jjsea55
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- Mar 26, 2011
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- Location
- Pensacola, Florida
- My XLR/V(s)
- 2006 Black Raven XLR-V, Shale interior
The fly in the ointment here is that the DRLs and the turn signals use the same circuit via original design. I thought I wanted the white on all the time until it occurred to me that my DRLs were amber (doh!), and that by wiring the amber lead to the DRL/TS circuit I would have matching presentation up front when using only the "daytime" DRLs. Also, the amber strip LEDs would pulse with the amber DRLs when the turn signals were activated.
By wiring the white lead to the parking lamp circuit (I have LEDs here), the white strip LEDs are activated whenever the parking lights and/or headlights are activated. I've determined that by switching my parking lights on during the day... the parking light, side marker light, and the white strip LEDs are activated (the amber DRL is deactivated) thus presenting only the white array plus the side marker behind the amber lens. This looks pretty cool, actually! The amber strip will continue to pulse activate when the turn signals are needed.
So... if you switch from normal DRL (auto) to your parking lights during daytime running you'll have the white strip LEDs activated. When you activate your headlamps they will remain on because the parking lamps/side markers remain activated with the headlamps.
Hope this helps a bit. It was a trial and error process, but I'm pleased with the outcome wired in this manner.
By wiring the white lead to the parking lamp circuit (I have LEDs here), the white strip LEDs are activated whenever the parking lights and/or headlights are activated. I've determined that by switching my parking lights on during the day... the parking light, side marker light, and the white strip LEDs are activated (the amber DRL is deactivated) thus presenting only the white array plus the side marker behind the amber lens. This looks pretty cool, actually! The amber strip will continue to pulse activate when the turn signals are needed.
So... if you switch from normal DRL (auto) to your parking lights during daytime running you'll have the white strip LEDs activated. When you activate your headlamps they will remain on because the parking lamps/side markers remain activated with the headlamps.
Hope this helps a bit. It was a trial and error process, but I'm pleased with the outcome wired in this manner.