DRL Daytime running lights
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DRL Daytime running lights
Has anyone installed the Ford DRL kit to have daytime running lights? I have a 04 Lariat Ext-Cab Arizona Beige and I love it so far as only owned it two weeks. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. doug_j
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From: Stuyvesant, NY
I just had DRL's put into my 04 XLT SCREW. It is a module and cost me about $200 from my Ford dealer, and works great. The only confusing thing I found was that it doesn't work with the emergency brake on. Until I learned that fact, I thought it had a problem.
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From: Maryland
Originally Posted by BlueFX4Flare
Still amazed that the US has not made this standard. Something so simple, and yet it's meant to increase safety.
Up here in Canada it's legally mandatory for all new vehicles.
Up here in Canada it's legally mandatory for all new vehicles.
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You can always cover the little red blinking light on the drivers side dash area.That will turn on your head lights if you leave the switch in the auto on position.Covering it will make the sensor think it is dark out.Should be a cheap alternative...
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heres a link to the ford part only $65. http://www.fordaccessories.com/product.asp?dept_id=998&pf_id=15020&dept=27
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What abou this one, if you alread have the Autolights, this one is $77
http://www.fordaccessories.com/produ...=15019&dept=27
http://www.fordaccessories.com/produ...=15019&dept=27
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Originally Posted by hoff
You can always cover the little red blinking light on the drivers side dash area.That will turn on your head lights if you leave the switch in the auto on position.Covering it will make the sensor think it is dark out.Should be a cheap alternative...
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Follow-up DRL
Bought the DRL kit from Ford for my 04 150 Lariat. Thought it would be plug and play so to speak. What I got was a module with 8 wires coming out of it that has to be spliced into various harnesses under the drivers side dash. I am not excited about cutting into the wiring of a 3 week old truck. Has anybody else done this instulation or is there another kit that does not require splicing into factory wires? Thanks doug_j
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I don't like the DRL's. But it's not for the trucks sake, it's for mine. I ride my motorcycle fairly often. In a see of DRL vehicles, the motorcycles seem to dissappear. Then the moron's try to run me over.
Personally, if I buy a vehicle with DRL's, I'm disabling them.
Personally, if I buy a vehicle with DRL's, I'm disabling them.
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From: Cambridge, Ontario
Originally Posted by 92merc
I don't like the DRL's. But it's not for the trucks sake, it's for mine. I ride my motorcycle fairly often. In a see of DRL vehicles, the motorcycles seem to dissappear. Then the moron's try to run me over.
Personally, if I buy a vehicle with DRL's, I'm disabling them.
Personally, if I buy a vehicle with DRL's, I'm disabling them.
I don't think it's the DRL why they don't see you. It's the fact that you aren't 6 feet wide with 2 headlights, and motorcycles are hard to judge speed when your looking at them head on and they are only a measely two feet or less wide.
I have had instances when turning left at an intersection where I almost clipped someone on a bike. He was far down the road still, but I misjudged his speed and nearly clipped him.
The sun was setting and all I could see is a bright headlight with glare and It looked to be going slow at first glance, but soon realized he was going very quick when I was already in the intersection. How long do you look at oncoming traffic to make a decision whether to go or not? Probably a split second right.
Now this guy was obviously speeding. I as a rider slow for all intersections I come up on to when there is a car looking to turn left, wait for eye contact and then proceed through. Drivers can be wrong many times, but riders only need to be wrong once and it's over.
well that's my $0.02
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From: Madison, WI
I know I am missing the point of this post but..... On my fx4 with automatic headlights I just took a very very small piece of black tape and put it over the light sensor on the dash. I just leave my headlights in the automatic setting all the time, and only turn them off when I need to (sneaking around in my neighbors yard) (just kididng).
To me, a piece of black tape was worth a 70+70 dealer install price for DRL.
I live by the "turn your headlights on for safety" rule, as I am a member of a firedepartment/rescue/ambulance department. My town actually has an ordinace (although not enforced) that a driver (of any vehicle) must have thier headlights on at all times when moving.
Thank you ,
Matt Koser
To me, a piece of black tape was worth a 70+70 dealer install price for DRL.
I live by the "turn your headlights on for safety" rule, as I am a member of a firedepartment/rescue/ambulance department. My town actually has an ordinace (although not enforced) that a driver (of any vehicle) must have thier headlights on at all times when moving.
Thank you ,
Matt Koser
