First off i would like to thank Daydreamer off of the american forums for helping me out on this and it works flawlessly.
Yay at last :)
Enjoy
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First off i would like to thank Daydreamer off of the american forums for helping me out on this and it works flawlessly.
Yay at last :)
Enjoy
This looks like what I've been looking for. Have to read through it. I have some questions. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by McGuyver_3
i replied to it
I am very interested in this.
Reading that thread doesn't do me much since it just goes over my head but I would love to see this work in person (or detailed pics!)
what area do you live in or should i say which meets do you regularly attend to? You can see it. I may be going to lapaloma tonight and probably will be there at don mil;ls and steels tomorro. It is done and working flawless on my car :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Xerox
I'm on the East end so I occasionally attend AA meets at DonMills however I may trek out to LaPaloma to check this out!Quote:
Originally Posted by McGuyver_3
I'll keep an eye on the roll calls to see if you will be there.
Thanks!
i am going to lapaloma tonight but there is a good possibility that i am going to show up to the aa tommorro if one takes place
then you can check it out
My car (2004) has been wired like this (HB DRL) for 3 years now...welcome to 2004.
Does yours retain all the stock functions including working highbeams/flash-to-pass? Or does yours sacrifice any stock functions? McGuyver's method is great in that you lose absolutely nothing. Highbeams work like stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedRaptor
Retains all stock functions and is wired exactly like the 2007 Mazda3s/MS3s with the HID option.
Would need to do the "B" mod to not have the HIDs flash when in DRL mode but I've made it a habit not to flash anyone when DRLs are on.
Cool. Didn't know that someone had already figured this out. Everyone seems to be doing the independent fogs/disable DRL route. Looking forward to doing this myself.
Oh yeah...now I remember. I recall seeing RedRaptor at a meet over a year ago and seeing that mod.
did you do anything in order to tone down the H/B lights? because i drove behind a member and they said that it was a little bright. But it was already dark enough for the auto lights to engage lets say about 8-830ish. That was just a test to see and get some feedback on it on how bright it actually isQuote:
Originally Posted by RedRaptor
any help would be appreciated
Due to the nature of the highbeam housing and the 9005 bulb type (light scatters and is aimed very high), it will seem very bright to others. If you look at other cars with HB DRL, you will notice the samething. During the day, the sunlight washes out the light but when evening rolls around, you'll notice their DRLs are quite bright and annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by McGuyver_3
I've driven with them for 3 years now (all major 400 series highways, local downtown streets and cottage roads) and I've never gotten hassled.
Truth is, at 8:00AM to 8:30PM your full headlights should be on for added safety.
If you want to see a very bright and annoying HB DRL, look at the Jeep Cherokee's. Their DRLs are blinding even in the day.
I wouldn't worry about them. I am sure if they were that bad, I would have gotten a ticket or a warning by now.
That is very true. Do you think that they put anything in to the 07 headlights to prevent this from happening though because yes it is aimed quite a bit higher then the headlight. I trie it out last night because i have a nice dark stretch w/o street lights right before i get home and i was able to drive at 2 in the morning with my drls :O lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedRaptor
I'm thinking a resistor could be used to reduce the power going to the highbeams when in DRL. But resistors get hot and create fire hazards.
You won't get a ticket. It's legal to drive with your headlights on full all day long, so as long as the highbeams in DRL are not brighter than that, you should be fine.
I guess if you really wanted to you could probably do th same with the fogs so instead of the power wire heading to the H/B light then you could run it to the fog light which would be equally legal. The muranos havit itQuote:
Originally Posted by Skarbro
hummmm curious....RedRaptor did you do your HID install yourself?
and yay at least there is a way to have the highbeams as the DRL...I hate DRL's but the highbeam as the DRL are nice in my book
I've been thinking about it and I might want to go this route - fogs as the DRLs just to be a little more different than stock. The nice thing is that it isn't hard to switch to the highbeams if I don't like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by McGuyver_3
My question is this.... How come when you use your high beams, your fogs turn off... Is there a wire you can disable so you can use your fogs regardless?
Thanks.
That's a completely different topic. I believe the independent fog mod would do this. But yeah, I don't see why there could not be a way to rig this up somehow without the independent fog mod. Perhaps having power fed to the fogs from the highbeams when the highbeams are on.Quote:
Originally Posted by -RJ3-
Sorry Skarboro..... Didn't mean to threadjack.....
no problem at all i think it has something to do with the legal amount of lights on with different lights i could be wrong but i think it may have sometyhing to do with this
I believe the law states that you are not allowed to have more then 4 headlights lamps on at one time. I got a ticket for that one time during the 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS trend where all the cops were out to get modded cars.
I ended up not having to pay for the ticket because the judge has not dealt with this type of offence. But it is an offence and it is not common.
Skarbro & McGuyver, how's the walkthrough coming along for this? Just curious.
he has not contacted me yet on when or where he would like to do this so for now there is no walkthrough at the moment. If you would like this done to your car simply wire up the relays like discussed and hide the relays anywhere you like. The reason why i want to do a walkthrough is because i actually implanted the relays in to the actual fuse box under the hood. The only way you can tell there are aftermarket relays installed is through the wire connecting to the battery and the green tape because i ran out of black tape :(. But if you would like to be the how to walkthrough person i would be more then happy to assist you in doing so. PM me for more detailsQuote:
Originally Posted by sauga_kid
Yes, sorry I haven't been able to tackle this yet. I have all the parts ready to go, but no time to get it done because of the new baby. I barely had enough time to stick a little shaded opaque sticker on my Electrochromatic mirror yesterday.
I'm actually trying to put together a wiring diagram which I hope McGuyver will edit for me.
McGuyver's setup is very clean. His fuse panel doesn't even look like its been modified.
Honestly you let me know when the time best suites youQuote:
Originally Posted by Skarbro
No problem guys, Skarbro, first and foremost, congrats on the new edition to your family. I'm not rushing anyone if that's how it came across, I was just reading up and thought I'd see. I wouldn't mind getting this done, but like Skarbro, I'm insanely busy lately (no kid though). If time permits, I might just PM you McGuyver and take you up on this, I'm still waiting on my lows to come in though so I'll let you know. Thanks guys.
OK it's been a couple of weeks now since McGuyver rigged up the new DRL mod on my car and installed my HIDs.
Gotta say that I'm LOVING it.
I elected to make the fogs the DRLs instead of the highbeams.
Now the fogs come on as DRLs exactly the same as the headlight bulbs used to - when you turn on the ignition with the e-brake down. No need to have to remember to turn them on manually like the independent fog mod. And they don't stay on after the car is turned off like the indy fog mod.
I still have all the same options as stock using the same controls. I can turn on the fogs with the HIDs or turn them off.
It took me a couple of tries to do the flash-to-pass mod (disabling the HIDs from turning on when using flash-to-pass) but now it works perfectly. Only the highbeam bulbs come on when I use this function.
And when you look under the hood, there's virtually no trace of the mod visible.
Pure genius. I can't believe this isn't catching on more.
i appologize for my lck of resonse to this thread a walkthrough is promised to be put up i just have to find the time to make one.
Please do bear with me and i will eventually have a walkthgrouh up
It's all good mcguyver, take your time mang, I"m looking forward to it
I gotta get this done. I am very eagerly waiting the walkthrough , My lights are sitting on the bedroom dresser screaming to be used......Quote:
Originally Posted by McGuyver_3
Updates?
i wish i had more time i am a busy person
Just thought I'd check to see
how about this way?
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5671/relayjx5.jpg
What is the progress on this guys? Can anyone do the install cleanly to the highbeams?
my install is clean. can't see any wires. I did it myself tho.
I'm looking to pick up some HIDs soon.
Who should I get to do the install? I want a decent quality install of the DRL to Highbeams mod.