Daylight running lights

[etlsport]

the diagram i posted would be for a light that functions only as a daytime running light, such as the small lights below the headlights, if you wanted to use the headlights for that you would have to identify which wire going to the headlight bulbs powers the low beam, and run from the output post of the relay to that wire... could be done fairly easily

[mikemol]

I passed both the Federal and Provincial inspections today having that pin from the relay connected to a fuze for AC. Once I passed both inspection I removed the wire from the fuze and no more DRL. So as the easiest temp DRL to pass inpections it will work. I don't think it's any good for a long term DRL and if anyone plans on having it long term, it should be done properly as one of those proposed diagrams.

[stangri]

Kenny,

these "glow gauges that had Km/h and mph. (FYI - these are hard to find now)" -- where did you get them?

Also, any fellow canucks with prior to 2001 VXes cares to share how did you get around the child restraint anchors issue?

thanks!

[stangri]

This seems to be the thread with the most technical information about the DRL (Daytime Running Lights), so I've decided to ask here.
What I want to achieve is get the same lights on the moment I start the car as if I switched the light switch stick to the ON position. I'm not proficient enough to figure out how to do it, but hopefully will be able to follow instructions if anyone can help me out with them. Any ideas?

BTW, when I spoke to the Canadian Tire folk doing both federal and provincial inspections I asked them if there were *any* regulations for the power output or the size of the DRL and they said no. So if anyone is giving you hard time with the fog lights as DRL -- ask them for the specific regulations and post here please.

[RallyDude]

I apologize if this has already been discussed, as I didn't read the entire thread.

Rather than have the headlights come on with the ignition, I would probably wire some LED driving lights to the ignition. As the headlights have a lot of power draw and occupy multiple fuses, it seems like it would just be easier to wire up some low power lights to come on with the ignition. It would be easy to do and you would end up with more light at night. Good Luck