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DakSport
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4/13/2003
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Just wondering how you can do it on my 2000? Ive looked through the archives and didnt find anything. Is there a fuse i just have to pull?
Thanks
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brianman
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i am still wondering how to get mine to work again.
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hank
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4/13/2003
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Just curious as to why you want to disable them.
There a safety feature to make you more visible to on coming traffic.
If the car coming towards you is driving into bright sunlight your lights may be all he's able to see.
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Dragon
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4/13/2003
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Then you can turn on your lights if you want to.
Personally, I find the idea of every vehicle on the road using their headlights during the day stupid. If you can't see a large chunk of metal and plastic running 30 MPH, then you shouldn't be driving.
Not to mention the fact that this makes it harder to notice "special" vehicles like busses, ambulances, police cars, fire, funerals, and motorcycles. The last kind of vehicle are the ones to most benefit from eliminating this stupid rule that caters to the myopic among us.
Michael
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PB
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4/13/2003
07:38:48
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push the parking brake down to the first click that shuts them off
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Lew
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4/13/2003
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Dragon, you say it's stupid, that's you're opinion, fine.
You then go on to say if you can't see a large chunk of metal going 30 mph you shouldn't be driving but you go on to say it's harder to see special vehicles like buses.
Maybe you shouldn't be driving if you can't see a bus without his lights on.
As for fire trucks and ambulances, well I drove big city fire trucks for 32 years and it certainly helps those drivers to see everything in their way and daytime lights definetely help if your driving into the sun.
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ZZ
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4/13/2003
09:52:37
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What about those idiots who have daytime running lights but forget to turn on the other lights at night?
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Kowalski
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4/13/2003
10:32:33
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I'd like to weigh in with Dragon on this one. We should't be diluting the safety edge this affords to motorcycles.
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MM
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4/13/2003
11:19:49
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The only way that I know of to disable them is to go to the dealership and have them reprogram the computer,
as to why you want to do that, I don't know.
but it's your opinion if you want them for not. I personally would like to have them.
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DakSport
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18:39:01
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Well i finally figured it out. There is a small black box located beside the battery. Disconnect it and tape up the connecter and you have disabled the DRLs. Only prob is u lose your high beam indicater, but its well worth it.
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Arthur
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4/14/2003
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running daytime running lights uses up quite a lot of gas every year. :)
If you use your lights at daytime, you support terrorism!
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bowhunter
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4/14/2003
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i don't know if this will help, or if you will want to drive
like this for a long time, but here's what i found works
(temporairly). if you put your e brake on just 1 click, your
driving lights will go out. just make sure it's only 1 click. i
use it when i'm hunting, but i don't drive far or fast.
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PB
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4/14/2003
21:46:38
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you must still be in the woods that was said already
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zanderoff
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4/15/2003
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i have a 98 and there is a fuse in the box under the hood, driver side. and there is a fuse for the daytime running lights. only thing is you lose your backup lights too.
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DeepDak
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4/15/2003
04:57:24
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Am I missing something here, what day time running lights?? My '99 r/t doesn't have that and neither do any of my buddys with different year daks and durangos.
Eli
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Walter
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4/15/2003
08:42:59
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"running daytime running lights uses up quite a lot of gas every year."
"If you use your lights at daytime, you support terrorism!"
I have followed this site for some time. I have to say that these are some of the most uneducated statements I have read to date. What kind of moron says things like this?
Arthur, get a life, stop watching Fox news, CNN, and MSNBC and have a cup of coffee and smell the flowers that are starting to bloom outside!
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Arthur
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4/15/2003
12:30:04
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Ok, time to make you look like an idiot.
The terrorism was a joke, i put < j o k e > (no spaces) but the webpage saw it as html code and hid it, it was a joke.
second off, using lights (or ANY sort of electrical device) puts your alternator to work.
more alternator resistance = more fuel used. Are you going to disagree on this? Do a simple test. start your car with everything off, then turn on every accessory (lights, AC, etc). What happens? That's what I thought.
note i said per YEAR, not DAY. In comparison running daytime lights wouldn't mean a thing in a day, but ifyou compare the extra 40-50rpm (lets say 100 alterator, daytime running lights will use what, 20-30watts) needed for running lights everyday, in a year it DOES add up.
I would think one would have the common sense to realise a joke especially since there is a smiley in the post (i put the < joke > but it showed up as HTML code).
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Arthur
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4/15/2003
12:52:55
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some more math..
30 watt x 12 volt = 2.5amps to run it.
2.5amps = about 2% of a 120amp alternator.
You're putting a 2% strain on your alternator to run daytime running lights. Lets say your alt puts out 120amps at 2000RPM, then 2% of that would be 40rpm (almost my guess in previous post).
40rpm to run daytime running lights.
so how about being a man and admitting you were wrong?
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Arthur
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12:53:37
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oops, the 40rpm would be for ONE bulb. times two = 80rpm.
:)
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arthur
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4/15/2003
12:59:53
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another way to look at it is..
1HP = 746Watts
60 watt = 8% of 1HP, so 2/25th of 1 horsepower.
:)
in theory.
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Lesley
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4/15/2003
21:55:28
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They're controlled by the daytime running light module. Like someone else mentioned - disabling it allows you to switch your headlights on and off, but it messes up your highbeams. Anybody who still plans on going ahead and doing it - let me know. I'd be interested in buying the module since mine went a few months ago.
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arthur
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4/16/2003
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why not just trace the wiring and redo the switches / relays to how you like them? that's how i did it on mine (not a dodge though)...
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Kevin 2K3
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4/16/2003
09:01:25
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When the daytime running lights were mandated up here in Canada people complained at first too, but they do make it easier to judge when it is safe to pass on two lane roads. Which is good since most of us here in Ontario rarely drive the speed limit.
As for idiots who don't turn their regular lights on at night they must not look at the dash or else they'd see that it is not lit up.
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Izzy
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4/16/2003
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Daytime running lights? My 2000 CC don't have any daytime running lights, I have to turn min eon for them to run during the day.
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Walter
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4/17/2003
07:54:22
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Arthur for my post I apologues! I do think that daytime running lights are a good safety feature, they fall in with but maybe not as important as air bags. So when people want to remove or disable safety features it bothers me. To see or read about people giving advise on how to remove them also bothers me. When I first read your post it sounded like you were justifying it with what I considered a "moronic" statement not a joke as it was mint to be.
Again I apologues.
Walter
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Arthur
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4/17/2003
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No problem, I knew it would sound moronic that's why I put the < joke > there, but the board hid it and I never noticed it, just thought it would be funny to relate daytime lights to terrorism :).
I actually seperated my fog-lights from head-lights (foglights would come on ONLY with headlights) to be able to turn them on at daytime and what not. Only problem I still have is that since its wired seperatly it does not "beep" when they are on and the key is not in the ignition, so I ended up with a dead battery SEVERAL times (doh). Wiring it back to the same "beep" that I get with headlights will be pretty much impossible (too much wiring to go through), so I think I'll just stick an LED somewhere on my dash to let me know if its on or off.
BTW its not a dakota, its a 99 montero sport. Its amazing how much fun you can have at the fuse box :)
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