by Karl V » Sun Oct 14, 2018 1:01 pm
This is all good stuff!
As you may know, I was obsessed with the car's wiring for the lights when I first got it - i.e. the DRL part of the roof lights only came on with the sidelights; and the lighting circuits are constantly live. Which meant that during the day, I was often parking up and forgetting to switch off the sidelights. Some minor modifications later and the DRL rings are now always on when the ignition is live; and off when you kill the engine - regardless of the side / dipped / main beams.
But...
Reading a bit more into the lights Dunny has, it seems there is a different between Daytime Running Lights and Position lights.
It looks like the factory roof lights have position lights, not DRL.
Position lights are not as intense and can be used at night whereas DRLs are high intensity and must turn off when when dipped beam is on.
The aftermarket lights mentioned above seem very sophisticated with DRLs and seem to handle this (assuming the correct wiring is in place).
So if anyone is looking for roofbar lights with a DRL feature, I suspect that some extra wiring may be needed. The factory roof lights have inputs for sidelight and main beam. I'm guessing there'd need to be another feed for constant live (which it sounds like Dunny has tackled).
I'm also unsure if the DRLs should turn off with sidelights coming on, or dipped beam coming on. Do your DRLs turn off Dunny? If so, it is with lights or dipped beam? Or do you do that manually through the same switch?
Interesting topic though. I'd love to see some these cars up close.
Great work chaps!
This is all good stuff!
As you may know, I was obsessed with the car's wiring for the lights when I first got it - i.e. the DRL part of the roof lights only came on with the sidelights; and the lighting circuits are constantly live. Which meant that during the day, I was often parking up and forgetting to switch off the sidelights. Some minor modifications later and the DRL rings are now always on when the ignition is live; and off when you kill the engine - regardless of the side / dipped / main beams.
But...
Reading a bit more into the lights Dunny has, it seems there is a different between Daytime Running Lights and Position lights.
It looks like the factory roof lights have position lights, not DRL.
Position lights are not as intense and can be used at night whereas DRLs are high intensity and must turn off when when dipped beam is on.
The aftermarket lights mentioned above seem very sophisticated with DRLs and seem to handle this (assuming the correct wiring is in place).
So if anyone is looking for roofbar lights with a DRL feature, I suspect that some extra wiring may be needed. The factory roof lights have inputs for sidelight and main beam. I'm guessing there'd need to be another feed for constant live (which it sounds like Dunny has tackled).
I'm also unsure if the DRLs should turn off with sidelights coming on, or dipped beam coming on. Do your DRLs turn off Dunny? If so, it is with lights or dipped beam? Or do you do that manually through the same switch?
Interesting topic though. I'd love to see some these cars up close.
Great work chaps!