1SS DRL disabling, but keep Auto on @ night? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

EAkrish · 03-31-2010, 12:03 AM

I want to have my 1ss headlights only come on at night..... I already installed HIDs to it and it is a PITA shutting them off every time I start the car during the day. Any ideas?

EAkrish · 03-31-2010, 10:26 AM

no one finds this annoying? I don't want DRLs anymore. How do I disable them?

FASST 1 · 03-31-2010, 12:22 PM

Ronn · 03-31-2010, 12:27 PM

It's probably gonna be a fuse that goes to a relay for the drl's. If I had a schematic I'd probably be able to tell you heh. Good luck.

CamaroDreams07 · 03-31-2010, 12:38 PM

I would think you could just disconnect the lights and tape over the ends to keep water out. Maybe that's a bad thing to do, but I don't know enough about these things.

GQ4Life · 03-31-2010, 04:00 PM

i was think that.. just unplug foglights..

mtbikerinme83 · 03-31-2010, 04:40 PM

He has the 1ss without the rs package, he installed HIDs into the stock halogen housings. When you do this, your HIDs will be on during the day because the low voltage for the day time running lamps (which is the headlights, not the fogs on a non RS car) will turn on the HIDs. I have a 2SS without the RS package and have been looking into how to deal with the DRL and would also like to find a way to disable them. There should be a relay somewhere for them that you would just have to remove the relay. I haven't tried to find it yet.

EAkrish · 03-31-2010, 10:55 PM

me neither, my buddy has a 2006 gto and his drl were the headlights also. he pulled the fuse and poof, they were gone. and with this method he has retained the auto on at night function. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH!!!

FASST 1 · 04-01-2010, 06:53 AM

Thats two of us!

marley. · 04-01-2010, 08:49 AM

make that three of us

EAkrish · 04-02-2010, 08:21 AM

Anyone?

marley. · 04-02-2010, 01:34 PM

Actually took my car to the dealer this morning and had them hook it up to their computer to disable the DRLs and they couldnt figure it out either. This sucks. BFXenon sent me a relay kit that was supposed to fix it but all it does is make a horrible buzzing sound til my HIDs flicker and then go out.

EAkrish · 04-12-2010, 02:29 AM

this is bs..... all the other cars with drls can just pull a fuse and we can't do SH#!

BUMBLE B · 04-12-2010, 02:57 AM

tHESE NEW 2010'S HAVE CURRENT SENSING CIRCUITRY WHICH WILL GIVE YOU AN ON DASH NASTY-GRAM IF ABULB IS BURNT OPEN, OR ANY OTHER "REGULAR" CURRENT LEVEL TO A LIGHT IS OFF FROM SPEC'S. tHIS IS TO "HELP " YOU IDENTIFY A BURNT OUT LIGHT or excesssive power draw,, BUT ALSO PREVENTS YOU FROM ADDING AUXILLIARY INTERIOR LIGHTS TO CERTAIN FUSED LINES. THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER LINE IS NOT MONITORED (FUSED ONLY) AS THE CAR EXPECTS VARIABLE LOADS THERE. Don't believe me?...just disconnect a tail light or turn signal lamp, and an in dash display will tell you which lamp is drawing no power (due to an open filiment...it assumes) so that you are aware of a needed bulb...and also to protect GM from a lawsuit. Lots of those today!!. These 2010's have current monitoring for just about anything that draws power, and will allert the driver is something is drawing too much power or too little power. Add interior LED lights to the interior lighting fused line, and you'll get an error message. unplug a light bulb, and you'll get a "replace bulb" advisory message. These is a whole lot of computer monitoring covering the entire electrical system of it. More work ($$$) for GoodWrench guys to do to the hapless owners of these.

03-31-2010, 12:03 AM	#1
EAkrish Scout Sniping Drives: 2010 Ford F150 Lariat SuperCrew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 762	1SS DRL disabling, but keep Auto on @ night? I want to have my 1ss headlights only come on at night..... I already installed HIDs to it and it is a PITA shutting them off every time I start the car during the day. Any ideas? __________________ Eric Previous Car:1SS/CGM 6MT w/ Sunroof & FACTORY BLUETOOTH!!!: New Era OTR, Steeda Short Shifter, Ported TB, Stg 2 ported intake manifold, Fasterproms, Poor man down pipes, MBRP 3" Exhaust!!! Now I drive a F150 Supercrew

03-31-2010, 10:26 AM	#2
EAkrish Scout Sniping Drives: 2010 Ford F150 Lariat SuperCrew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 762	no one finds this annoying? I don't want DRLs anymore. How do I disable them? __________________ Eric Previous Car:1SS/CGM 6MT w/ Sunroof & FACTORY BLUETOOTH!!!: New Era OTR, Steeda Short Shifter, Ported TB, Stg 2 ported intake manifold, Fasterproms, Poor man down pipes, MBRP 3" Exhaust!!! Now I drive a F150 Supercrew

03-31-2010, 12:22 PM	#3
FASST 1 Drives: Black 1SS Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 442	__________________

03-31-2010, 12:27 PM	#4
Ronn Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern Ontario Posts: 1,181	It's probably gonna be a fuse that goes to a relay for the drl's. If I had a schematic I'd probably be able to tell you heh. Good luck. __________________ 1SS / RS / M6 / IOM / Black rally stripes / Polished wheels It's a high school prom, it's a Springsteen song, it's a ride in a Chevrolet...

03-31-2010, 04:00 PM	#6
GQ4Life Drives: 2010 Camaro SS LS3 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Fishkill, NY Posts: 5,211 View My Garage	i was think that.. just unplug foglights.. __________________ 2015 Corvette Z06.. Lime Rock Park 1:01; Watkins Glen 2:14; Thompson Speedway 1:21

03-31-2010, 12:38 PM	#5
CamaroDreams07 Drives: Slow V6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 9,361 View My Garage	I would think you could just disconnect the lights and tape over the ends to keep water out. Maybe that's a bad thing to do, but I don't know enough about these things.

03-31-2010, 04:40 PM	#7
mtbikerinme83 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS LS3-M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Standish, Maine Posts: 135	He has the 1ss without the rs package, he installed HIDs into the stock halogen housings. When you do this, your HIDs will be on during the day because the low voltage for the day time running lamps (which is the headlights, not the fogs on a non RS car) will turn on the HIDs. I have a 2SS without the RS package and have been looking into how to deal with the DRL and would also like to find a way to disable them. There should be a relay somewhere for them that you would just have to remove the relay. I haven't tried to find it yet. __________________ Currently: 2010 CGM 2SS/RS GFX LS3-M6, 3.91 1LE diff, Kooks LTH w/ cats, Borla Touring axel back, CAI intake with race scoop, and custom dyno tune Previously: 2010 IBM 2SS LS3-M6 CAI intake with JRE race scoop, VMax TB, Solo HF Catted Mid pipes, and JRE SCT tune

03-31-2010, 10:55 PM	#8
EAkrish Scout Sniping Drives: 2010 Ford F150 Lariat SuperCrew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 762	me neither, my buddy has a 2006 gto and his drl were the headlights also. he pulled the fuse and poof, they were gone. and with this method he has retained the auto on at night function. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH!!! __________________ Eric Previous Car:1SS/CGM 6MT w/ Sunroof & FACTORY BLUETOOTH!!!: New Era OTR, Steeda Short Shifter, Ported TB, Stg 2 ported intake manifold, Fasterproms, Poor man down pipes, MBRP 3" Exhaust!!! Now I drive a F150 Supercrew

04-01-2010, 06:53 AM	#9
FASST 1 Drives: Black 1SS Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 442	Thats two of us! __________________

04-01-2010, 08:49 AM	#10
marley. OCD Drives: 2014 2SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mel's Drive-In Posts: 503	make that three of us

04-02-2010, 08:21 AM	#11
EAkrish Scout Sniping Drives: 2010 Ford F150 Lariat SuperCrew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 762	Anyone? __________________ Eric Previous Car:1SS/CGM 6MT w/ Sunroof & FACTORY BLUETOOTH!!!: New Era OTR, Steeda Short Shifter, Ported TB, Stg 2 ported intake manifold, Fasterproms, Poor man down pipes, MBRP 3" Exhaust!!! Now I drive a F150 Supercrew

04-02-2010, 01:34 PM	#12
marley. OCD Drives: 2014 2SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mel's Drive-In Posts: 503	Actually took my car to the dealer this morning and had them hook it up to their computer to disable the DRLs and they couldnt figure it out either. This sucks. BFXenon sent me a relay kit that was supposed to fix it but all it does is make a horrible buzzing sound til my HIDs flicker and then go out.

04-12-2010, 02:29 AM	#13
EAkrish Scout Sniping Drives: 2010 Ford F150 Lariat SuperCrew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 762	this is bs..... all the other cars with drls can just pull a fuse and we can't do SH#! __________________ Eric Previous Car:1SS/CGM 6MT w/ Sunroof & FACTORY BLUETOOTH!!!: New Era OTR, Steeda Short Shifter, Ported TB, Stg 2 ported intake manifold, Fasterproms, Poor man down pipes, MBRP 3" Exhaust!!! Now I drive a F150 Supercrew

04-12-2010, 02:57 AM	#14
BUMBLE B Drives: 99 Z28 CONV and 2010 SS Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: ORLANDO Posts: 54	tHESE NEW 2010'S HAVE CURRENT SENSING CIRCUITRY WHICH WILL GIVE YOU AN ON DASH NASTY-GRAM IF ABULB IS BURNT OPEN, OR ANY OTHER "REGULAR" CURRENT LEVEL TO A LIGHT IS OFF FROM SPEC'S. tHIS IS TO "HELP " YOU IDENTIFY A BURNT OUT LIGHT or excesssive power draw,, BUT ALSO PREVENTS YOU FROM ADDING AUXILLIARY INTERIOR LIGHTS TO CERTAIN FUSED LINES. THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER LINE IS NOT MONITORED (FUSED ONLY) AS THE CAR EXPECTS VARIABLE LOADS THERE. Don't believe me?...just disconnect a tail light or turn signal lamp, and an in dash display will tell you which lamp is drawing no power (due to an open filiment...it assumes) so that you are aware of a needed bulb...and also to protect GM from a lawsuit. Lots of those today!!. These 2010's have current monitoring for just about anything that draws power, and will allert the driver is something is drawing too much power or too little power. Add interior LED lights to the interior lighting fused line, and you'll get an error message. unplug a light bulb, and you'll get a "replace bulb" advisory message. These is a whole lot of computer monitoring covering the entire electrical system of it. More work ($$$) for GoodWrench guys to do to the hapless owners of these.

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