowbeams at full power, another plus is your lowbeams will stay on when you turn on your high beams, and turn the headlight stalk swicth to back to 'off' and all lights go off.

no dummy lights come up, no high beam on light (unless u turn on your highs) no error codes, turn signals still work cause they run off a different wire

Ill make diagrams and take pics, the way I did it requires No permantent alteration to your wiring :-) im actually thinking of making a harness that plugs into the low beams and turn signal sockets

Im trying to locate the wire that controls the headlight trigger in the column, unfortunatly its in a bad spot on the steering column and would require micro-sodering to tap into the terminal, stupid mitiso, it might be just a lot less hassle just to run the relay off the tailights, at least you can drive around with no lights on, just cant have tailights only, its all lights on or nutin

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ok just got finished installign my custom harness on my car

9006harness ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/9006harn.JPG')

now if you dont have a gts you would need to use follow this below

9007harness ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/9007harn.JPG')

this is what it looks like wireloomed up, that extra wire is for the HID balast that I will install later

9006 finshed harness ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/9006harn2.JPG')

the front marker light is what I tapped into to trigger the relay to turn on the headlights when u turn on your tailights (notice the green/white wire, thats the wire you need to tap)
front marker light socker ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/frontmarker.JPG')

hmm just use a wire spade connector if you cant find a harness

front marker light socket ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/frontmarker2.JPG')

just a couple of terminal connectors( i should of made the conection longer, was a pita to hook up

how I tapped the front marker light ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/frontmarker3.JPG')

what it looks like finished

how the tap looks connected ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/frontmarker4.JPG')


now you might not want to tap your front marker light, you can go to radio shack and get these fuse taps, and get an insulated angled wire connector

alternate to tap front marker ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/alttailight.JPG')

and simply slide the fuse tap into the tailight fuse and you can hook up a wire to it to connect to your relay to trigger your headlight

alternate to tap front marker ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/alttailight2.JPG')

heres what it looks like with both my high and low on at the same time, benefit of this harness

high and low beam on at same time ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/highandlow.JPG')

[9G]

Good job :orangeyes: .

[manybrews]

why? is there a problem with DRLs? they do work for what theyre intended to do, you know.

[Kalamidad]

what is DRL?

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Daytime runnign lights are worthless, if some1 thinks DRLs help them in some sort of way; then they have been brainwashed by GM, the only time DRLs help you is when a person is an idiot and doesnt turn on their headlight during dusk, dawn, rain, fog, etc. Which are the times that you should fully turn on your headlights so ppl can see the rear of your car and not rear end you

btw if you think daytime runnign lights are great for preventing collsions, tell that to the tractor truck driver who rammed me into a bridge @ 60 mph in the middle of day, while I was driving my work car with DRLs, his words excatly, "i never seen you in that lane"

also, the whole point of me disabling the DRL is so you can add HIDs to the galant, you cant have DRL and HIDs. The DRL it will kill/fry the HIDs; I had a post about my HID install but somehow the thread got deleted last week!?! I guess some1 didnt like it.

[Kalamidad]

thanks you.

[axis8758]

Thanks for the write up......I have been looking for a work around for the DRL's on my wife's 9g. I wanted to ask about the 9006 plugs....Where did you buy them at?

[manybrews]

Daytime runnign lights are worthless, if some1 thinks DRLs help them in some sort of way; then they have been brainwashed by GM, the only time DRLs help you is when a person is an idiot and doesnt turn on their headlight during dusk, dawn, rain, fog, etc. Which are the times that you should fully turn on your headlights so ppl can see the rear of your car and not rear end you
really? I guess the world disagrees with you, especially motorcycles (which have needed the headlight on for 20 years).

heres a small quote.




4. How effective are DRLs? Nearly all published reports indicate DRLs reduce multiple-vehicle daytime crashes. Evidence about DRL effects on crashes comes from studies conducted in Scandinavia, Canada, and the United States. A study examining the effect of Norway's DRL law from 1980 to 1990 found a 10 percent decline in daytime multiple-vehicle crashes.1 A Danish study reported a 7 percent reduction in DRL-relevant crashes in the first 15 months after DRL use was required and a 37 percent decline in left-turn crashes.2 In a second study covering 2 years and 9 months of Denmark's law, there was a 6 percent reduction in daytime multiple-vehicle crashes and a 34 percent reduction in left-turn crashes.3 A 1994 Transport Canada study comparing 1990 model year vehicles with DRLs to 1989 vehicles without them found that DRLs reduced relevant daytime multiple-vehicle crashes by 11 percent.4

In the United States, a 1985 Institute study determined that commercial fleet passenger vehicles modified to operate with DRLs were involved in 7 percent fewer daytime multiple-vehicle crashes than similar vehicles without DRLs.5 A small-scale fleet study conducted in the 1960s found an 18 percent lower daytime multiple-vehicle crash rate for DRL-equipped vehicles.6 Multiple-vehicle daytime crashes account for about half of all police-reported crashes in the United States. A 2002 Institute study reported a 3 percent decline in daytime multiple-vehicle crash risk in 9 U.S. states concurrent with the introduction of DRLs.7 Federal researchers, using data collected nationwide, concluded that there was a 5 percent decline in daytime, two-vehicle, opposite-direction crashes and a 12 percent decline in fatal crashes with pedestrians and bicyclists.8



btw if you think daytime runnign lights are great for preventing accidents, tell that to the tractor truck driver who rammed me into a bridge @ 60 mph in the middle of day, while I was driving my work car with DRLs, his words excatly, "i never seen you in that lane"

cant stop stupidity, now, can you?



also, the whole point of me disabling the DRL is so you can add HIDs to the galant, you cant have DRL and HIDs. The DRL it will kill/fry the HIDs; I had a post about my HID install but somehow the thread got deleted last week!?! I guess some1 didnt like it.

HIDs arent really worth the cost of the upgrade, and are illegal anyway if not equipped from the factory.

[9G]

HID is defenately worth the money. I have it on my low beem and my aux fogs.

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I got the 9006 connectors at rallylights.com, great service there.

HIDs are worth it, as long as you have projectors like the GTS

halgeons
http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/m5.JPG ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/m5.JPG')

HIDs
http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/m2.JPG ('http://home.comcast.net/~toddag/m2.JPG')

There are always facts to support any side of any argument
of course you can just go to the NHTSA study on DRL and find out the DRLs do not reduce accidents http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NC...00/DRL7_RPT.pdf ('http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2000/DRL7_RPT.pdf') page 24 if you dotn feel like reading all of it

and the world doesnt disagree with me, a search on how to disable DRLs will show how many ppl want and do turn of their DRL cause they see through the BS, DRLs show no statisticly signigant reduction of accidents, DRLs are for idiots who dont turn on their headlights when condtions warrant it (fog, rain, dusk, dawn, etc.)

the only thing that prevents collisions is safe driving and paying attention, if you cant pay attetnion enough in the daytime to "notice" a car in the the daytime without DRLs and require DRLs to help you notice a car driving in the daytime....then maybe that person should considering surrendering their driver license

and the reason motorcycles need to have their headlights on is because ppl DONT pay attention when they are driving and pull out in front of cycles or cut them off cause stupid drivers dont look

btw, go drive onto a military base @ night with your DRLs and c how much sh*t you get gogin throguh the guard post


ps, im not tryign to start a flame war or anything, i have just have my opinion and I am trying to offer a solution to, what I feel, and many others feel, is an annoying feature; and after I get a secodn headlight swicth and crack it open and locate the trigger wire in there(hopefully it has 12 volts) ill come up with a solution that allows some1 to drive with their parkign lights on without headlights.
and my next thing to tackle is a a micro relay of some sort that will autolock the doors when u shift the car into gear, my last 2 cars had that and I miss it; feels like im driving my 1st car again and i have to get into a habit of lockign the doors when I get into my car

[manybrews]

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and the world doesnt disagree with me, a search on how to disable DRLs will show how many ppl want and do turn of their DRL cause they see through the BS, DRLs show no statisticly signigant reduction of accidents, DRLs are for idiots who dont turn on their headlights when condtions warrant it (fog, rain, dusk, dawn, etc.)

people disable DRLs for a lot of very stupid reasons.
"i dont want my bulbs to burn out prematurely"... the cost of DRLs in bulbs adds about 3 bucks a year.
"I dont want to cause a constant power draw.. the battery may go dead".
this, of course, is just stupid.
"DRLs dont save anything". This is a fact, and even if it DOESNT, leaving the lights on causes no increase in accidents.


the only thing that prevents collisions is safe driving and paying attention, if you cant pay attetnion enough in the daytime to "notice" a car in the the daytime without DRLs and require DRLs to help you notice a car driving in the daytime....then maybe that person should considering surrendering their driver license

accidents happen even to people who DO pay attention. you do not have eyes in the back of your head, and ANYTHING that helps is a good thing



and the reason motorcycles need to have their headlights on is because ppl DONT pay attention when they are driving and pull out in front of cycles or cut them off cause stupid drivers dont look
the exact same reason to have them on in a car.


btw, go drive onto a military base @ night with your DRLs and c how much sh*t you get gogin throguh the guard post


dont really care what a bunch of jugheads care about my daytime running lights.


ps, im not tryign to start a flame war or anything, i have just have my opinion and I am trying to offer a solution to, what I feel, and many others feel, is an annoying feature; and after I get a secodn headlight swicth and crack it open and locate the trigger wire in there(hopefully it has 12 volts) ill come up with a solution that allows some1 to drive with their parkign lights on without headlights.
and my next thing to tackle is a a micro relay of some sort that will autolock the doors when u shift the car into gear, my last 2 cars had that and I miss it; feels like im driving my 1st car again and i have to get into a habit of lockign the doors when I get into my car
not trying to start one either... but my opinion is obviously very different from yours. As a motorcycle rider, Im QUITE aware of the advantage of having lights on all the time. And since having them on in a car basically has no disadvantages at all, I see no reason whatsoever to eliminate them.
by the way, your link actualy shows DRLs to have a "statistically significant decrease" in certain types of accidents.

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your are still not getting it, some people...gasp, do not want DRLs, kinda of liek a seatbelt argument, dont tell me wtf to do, how do u like wearing ur helmet? do u liek being told that you have to wear your helmet? I am pretty sure that you are aware that all a helmut does in a high speed crash is keep your brains in a neat package for the medics to find.

do you want to know why the US doesnt have it mandatory to have DRLs, cause of that study i linked showing the majority of collisions, there is no signifgant decrease with or without DRL use, the odds ratio is the important % which shows no signifgant benefit of DRLs.
there is no such thing as an accident, 5 years of police work and i have yet to see an accident, i see plenty of collisions which are preventable if some1 doesnt do somethign stupid, an accident is where truly there was nothing that could be done to prevent it.

btw drls suc for a lot of reasons
they are shining into a house at the end of a street or tee intersection
they are shining at a pedestrian
You are sitting with the engine running on the side of the road, in someone's driveway, etc
when you turn around in the middle of the night, it's polite to turn off ur headlights so u dont wake up the person who is sleeping
you cant use them with HIDs
they decrease gas mileage, about $50-100 in gas a year with todays gas prices, GM disconnects there DRLs for gas mileage studys done by the epa for fuel eco tests

and i guess u never worked a guard post and get blinded by in coming traffic even though the signs clearly state to turn of your headlights while approaching a guard post

Don't use incompetence on the part of some drivers as an excuse to justify DRLs; because all DRLs are for, are for the idiots who dont know how to turn on their headlights when road condtions warrants there use, period and if you cant see a MV or a motorcycle driving down the road in the middle of the day unless it has it's headlights on, then you shouldn't be driving.

[manybrews]

your are still not getting it, some people...gasp, do not want DRLs, kinda of liek a seatbelt argument, dont tell me wtf to do, how do u like wearing ur helmet? do u liek being told that you have to wear your helmet? I am pretty sure that you are aware that all a helmut does in a high speed crash is keep your brains in a neat package for the medics to find.
of course not. I sometimes wear one, sometimes dont. But I DO see the need for the arguement. states with helmet laws have dramatic decreases in motorcycle fatalities.
I see your point, but DRLs are nothing at all like wearing helmets. They really dont interfere with anything. At most, they could be a minor irritant.




do you want to know why the US doesnt have it mandatory to have DRLs, cause of that study i linked showing the majority of collisions, there is no signifgant decrease with or without DRL use, the odds ratio is the important % which shows no signifgant benefit of DRLs.
there is no such thing as an accident, 5 years of police work and i have yet to see an accident, i see plenty of collisions which are preventable if some1 doesnt do somethign stupid, an accident is where truly there was nothing that could be done to prevent it.

Ill agree with that last sentance, also.. But you seem to forget that MOST people on the road are bad drivers. Easily distracted, too busy doing crap like gabbing on cell phones, etc.etc.
If my DRLs keep ME from getting hit by a meathead, Im all for them.



btw drls suc for a lot of reasons
they are shining into a house at the end of a street or tee intersection
they are shining at a pedestrian
You are sitting with the engine running on the side of the road, in someone's driveway, etc
when you turn around in the middle of the night, it's polite to turn off ur headlights so u dont wake up the person who is sleeping
you cant use them with HIDs
they decrease gas mileage, about $50-100 in gas a year with todays gas prices, GM disconnects there DRLs for gas mileage studys done by the epa for fuel eco tests

those reasons are silly. First off, the lights are NOT as bright as the headlights. the second reason actually has decreased pedestrian accidents by about 30 percent. the third reason may have some validity, but you CAN shut them off by turning off the key.
and they dont decrease milage.


and i guess u never worked a guard post and get blinded by in coming traffic even though the signs clearly state to turn of your headlights while approaching a guard post
nope... I havent. But they'll cope.


Don't use incompetence on the part of some drivers as an excuse to justify DRLs; because all DRLs are for, are for the idiots who dont know how to turn on their headlights when road condtions warrants there use, period and if you cant see a MV or a motorcycle driving down the road in the middle of the day unless it has it's headlights on, then you shouldn't be driving.

well, as soon as you can remove all incompetant people from the road, Ill completely agree with the fact that DRLs arent smart.
fact is, ANYTHING that helps decrease accidents is a good thing. People said the same thing about ABS, traction control, stability control, etc.etc. But they all do help, whether or not its from "incompetant drivers" or good drivers.

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http://www.epa.gov/otaq/cert/dearmfr/cd9402.pdf ('http://www.epa.gov/otaq/cert/dearmfr/cd9402.pdf')

"...DRL operation results in some power consumption, fuel economy testing with the lights on would result in a slight, but measurable, decrease in Corporate Average Fuel Economy"


but anyway, this is gettign ridiculous, we're gogin to have to agree to disagree. besides this is a thread about how-to disable DRLs, not on their validity.

[Strahan]

Actually that document is just showing that the manufacturers are whining about the potential of fuel economy hits from DRLs. Further down it says

"..the emissions impact of the DRL system is likely to be insignificant.."

Which would be logical. I doubt you could measure the loss of fuel economy due to DRLs yourself, you'd likely never notice so using that as an argument seems sophistry.

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Disclaimer: I don't give a darn about DRLs but I think the write up is cool, it's good to have options. Just commenting on the report https://www.thegalantcenter.org/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Actually that document is just showing that the manufacturers are whining about the potential of fuel economy hits from DRLs. Further down it says "..the emissions impact of the DRL system is likely to be insignificant.." Â*
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What do emissions have to do with fuel economy? two different things

umm actually the document states it as a fact that DRL hits fuel economy

"In particular, there was a concern that since DRL operation results in some power consumption, fuel economy testing with the lights on would result in a slight, but measurable, decrease in Corporate Average Fuel Economy" sounds like a fact to me.

If your lookign for the word potential in that document its said in relation to the potential safety benefits of DRL operation...."Appeals were made to the EPA to allow testing with the lights deactivated so manafacturers could promote potential safety benefits of the lights without incurring a CAFE penalty" btw CAFE is corporate average fuel economy.

would like specfic numbers?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question424.htm ('http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question424.htm')

"...To calculate how many gallons of gas this is, you can divide the 4.26 billion kilowatt hours of energy that the daytime running lights consume each year by the 10.5 kilowatt-hours of energy each gallon of gas yields. If daytime running lights were on all the vehicles in the U.S., we would burn an extra 406 million gallons of gas each year. That's only a couple gallons for each vehicle, but in total it is more than all of the vehicles in the country burn in a day. At $1.50 a gallon, that's $600 million per year. Looking at it another way, an extra 8 billion pounds of Carbon Dioxide would be added to the atmosphere...."

with todays gas prices thats 1 billion$$$ a year.

would u notice the difference on ur car? maybe, maybe not, lets use another example, if your in best buy, buying a washer maching or somethign liek that, 2 different models same price, same look, same specs, but one uses 10$ less a year in energy cost, ur prob going to buy the one that uses less energy, even though u wont notice the savings.

im not sayign for every1 to turn off their DRLs, do what ever u want to ur car, slap stickers all over it, tint ur windows so dark so a cop cant see into them when he is stoppign you, put a gaint whale spolier on ur trunk, spray paint ur dash to ur body color....

like i said, i just posted a how-to on disabling ur DRL if you wanted to do that, mainly if ur adding HIDs u need to turn off ur DRLs. this is not a thread on if DRLs are good or not

[cape97]

hey LOST, you have a pic of the 9006 harness and you had 2 wires saying "post 30 of relay" and post 87 of relay"...I dont understand...is that the one that goes to the marker lights? or fuse? please explain...thanks mang!

[cape97]

IT WORKED!!!!!!! Lost's method worked!!! so I ended up buying my HID kit from F1spec and they gave me a harness for free!!! then I sent LOST's diagram to my installer and IT WORKED!!! I will be posting pics soon and not only for the car but also the way the install was done...it was professionally done....if you guys wanna buy HID kit for <span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>$235</span> including harness...lemme know!!! I got connections!!! thanks!

[Rising_Suns]

In case anyone doesn't want to go through the trouble of fabricating your own wiring harness/relay, you can buy a relay for $25 here;

http://www.thexenonstore.com/relay.php ('http://www.thexenonstore.com/relay.php')

1 wire goes to your battery, 1 ground, 2 to your headlights, and 1 taps in to a switching source (like your parking lights). Simple as that.

http://www.thexenonstore.com/Images/relay_draw_lg.jpg

http://www.thexenonstore.com/Images/relay_sm.jpg

[Its Reu]

did anyone figure out how to have the taillights on with out the headlights? i wana hook up my fogs so they can come on with conner lights when i want

[Rising_Suns]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Its Reu)</div><div class='quotemain'>did anyone figure out how to have the taillights on with out the headlights? i wana hook up my fogs so they can come on with conner lights when i want</div>

With relays (such as the one pictured above), you can in theory use any switching source you want. You are not limited to the parking lights as your switch source (since it's not a power source, it's only a switch).

-Davide

[Tech_Greek]

If the military base is giving you any grief (which I call BS on) then tell them to take it up with Mitsubishi as they are on all the time.

They are low cycle lights, bright enough where you can see the car but not bright enough to blind someone.

The gas mileage difference, don't make me laugh too hard...wooo I bet significant to them is 1/4-1/2 City MPG at maximum. If you’re THAT worried about gas mileage tear your A/C out, your P/S out, your radio, anything electronic and you’ll save at most a MPG…

Now let's talk about HID's, every damn last one of them blinds me as I'm going down the road that's aftermarket or changed from jspec...why because the car's are on the other side of the road over there so the cut off/angle pattern is different than US - Spec. There's a reason why they need to be D.O.T. Cert, so they don't blind people.

[9G]

Now let's talk about HID's, every damn last one of them blinds me as I'm going down the road that's aftermarket or changed from jspec...why because the car's are on the other side of the road over there so the cut off/angle pattern is different than US - Spec. There's a reason why they need to be D.O.T. Cert, so they don't blind people.

what ya talking about? hids in cars with projectors or non projectors? other cars or the galant 9th gen? es,ls, or gts?

[Rising_Suns]

Now let's talk about HID's, every damn last one of them blinds me as I'm going down the road that's aftermarket or changed from jspec...why because the car's are on the other side of the road over there so the cut off/angle pattern is different than US - Spec. There's a reason why they need to be D.O.T. Cert, so they don't blind people.

I would say, the reason why they blind you is not because of the cut-off angle of the lens--which can be adjusted btw--but because of the type of bulb they bought. The higher the operating tempteraure of the bulb, the more glare you will see (longer wavelength of light diffuses more), regardless of the lens, or lack thereof.

There is a tendency to think that more is better. So it's easy to think that a 8,000K HID kit is better than a factory 4,300K. But this is not the case with HID. The light output decreases the higher the temperature Kelvin (K), and will strain your eyes on long drives. That's why it's good to stick close to a 4300K bulb.

I would personally not go higher than 6000K (a 6000K bulb usually looks slightly purple, simialr to the color of the factory audi/bmw HID's, but not quite as bright). Anything higher than 6000K will glare too much and not put enough light on the road (it's much too blue for my taste as well). Even 6000K bulbs will get tiring on long drives, which is why I like to use my yellow fog lights in conjunction with the HID's; together the purple and yellow mix to make a more soothing and tolerable range of light for long drives.

[Tech_Greek]

No these guys are driving around with the white HID's blinding me, not blue at all.

[Rising_Suns]

No these guys are driving around with the white HID's blinding me, not blue at all.

you sure they're not just high beams. :wink:

[Tech_Greek]

No these guys are driving around with the white HID's blinding me, not blue at all.

you sure they're not just high beams. :wink:

Very possible but they need to go back to the DMV if they don't know the high's are different than thet lows...

[9G]

No these guys are driving around with the white HID's blinding me, not blue at all.

you sure they're not just high beams. :wink:

Very possible but they need to go back to the DMV if they don't know the high's are different than thet lows...

If your talking about other cars too then yes. Unfortunately, people do use HIDs on non projector headlights and thats why they blind the incoming traffic.

[Rising_Suns]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tech_Greek)</div><div class='quotemain'>Very possible but they need to go back to the DMV if they don't know the high's are different than thet lows...</div>

I don't think high beams are meant to be used with oncoming traffic, due to the angle and brigthness of the light. Not only are they brighter, but they are often angled upwards to spread the light out more.

Those kids should not be leaving their high beams on in the middle of traffic. Doing so puts themsevles at risk, as well as the safety of those around them.

[unknown_owner]

Ok I got how to wire the DRL to the parking lights so that when you turn on your parking lights, the headlights come on. What if i wanted to keep the parking lights the way they are. Is there a way that I can wire the DRL lights to only come on when I actually turn it to the lights from the light switch? What wire do I use and where?

[Its Reu]

any body wid an answer?

[gc86]

Hooking a simple automotive relay that triggers off of your tailights WILL DISABLE your DRL when you drive with your headlight swicth in the 'off postion' (i just got finished testing it); however, when u turn on just your 'tailight on' swicth, your DRL will activate with your tails but, turn the lever all the way to: 'headlights on', and you get your lowbeams at full power, another plus is your lowbeams will stay on when you turn on your high beams, and turn the headlight stalk swicth to back to 'off' and all lights go off.
no dummy lights come up, no high beam on light (unless u turn on your highs) no error codes, turn signals still work cause they run off a different wire
Ill make diagrams and take pics, the way I did it requires No permantent alteration to your wiring :-) im actually thinking of making a harness that plugs into the low beams and turn signal sockets
Im trying to locate the wire that controls the headlight trigger in the column, unfortunatly its in a bad spot on the steering column and would require micro-sodering to tap into the terminal, stupid mitiso, it might be just a lot less hassle just to run the relay off the tailights, at least you can drive around with no lights on, just cant have tailights only, its all lights on or nutin


On the non-projector 9G lights I noticed there are 3 wires, is one of them the DRL? can I just snip it and get it over with? Thanks for a great write up.

[Tech_Greek]

I personally was thinking about this whole thing while messing with my car one day...

The DRL only come on when the ignition turns on, so all you need to do is find a wiring diagram and clip the wire that tells the relay/switch that there's power + ground going to it and problem solved...it never sees that the car is on so you never have to worry about DRL.

[9G]

On the non-projector 9G lights I noticed there are 3 wires, is one of them the DRL? can I just snip it and get it over with? Thanks for a great write up.


On the non projected 9g lights, there is only one bulb for low/high beam thus explains 3 wires.

low,high,ground.

[Its Reu]

I personally was thinking about this whole thing while messing with my car one day...

The DRL only come on when the ignition turns on, so all you need to do is find a wiring diagram and clip the wire that tells the relay/switch that there's power + ground going to it and problem solved...it never sees that the car is on so you never have to worry about DRL.


any luck with this?

[gc86]

On the non projected 9g lights, there is only one bulb for low/high beam thus explains 3 wires.

low,high,ground.


Oh yeah! duh :oops: hehehehe

[LosAngelesRider]

Came across this....

http://www.mitsubishi-forums.com/t16735-da...ning-lights.htm (http://www.mitsubishi-forums.com/t16735-daytime-running-lights.htm)

Ok. Here's a pic of the pin you need to bend (or remove) to disable Daytime Running Lights on Galants (and Eclipses). This module (known as the Front ECU Module) is under the hood, inside the fuse box, on the driver side. If you're not sure, look in the manual. Remove the Front ECU, and open it carefully using a flat screwdriver. You can "pop" the white snaps on the black metal part (it's a chip cooler) to completely access the pins, and remove the bottom cover (black plastic). Bend the second last (or 1st) of the SMALL pin connector. Re-assemble, and voila!

P.S. Please be careful. And do not sue me if something happens. You're a grown up, assume the consequences. :P

[invertedzero]

off topic question to my fellow 9g owners as i just don't want to create a new thread. how long does your 9007 bulb last?