DRL: Low beam or -lamps - or not?

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Ot_tO

Ahh... - O.K.

In Germany it's not allowed to dim the high beam.
I 'forgot' other countries where it's allowed.

In Germany the low beam must be at 100 %.

As far as I know...
If from manufacturer DRL modul installed then tail lights not (mostly if you have an automatic light switch).
If you install an aftermarket DRL modul, the tail lights, license plate must be also on.

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'Yes, with low beam'

...could be chosen if 'dimmed high beam' also.


Thanks


Since a long time I think about to install also DRL-lamps, but I couldn't decide.
Because like I mentioned in the upper message, I think the low beam is seen better.
If you have two pictures (like I mentioned in the upper message), you are more than welcome!

OK - That makes a difference.

In that case, I would either:

1. Do a similar mod to my "Headlights off with key", where instead a relay is added to simply turn on the headlights any time the ignition is on.

2. Go with the Phillips DRL kit, as reading about them, they seem very easy to install and are very bright.

[Ot_tO]

Thanks to all, who participate in this thread.

Originally Posted by CTScott

OK - That makes a difference.

In that case, I would either:

1. Do a similar mod to my "Headlights off with key", where instead a relay is added to simply turn on the headlights any time the ignition is on.

2. Go with the Phillips DRL kit, as reading about them, they seem very easy to install and are very bright.

#1 sounds like... do this and then this and then it will be...
This is too high for me.
I guess you are a mechanic?


I think the best for me would be if I would drive to the Toyota repair shop and will ask a mechanic how he would do it.
If he will say, oh - yes - we need your car the whole day and it will cost 500.- €...
I post a message here if you could explain it for me (dummy understandable) - and then I could explain it to the mechanic.

#2 I read about the DRL-lamps are connected directly with the batterie.
And they switch on if the batterie have 13.8 V - if I remember correct - the motor is running and load the batterie.
If you have a low or old batterie it could be that the DRL-lamps don't switch on, because the 13.8 V isn't reached.
Or they switch off and on and off and on during the travel.

Or why happen this?

Sometimes my car stay one, two weeks - because I have also a motorbike... so I guess this could happen then also at my car, because the batterie is low.

I guess I should let install then the DRL-lamps also with 'ignition on' - that they will be always on. I hope this would be then also possible...

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Ot_tO

Thanks to all, who participate in this thread.



#1 sounds like... do this and then this and then it will be...
This is too high for me.
I guess you are a mechanic?


I think the best for me would be if I would drive to the Toyota repair shop and will ask a mechanic how he would do it.
If he will say, oh - yes - we need your car the whole day and it will cost 500.- €...
I post a message here if you could explain it for me (dummy understandable) - and then I could explain it to the mechanic.

#2 I read about the DRL-lamps are connected directly with the batterie.
And they switch on if the batterie have 13.8 V - if I remember correct - the motor is running and load the batterie.
If you have a low or old batterie it could be that the DRL-lamps don't switch on, because the 13.8 V isn't reached.
Or they switch off and on and off and on during the travel.

Or why happen this?

Sometimes my car stay one, two weeks - because I have also a motorbike... so I guess this could happen then also at my car, because the batterie is low.

I guess I should let install then the DRL-lamps also with 'ignition on' - that they will be always on. I hope this would be then also possible...

I am going to be in Italy in a couple of weeks on holiday. You should drive down and we can wire them up for option #1 in the parking lot of my hotel.

For #2, if they switch on automatically at 13.8 volts, then they would be fine, even when the battery gets old. The alternator puts out 14.1 volts when the car is running, so unless the battery was completely dead they would still work.

[Ot_tO]

Thank you for the suggestion.

Italy isn't so near...
I guess the cash for the petrol will be much more than if I would let do it in the Toyota repair shop...

[Ot_tO]

You have special DRL-lamps on your car?

If possible, maybe you could make two pictures, one with low beam and one with special DRL-lamps, maybe at least 50 meters (this are 164 feet?) far away?
This would be super!

So we could compare if they are bright or more bright than low beam... (better seen).