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l008com · 05-17-2013, 01:30 PM

After a whole bunch of emails that never got a response, their whole website has just disappeared. This does not bode well for my headlights, that are now flickering more than ever when in "DRL" mode.

christianmotox · 05-17-2013, 01:38 PM

Quick fix for you.
Disable the DRL. there is a spring inside of the knob that makes the knob go to the auto position all the time, if you remove this spring you can have the knob in the off position during the day and move it to the "auto" at night.
This is one option and its free.

Or you can buy a new harness from a different vendor.

Good luck.

l008com · 05-17-2013, 01:40 PM

How do you get the knob off (hahahahahh)? I didn't want to do this hack but it seems like now I have no choice.

christianmotox · 05-17-2013, 02:37 PM

Here you go, its not a complete DIY, but im sure it will help.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...highlight=knob

SSMickey · 05-17-2013, 03:52 PM

Instead of hacking your headlight switch, just get a new harness from gen5diy. His relays are accessible too.

l008com · 05-17-2013, 04:19 PM

Yeah I may have to if otto body has really closed down shop.

l008com · 05-21-2013, 10:40 PM

Finally heard back from Otto. They told me I have to have the dealership disable the DRLs. Which obviously no dealership will do. And the whole point of this harness is to turn low voltage DRL into high voltage Low Beams, thats why the lights worked great for the first year or two. I guess I'll be buying another set of harnesses.

lfree11012 · 05-21-2013, 11:16 PM

Sound like it might be a bad wire in the harness So some times you can pop the pins out with a small flat head like eyeglass flat head and pop the top so that they lock back into please or it could be a brake in one of the wire If you have a multimedia ck for Continuity both ends I might have missed it but do they flicker only after you have started moving or just when you are stop and after you have stop and played with them do they stay on

l008com · 05-21-2013, 11:19 PM

They flicker only when the DRLs are active. If I turn the knob to manually turn the low beams on, they are fine. Or if I flip the high beams on, it's ok. To me, it sounds like failing relays that are not triggering the increased voltage when the DRLs are on. It doesn't seem to me like a loose connection type issue.

lfree11012 · 05-21-2013, 11:40 PM

Relays very rarely go bad a ran an install shop for 12 years and every body always wants to run to the relay I have seen two go bad 12 years and that was because they where be used in the wrong apparitions with that being said they are cheap and a good starting point but it sound like it might be the switch switch might not be thrown out Enough current to active aftermarket relay when Drl is active try the relays then try the switch

lfree11012 · 05-21-2013, 11:43 PM

Use Multi meter ck voltage going out when using drl then turn them on using high or low beam turn car off to see what happens when turn back on watch voltage for drl

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 05-21-2013, 11:54 PM

Guys the harness you have does not have relays it has diodes for the high beam only,there is only one of 2 ways to fix this and both cut the DRL lights in your headlights, do the swich or get the harness that cuts the power with out cutting your wires.

lfree11012 · 05-22-2013, 01:03 PM

^Can you post a diagram of head light Circuit

slickmetal · 05-21-2016, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lfree11012

^Can you post a diagram of head light Circuit

Came here to look for this as well, and no bones :(

05-17-2013, 01:38 PM	#16
christianmotox Drives: ( . )( . ) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,827	Quick fix for you. Disable the DRL. there is a spring inside of the knob that makes the knob go to the auto position all the time, if you remove this spring you can have the knob in the off position during the day and move it to the "auto" at night. This is one option and its free. Or you can buy a new harness from a different vendor. Good luck. __________________

05-17-2013, 02:37 PM	#18
christianmotox Drives: ( . )( . ) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,827	Here you go, its not a complete DIY, but im sure it will help. http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...highlight=knob __________________

05-17-2013, 03:52 PM	#19
SSMickey Drives: 2010 IBM 2SS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Columbia S.C. Posts: 1,455 View My Garage	Instead of hacking your headlight switch, just get a new harness from gen5diy. His relays are accessible too. __________________ ProCharger P1X, Vengeance Racing Kaotic Cam, ARH Headers and Exhaust with Borla ATAK mufflers, MGW Shifter, MTI Drop Springs, Forgeline RB3C Wheels, 3.91 gears, Night Owl LED Control System

05-17-2013, 01:30 PM	#15
l008com Drives: 2013 1LT Crystal Red/Beige Manual Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stoneham, MA Posts: 735	After a whole bunch of emails that never got a response, their whole website has just disappeared. This does not bode well for my headlights, that are now flickering more than ever when in "DRL" mode.

05-17-2013, 01:40 PM	#17
l008com Drives: 2013 1LT Crystal Red/Beige Manual Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stoneham, MA Posts: 735	How do you get the knob off (hahahahahh)? I didn't want to do this hack but it seems like now I have no choice.

05-17-2013, 04:19 PM	#20
l008com Drives: 2013 1LT Crystal Red/Beige Manual Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stoneham, MA Posts: 735	Yeah I may have to if otto body has really closed down shop.

05-21-2013, 10:40 PM	#21
l008com Drives: 2013 1LT Crystal Red/Beige Manual Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stoneham, MA Posts: 735	Finally heard back from Otto. They told me I have to have the dealership disable the DRLs. Which obviously no dealership will do. And the whole point of this harness is to turn low voltage DRL into high voltage Low Beams, thats why the lights worked great for the first year or two. I guess I'll be buying another set of harnesses.

05-21-2013, 11:16 PM	#22
lfree11012 Drives: 2018 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: delaware Posts: 319	Sound like it might be a bad wire in the harness So some times you can pop the pins out with a small flat head like eyeglass flat head and pop the top so that they lock back into please or it could be a brake in one of the wire If you have a multimedia ck for Continuity both ends I might have missed it but do they flicker only after you have started moving or just when you are stop and after you have stop and played with them do they stay on

05-21-2013, 11:19 PM	#23
l008com Drives: 2013 1LT Crystal Red/Beige Manual Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stoneham, MA Posts: 735	They flicker only when the DRLs are active. If I turn the knob to manually turn the low beams on, they are fine. Or if I flip the high beams on, it's ok. To me, it sounds like failing relays that are not triggering the increased voltage when the DRLs are on. It doesn't seem to me like a loose connection type issue.

05-21-2013, 11:40 PM	#24
lfree11012 Drives: 2018 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: delaware Posts: 319	Relays very rarely go bad a ran an install shop for 12 years and every body always wants to run to the relay I have seen two go bad 12 years and that was because they where be used in the wrong apparitions with that being said they are cheap and a good starting point but it sound like it might be the switch switch might not be thrown out Enough current to active aftermarket relay when Drl is active try the relays then try the switch

05-21-2013, 11:43 PM	#25
lfree11012 Drives: 2018 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: delaware Posts: 319	Use Multi meter ck voltage going out when using drl then turn them on using high or low beam turn car off to see what happens when turn back on watch voltage for drl

05-21-2013, 11:54 PM	#26
2SSRS@Gen5diy Drives: 2014 Z/28 #82+#192, 18ZLE 66Nova Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: By the lake in AZ Posts: 15,719 View My Garage	Guys the harness you have does not have relays it has diodes for the high beam only,there is only one of 2 ways to fix this and both cut the DRL lights in your headlights, do the swich or get the harness that cuts the power with out cutting your wires.

05-22-2013, 01:03 PM	#27
lfree11012 Drives: 2018 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: delaware Posts: 319	^Can you post a diagram of head light Circuit