Drl Disable

[brim]

was looking for a technique, found one on gagt though

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Originally Posted by crazykid
if your trying to just disable your drls.. you don't need to spend anymoney doing it.. takes like 5min to do it yourself...

open the hood
pull cover off fuse box..
pry off drl relay with flathead screw driver (i think its #24 or something.. but refer to the label on the back side of the fuse cover)
take cover off of drl relay
slip peice of folded paper between the bottom most contacts (there is a contact in the middle of 2 contacts.. it will be touching the top contact.. slip the the paper between the middle and bottom contact.. it should be open... this will prevent the middle contact from moving down and touching the bottom contact when your car is on, thus preventing your drls from turning on)..

this working perfect.. no problems.. no codes.. sorry i don't know the pins off hand... i believe it gets slipped between like 44 and 44a.. but don't take me on that cause i did this a long time ago. if you need any more help or need more details let me know and i'll take mine out and look at it and i'll get the exact pins on the relay that you slip it between

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Basically get the DRL relay out, it takes a bit of work, i pulled my horn relay to get to it

When you get the relay out, pry the cover off of the relay (it's held on by the plastic tabs, just get in with some tweezers or somethin to hold the case open and pull with pliers gently on the pins

when you get the relay cover off look inside and in idiot terms, you'll see a gap where one piece of metal comes into contact with another (think of a bomb, slide a piece of paper between the contacts, and put it all back together

during the day you can manually control lights, no codes thrown

[eag182]

This it?

[Screamin eagle]

instead of putting paper down in there I bent the pin over and put the relay back in, no problems and no codes. I'm pretty sure it's pin 88 though. I'll look.

[Screamin eagle]

oops my bad, it's pin 87, bend it over and put the relay in, mines been that way for almost 3 years.

[brim]

yeah but the paper route's just gonna be easier and you don't have to worry about snapping the pin if you ever have to change it back.

and yeah eag that looks right to me if i recall

[eag182]

In that case, here's what I did according to your directions (for others wanting to do the same):

[Screamin eagle]

do your thing.....

[eag182]

getting a look at the tabs, like you said 2 in front, 2 in back

[eag182]

then the paper route:

[doubleN0alero]

I used electrical tape...works like a charm

[stealthlero]

a buddy of mine thats got a Daytona GP did it for me one night, We were talkin bout it and he said he knew what to do so he did it..... i'm pretty sure he just did the paper route

[isellalerodrop]

Not being a smart ass either but, I see alot of people on here want there drl disabled, might i ask why, is it better not to have them on?

[doubleN0alero]

Because with the newer model cars, the low beams are used for the drls. when you have an HID lighting system, your lights are always on. Also with the DRLs disabled, you are also able to turn your lights to just the parking lights when the ALS is activated at night.
Good enough reason?

[eag182]

Control.

[stealthlero]

^^^well said :thumbsup:

[brim]

yeah basically that, control

when it gets a bit warmer out i have to get rid of the lights at night as well, as far as drl's i'm sure they were based on safety, and the automatic lights at night for being lazy.

But the night lights come on when I'm up in the morning or just as it get a little dim out. That and they come on and off if the weather passes.

[alerosport.com]

is one of them control the ALS relay also? so you could control the lights at night with out shutting the car off and starting it back up with the E-brake?

Thanks

[eag182]

That is discussed in another thread, do a quick search on that one (in this forum I believe).

[Youngblood77]

Originally posted by alerosport.com@Mar 8 2005, 01:56 PM
is one of them control the ALS relay also? so you could control the lights at night with out shutting the car off and starting it back up with the E-brake?

Thanks
No alerosport...to disable the ACL's, it's a bit more in-depth than just a relay disable. There's 2 ways to do it, both of which are kinda a pita. I think I might go the "lighted tube" route, myself. The biggest setback is getting the dash off, I'm not really excited about doing it, but one of these days I get sick of looking @ them lights on when I didn't TURN them on, and I'll do the job. :lol: