How to disable your DRL (the right way)

[Astro]

After searching on here and not finding a solution to disable them, I found a page on the net with a tutorial. I tried unplugging the grey plug under the hood and several other things that didn't work. So, after giving this a try, no more DRL! This tutoial shows how to remove the ground to the main DRL harness to totally disable them. BTW, the wire I removed was red with a blue stripe and silver bands. There's more than one, but the other one is towards the middle, so you'll be able to figure it out.

http://www.legacytuning.com/drl/DRLdisable.htm
*edit This site is down, here's another:
http://www.lightsout.org/disable.html

With my new HID's, I don't want to take any chances ruining them by giving them less power with the DRL. Next, I'll like to do the independent fogs.
Has anyone found a way to be able to use the highs without the lows going off???

[that1mexguy]

hmmm, all I had to do with mine was unplug the grey plug under the hood and disconnect the sensor from the dash, did that not work for you? the tutorial is good too, i'm just curious to find out why urs didnt work (if in fact u did the same as me).

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Next, I'll like to do the independent fogs.
Has anyone found a way to be able to use the highs without the lows going off???

PythonJosh had done a DIY on the fogs, it still may be up..

[NeFaRiOuS_SLE]

Astro: If you're talking about the HID turning on on its own, it may be a bad ground on the ballast. Be sure to shave the metal good before putting the connecting wire/surface on.

Like CamrySE-soCALlara said, it's still up. It's on his CarDomain: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/575434/3. As for the highs/lows, I don't think anybody figured that out yet, although the feature is a pain in the arse.

That1mexguy: It's a common situation if you have aftermarket HIDs that aren't configured right.

[Astro]

^^I was just refering to the DRL coming on, because it's on the low beam. I don't know how to rewire the DRL to the high beams. I don't know why unpluging the grey plug didn't work for me, but this does fo' sure!

[Jon11582]

Maybe the grey plug didnt work for you because of the way your wires are spliced since you split the hi and lo. I assume you had to split the ground wire.

I also have a 2000, and aftermarket HIDs (low only), and unplugging the grey plug worked for me. The ONLY time my HIDs came on without my dash lights being on is when my ballasts were contacting the chassis, creating a short.

For clarification, I believe the DRLs are on the low for Gen1 and high for Gen1.5. The wiring conversion you did to run two bulbs probably kept it on the low.

[pythonjosh]

Next, I'll like to do the independent fogs.
Has anyone found a way to be able to use the highs without the lows going off???

PythonJosh had done a DIY on the fogs, it still may be up..

Always got it up. Here's the link for ya Larry:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/575434/3
And the thread: http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=9234

[Cspence]

The wire is definitly the red/blue with silver stripe in my solara (2000). I to wanted to disable my DRL for the same reason, I did'nt want my HID's on all the time, speaking of which, check em out http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2157484 and let me know what you think. I just put them in yesterday 10-14-06. peace

[pythonjosh]

hey welcome back cspence! them HID's sure look nice

[Ruski]

i just finshed mine today.. just to let everyone know the wire is under number 9 and is a red with blue line

[Toy1mzfe]

Great diy, just did this and my independent foglights! Now i can run just the fogs!!!

[Ruski]

haha same here i love the look
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4788/p1000697an6.jpg

[pythonjosh]

haha same here i love the look

Damn that's sexy

[un0john0fodg]

i have a 2000 sle and I cut the red wire with blue stripe. Now my drls are still on does anyone have any pics of the relay and the wire they cut? I'm pretty confident I cut the right wire following close to Astros tutorial. helppp

[Ruski]

here it is its under the number 9 its 23 u need to turn the plug to have it line up as on the image