How To: Disable DRL If You Have HIDs

[JonsMazda]

i got 07 m3. Just wondering which fuse to take off to disable my DRL..

[Gizzmo_jr]

the "DRL" one.
#22 in the fuse panel.

[JonsMazda]

Thanks gizzy

[Gizzmo_jr]

with an I at the end...

[Skarbro]

Yeah it's the same if you leave the trunk popped. When you unlock the car the parking lights won't flash either.

...and any of the doors...

[cwp_sedan]

...and any of the doors...

Oh, I thought I put that in lol. Yeah, the doors too!

[sp3GT]

Can someone tell me what I need to do? I have an 06 and basically I just want to disable the DRL, rite now it's connected to my fogs.

I didn't do it myself before so I'm not too sure what to do.

[maxsensation]

man..the mod work fine until i tied up everything neatly, BAM....it doesnt work for some apparent reason...
the relay has a releasing sound but no hid light......
now i had to pull everything apart..which took me 3 hours to tie up neatly.. and yet it doesn't work..pissed.....

for some odd reason..when i do the switharo with the wire on the relay...one of the hids work.....weird...

[WLS ZMZM]

go over your connections again I gurantee you either pinched a wire or something isn't clipped in properly. I had the same problem... everything was hooked up and nicely working. Tied everything up and the passenger side hid didn't work... so I cut everything and started fiddling and again it worked fine... tied it back up and same problem so i started playing with it again... and touching all the connections and bingo... it started working... again.. and no problems since (roughly 3 weeks ago)

[WLS ZMZM]

sp3Gt are you still having problems.. with this..... ??

[sp3GT]

I want to reverse the DRL to the fogs, like just cut the DRL and leave my independent fog alone. I'm still trying to get control over just turning on parking lights.

[Jeff-TheBiz]

Someone tell me how I can undo it and just have no DRL.

Some one correct me if I am wrong.. If you disable the DRLs entirely, and you get into an accident that the insurance company deems could have been avoided had the DRLs been functioning.. You are out a claim... and paying through the nose.

I want to reverse the DRL to the fogs, like just cut the DRL and leave my independent fog alone. I'm still trying to get control over just turning on parking lights.

As long as you have something that comes on automatically to run in the daytime.. I think you are safe.

[sp3GT]

I'm not saying I won't have DRL, I'll just turn the fogs on manually myself. My goal is to have control over the parking lights, it's also hurting my HID rite now too cause everytime I turn on the lights I need to do it twice in order to have the driver side one turn on. I think it's because it shares the power with that turn signal so it's not strong enough to turn the HID on in 1 shot.

[WLS ZMZM]

Hey jeff, I think your right... about the DRL, but SP3GT has his installed professionally... but for some reason.. they did his wiring funny and mucked it all up...

[sp3GT]

Hey jeff, I think your right... about the DRL, but SP3GT has his installed professionally... but for some reason.. they did his wiring funny and mucked it all up...

I guess it wasn't very professinally, should of jsut got it done at lockdown =(

[maxsensation]

go over your connections again I gurantee you either pinched a wire or something isn't clipped in properly. I had the same problem... everything was hooked up and nicely working. Tied everything up and the passenger side hid didn't work... so I cut everything and started fiddling and again it worked fine... tied it back up and same problem so i started playing with it again... and touching all the connections and bingo... it started working... again.. and no problems since (roughly 3 weeks ago)

i really hate working with the 12awg wires, first there solid and there hard to bend.
I guess i can take the whole assembly apart, but than taking apart a 3 hour job hurts the heart...all that effort down the drain....

anyways, ill see what i can do!


as for the post above me, you can always bring it to lockdown and see what they can do for you. Since they know the wiring , it shouldn't be to hard for them to rewire some stuff, worse case they'll have to rewire everything again.

[WLS ZMZM]

i hear ya maxsensation.... it took me about an hour and a half to hide the wires and tie everything up nicely... so I really wasn't pleased to have to cut all the ties and try again... but wanted it done properly and wanted to make sure it works properly :p

[mf5781]

Can someone enlight me why people with HIDs want to disable DRL? I think one of the reasons for HIDs is the cool looking. If they are diabled most of time, won't they defeat one of the purposes? If it's due to saving the life of HIDs, actually how much money can they save?

[WLS ZMZM]

It's not so much saving the lights.... the problem with the DRL is that the HID's need a constant 12 v of power.. the DRL doesnt provide that.. so if you have them on as DRL's they flicker... which can cause problems with the bulb and can even blow the ballasts cuz they aren't getting enough power..

[mf5781]

Thanks for the info. Do you mean if we turn the lights on instead of using the DRL, it would supply enough power? Then can we just turn them on manually instead of disabling DRL?

[WLS ZMZM]

Yep you can do that.. in fact a few people do it that way... i remember reading somewhere someone recommended turning the lights on before starting the car... you just hafta remember to turn them on and off... disabling the drl's is not hard.. takes about 40 mins max... to sit and install them... and it might take longer depending on how perfect you want the install to look.. but its not hard.

[sp3GT]

I guess I'm finally successful =)

I resorted to powering Hid's through the high beams instead of tapping from the turn signals.

[WLS ZMZM]

Glad to hear it man... you were having a lot of trouble with this situation.. congrats

[JonsMazda]

eh, was wondering cuz i disabled my drls and using only angel eyes.....so i cant highbeam no more, is there a way that i can disable drl's and use highbeams when i want to?

[sp3GT]

How are your angels wired though? I have no high beams now either in order to achieve what I want.