Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Disabling DRL's

Is it true that if you disable the DRL's by cutting the wire you will lose your High beams?

no. DRL are Daytime Running Lights.
when the DRL comes on, its usually the high beam light coming on at morning. so in a way, ur getting rid of high beam. but no, when you cut the DRL wire and turn on high beam, you will have it. the only thing i heard from cutting the DRL is that ur gas reading might be inaccurate, but that will go away once you fill up ur tank

OH ok yeah i heard about the gas meter being off until you put gas in again.

not everyone has that prob with the gas reading...i didnt

i didnt have the gas reading prob!! Your DRL's will still come on when your low beams are on, they just wont be on for the hell of it!!

that didnt make sense the low beams and DRLs (high beams at low output) never come on at the same time

disabling the DRLs (high beams at low output) will just make your headlights not turn on automatically when you drive your car... with it disabled you would need to turn your lights on in the night when you need them.

i still got my highbeams

how do i disable the DRL while keeping the auto on??? because if you disable ur DRL then ur auto on will be off too..there were a post a long long time ago where this guy did that and did somthing else to keep the auto on..can't find it..

Personally, I just unplugged the little teeny lights in the high beam area, & I always drive with my lowbeams on. I think it looks better...

So you're saying that the DRL's are those little lights in the high beams?

How do you turn on the lows all the time? Just turn the knob on the left?

the little lights are not daytime rinning lights, hey are city ligjts that come on when you tunr on your lows or ur parking lights.. to tunr ur lows onm jsut turn the light knob

drl's are high beams running at 35% intensity. unplugging any lights means you wont have high beams..and thats not too smart..

i dont think you can unless you hook up the auto on wire you cut into a switch. i think thats what your talking about.

I don't unplug the high beam bulbs, just the little additional ones that are also in the highbeam area. I always run with my lowbeams on (by turning the lights on as normal) I just think it looks better.