Daytime running lights ?
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Daytime running lights ?
Here's an interesting video. It shows a set up of a SWISS C4 with daytime running lights! I WANT this option if its at all available here in n theState's. FOLLOW THE LINK TO
YOU TUBE .... https://youtu.be/1NiCkz020W0
ON THE OTHER HAND... if I can't find the right gear to make the mod. I'm willing to do some creative wiring. I'm looking for a HOT wire somewhere at the front left side of the engine bay that only gets power when the key is turned forward. NOT just constant. I only want the DRL to come o on . Not the amber blinkers too. Objective: Turning the key forward will AUTOMATICALLY turn on the lights and make me more visible to my C5 and up brothers. PEACE SIGN! SMILEY FACE EMOTICON.
YOU TUBE .... https://youtu.be/1NiCkz020W0
ON THE OTHER HAND... if I can't find the right gear to make the mod. I'm willing to do some creative wiring. I'm looking for a HOT wire somewhere at the front left side of the engine bay that only gets power when the key is turned forward. NOT just constant. I only want the DRL to come o on . Not the amber blinkers too. Objective: Turning the key forward will AUTOMATICALLY turn on the lights and make me more visible to my C5 and up brothers. PEACE SIGN! SMILEY FACE EMOTICON.
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Required for all Canadian cars. You should be able to find a module on-line.
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93 c4
The trick is that each side needs to be treated individually. When the turn signal is used that side blinks, but the other side stays on in DRL. The legal requirement is that there is a delay after the turn signal ends, and the DRL comes back on.
I've made two DRL module sets from capacitors and relays and they work fine, but take a few hours to wire up and end up a lot larger than the module in the link.
I'd use the corvettemods.com deal linked above.
You didn't mention your year ( a MUST with C4 wiring because no two C4 years are exactly alike). but there is probably a an evap fuel solenoid in the LF bay under the headlight. The solenoid is under a little t-pee shaped hat. The wire of interest is pink/blk. Hot in RUN or START.
I've made two DRL module sets from capacitors and relays and they work fine, but take a few hours to wire up and end up a lot larger than the module in the link.
I'd use the corvettemods.com deal linked above.
You didn't mention your year ( a MUST with C4 wiring because no two C4 years are exactly alike). but there is probably a an evap fuel solenoid in the LF bay under the headlight. The solenoid is under a little t-pee shaped hat. The wire of interest is pink/blk. Hot in RUN or START.
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The trick is that each side needs to be treated individually. When the turn signal is used that side blinks, but the other side stays on in DRL. The legal requirement is that there is a delay after the turn signal ends, and the DRL comes back on.
I've made two DRL module sets from capacitors and relays and they work fine, but take a few hours to wire up and end up a lot larger than the module in the link.
I'd use the corvettemods.com deal linked above.
You didn't mention your year ( a MUST with C4 wiring because no two C4 years are exactly alike). but there is probably a an evap fuel solenoid in the LF bay under the headlight. The solenoid is under a little t-pee shaped hat. The wire of interest is pink/blk. Hot in RUN or START.
I've made two DRL module sets from capacitors and relays and they work fine, but take a few hours to wire up and end up a lot larger than the module in the link.
I'd use the corvettemods.com deal linked above.
You didn't mention your year ( a MUST with C4 wiring because no two C4 years are exactly alike). but there is probably a an evap fuel solenoid in the LF bay under the headlight. The solenoid is under a little t-pee shaped hat. The wire of interest is pink/blk. Hot in RUN or START.
Where is it, ABCDE or F? Thank you
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We still don't have the year (looks like 1993), but look at "C". That is the A.I.R. pump relay. I see a small gauge pink wire on it. If the small pink also has a black or white stripe as well, check that it is hot when you want it to be, but it should be hot in RUN, and perhaps in START as well.
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We still don't have the year (looks like 1993), but look at "C". That is the A.I.R. pump relay. I see a small gauge pink wire on it. If the small pink also has a black or white stripe as well, check that it is hot when you want it to be, but it should be hot in RUN, and perhaps in START as well.
Bingo. Haven't tested it yet but looks like you've got me on the right track.
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You'll probably get away with it, but this is not legal. There is a requirement that any "DRL" adjacent to a turn signal must go out when that turn signal is operating. (Watch the way modern LED DRL's function. The white light goes out, or becomes the amber turn signal). You're correct, the corvettemods module won't work for you for the fog lights.
I came up with a way to use the cornering light circuit to cancel that side's "DRL" when the tail lights are OFF (cornering lights don't work unless tail lights are ON, and DRL's should only be ON with tail lights OFF). Get creative with relays, and you'll figure out something that will do what you want.
I came up with a way to use the cornering light circuit to cancel that side's "DRL" when the tail lights are OFF (cornering lights don't work unless tail lights are ON, and DRL's should only be ON with tail lights OFF). Get creative with relays, and you'll figure out something that will do what you want.
Hmmm? I'm not quite following how you can use a circuit that is OFF (CORNERING LIGHTS) to cancel a light that is on.
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Here's a shot of the front end w/ the mod.
We still don't have the year (looks like 1993), but look at "C". That is the A.I.R. pump relay. I see a small gauge pink wire on it. If the small pink also has a black or white stripe as well, check that it is hot when you want it to be, but it should be hot in RUN, and perhaps in START as well.
THANK YOU \"IHATEBARKINGDOGS"! mission accomplished. Works like a charm. When i turn the key forward the lights come on everytime so i don't have to think about it OR remember to turn them off again. I'm making a you tube video on this mod.