Disable DRL without harness

Disable DRL without harness

Underneath your console near your feet you can locate the DRL "box" that controls other automatic lights, foglights, high beams, etc... from that box there is a bundle of wires going to it. The yellow wire signals this box to tell it that the car is running so it needs to turn on the DRL or the automatic lights. Grounding this wire DISABLES your DRL and your Auto lights.
Since this is to some a hazard, you can get a DRL module on ebay that will turn your highbeamns on at 20% rather then 100%. Why do this? If you have HIDs this will benefit you as it did me.

MAtrix and Vibe have this DRL disable feature and it worked for me with no ill side effects:
here is a link below with pictures:

http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1188

Yes, Yes Yes Yes!!!
I did it today and DRL is gone!!
It's great DIY to kill super stupid DRL!!

Thank you DistantXtremes for this great post!

I will add this to the DIY section when I get a chance.

Spectacular! Glad someone finally found a better method than mine .

i was jsut thinking, is there a way we can hook up a switch between the wire and the contact point on the box. That way we can enable and disable the DRL's incase we wanna go in for warranty repair or something. Just wont make it look fishy if your lites dont come on, cause i'm sure someone at toyota parts knows that corollas have DRL's. Just an idea, lemme know if anyone comes up with something

Thats a nice diy im going try that 8)

i'll try and do a DIY with a switch based on what intel had requested. i'll get pics too to make it easier to understand

Achint

thanx 2003C-RollaCE, i jsut think it would make it safer for us when we go for repairs, cause i know what happens, if somethings off on your car, the mechanics recognize it, and you have to explain for like an hour to try and tell them its no that. will look forward to the DIY, i would do it, but not much off an electrical person, i just follow instructions to get it done,

hi 2003C-RollaCE,
did u check the site? everything is there!
u need only 10min to finish
yes, there is little tite to work, but very ez!
check here first
http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1188

intel61,
post your e-mail address (hot mail)
i will send you diagram for 2way switch

thanks hiro, send it to kenyandude@yahoo.com

i already got the wiring harness found, now i just got to go get a switch and the right kind of wire and where to get the switch. anyone have any suggestions

i would try home depot first or maybe like auto zone or something. i think i remember seeing switches for various things there. also how much did you get the harness for? i wanna buy one, but $55 is alot just to brighten my lights. i'll do it a lil later, unless i get a good deal on the harness.

you can wire any kind of switch in there. you could use a light switch from your house if you wanted. Auto parts stores have them as well as placs like radio shack. It really doesnt matter. Just if you use it to break the circ to ground then your drl's will be enabled. flip the switch to "ON" and it will dissable them.

well never mind, i asked u on AIM

i tried searching the DRL module on ebay, but wouldnt find it

dont worry, i got the whole diy down packed. u'll have one by noon wednesday with a switch to enable and disable it when u want
Achint

intel61,
check your hot-mail
hope will work

hey alpha-vvti, i did it this morning, i will post up the DIY when i got home form work. it should be up by 1030-1100 tonight EST if my connection stops screwing up. its in this section.
Achint

Would this trick/DIY work on the Canadian edition? We don't have the sensor that tells the car if its light out. Would the wire(s) that needed to be grounded be different color?