Celica Forums General Discussion General DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS, ISAAC?

CAN'T YOU JUST UNPLUG THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS INSTEAD OF CUTTING WIRES? I DID THAT THE OTHER DAY AND JUST WRAPPED THE ENDS IN ELECTRICAL TAPE. OH YEAH, I PUT IN SOME HI LITE XENON BULBS THE OTHER DAY, AND THE HIGH BEAM JUST BLEW UP INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT, THEY WORKED FINE 2 HOURS EARLIER WHEN I PUT IT IN, DO YOU KNOW WHY?

^^^ someone has issues

why is my name part of this subject? i havent even touched my DRLs... and why are you yelling at me ???

^^^ He doesn't like you???

Sounds like the Hi Lies that you put in had grease on them from your hands which made a hot spot on the bulbs causes them to blow up. When you installed the bulbs did you wear rubber gloves?? If not did you make sure that you didn't touch them with you bare hands???

your going to hurt yourself, breath my friend...haha...your right isacc he has issues

He's new...and new people think because isaac runs ecelica, that he has done everything possible to his car (even impossible stuff like putting hondata in his car). They also think caps gets their point accross.

MARCT: Did you touch the bulb with your skin? The oil from your fingers can and will prolly burst the lights. Oil + heat = bad. Thats why you should not touch them, or at least use medical gloves.

Also, they sell end caps for wires. Its a lot better than just having them wrapped with electrical tape imo.

i touched the light bulb that goes to my spotlight on my garage and it didn't work

so if you touched it thats not good

It should work if you touched it, it's just not good for the bulb cause it could blow.

And to the guy who started this thread...

The DRL's are the highbeams, so if you unpluged them, then yes, you did disable the DRL's, but you now don't have highbeams for nighttime driving.

lol tha'ts a good thing to know beofre i install any bulbs

yea if you touch them they will work most of the time...but will either blow up soon or burn out quick. Yea the DRLs are ur high beams at a lower voltage i think...so you unplugged ur high beams

why wouldnt you want them?

What's the big deal with DRL? Just leave it. This "mod" doesn't make your car go faster nor does it make it look better, IMO.

This thread is funny!

lmao...


rob you perv

OK I have to stick up for the noob. I did the same thing when I was new. I PM'd Isaac about stupid stuff that anyone could answer. We all have to start somewhere.

As far as the caps lock goes.

What I do now?? Crap I didn't rape the noob yet, give it time.

People even try to put in DRL's into their cars since it increases visibility during the day

but yes I agree with what everyone else said..

Anyone want to reply to this for me ???

Sure ill reply, Noob , day time running lights wont do much for Performance but personal prefernace of likes or dislike. now for tapeing the ends off thats a good way to do it but remember tape isnt forever and the chance for the tape to fall off will happen down the road. now for cutting wires well if you cut once you cant put it back together unless you have a lot of tape or you know how to solder. either way i see it as a personal preferance on doing this little mod

its kinda like
A> should i use tape
B> should i cut

i have created an example for you
A> should i wear boxers today?
B> should i wear a thong today?

either way the job will get done its just two different ways of going at it.

and for the senior members ... dont forget to use protection when raping a noob

http://www.electrical-online.com/howtoarticles/Lighting/Halogen.htm

"When replacing any halogen bulb, do not touch the glass envelope. The salts in your skin oils penetrate and weaken the glass. The bulb not only has a shorter life, but when the bulb dies the filament doesn't merely burn out, but rather the bulb envelope shatters. The light bulb industry calls it a "non-passive failure."

Day time running lights are NOT the highbeams.

Disabling the DRL's is a modification that is sanctioned by Toyota, and can be done at most Toyota dealerships upon request:

https://celicahobby.com/tech/tsb2/TSB_DRL_REMOVE.pdf

actualy... it **IS** the high beams... but at about 50% the power...

disconnecting the bulb will disable the DRL and highs... interrupting the circuit (by cutting or other means) will prevent the signal from the light sensor to the DRL feature.

your parking lights (aka, driving lights) are different than your drl...

parking lights are on whenever the car is on...


drl is on during the day... they go off in the dark and your lo-beams are automatically turned on

nice illustration

^^^ditto

Well put, and great visuals. I stand corrected.

It just bugged me because I knew that doing the DRL disable mod was not supposed to take out your high beams. I should have done more homework before posting.

you guys take this shit way to seriously. thanks for the info anyway. everytime i right in caps someone's got to say why are you yelling at me. sorry I'm not cool enough to know computer lingo. I see isaac on here all the time so i thought he was someone who knew a lot about the subject. yeah i'm a newb because I'm not on this everyday, all day , maybe someday if I'm lucky and work real hard, I can be grand master cheif in "everything celica" anyway, no matter how much shit I get for what may seem like a stupid question, thanks to the people who answer them for me

All caps is just kinda hard on the eyes. I never disabled my DRL's, I just unplugged these...



Then when I have my lowbeams on, those little lights aren't on.