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XJ Jay 03-23-2011 11:03 AM

my friend works at a chryco dealership, we hooked up the WiTech to see IF we could change or disable the DRLs. NO luck, once DRLs are enabled, they can not be disabled. Changing the destination country, resulted in a mismatch between the TIPM and the other control modules, only way is the Procal.

XJ Jay 03-23-2011 11:28 AM

you could do something crazy like putting a ziener diode on the highbeam circuit (drls are PWM highbeams, ive confirmed this my self) to limit the low voltage out put of the drls, and use the ASD relay to trigger a relay to power up the fog lights all the time the engine is on. low beams are completely untouched and the highs should work as normal with the full voltage from the TIPM. im sure all of this will void any warranty related to the lights though. Cheaper then the procal, but at what cost in the long run.

Bucko 03-23-2011 12:53 PM

I thought the Superchips does this as well????

Correct me if i am wrong but cant you run seperate power source from the battery to the lights then use the 'hot' from the factory headlight switch to activate a relay?

I hear thats what people like to do anyway when running high power lights.:brows:

Flash1034 03-23-2011 03:46 PM


Originally Posted by RQ-11B (Post 2181551)
I thought the Superchips does this as well????

Correct me if i am wrong but cant you run seperate power source from the battery to the lights then use the 'hot' from the factory headlight switch to activate a relay?

I hear thats what people like to do anyway when running high power lights.:brows:

I dont think the Superchips does it. But I wish it did. I'd like to activate my DRLs.

Flash

Outlaw76 01-02-2016 05:05 PM

Update
 

Originally Posted by Flash1034 (Post 2181928)
I dont think the Superchips does it. But I wish it did. I'd like to activate my DRLs.

Flash

I know this is an old thread but I recently went looking for a way to disable my DRL on my 2012 JKU that I just purchased and happened upon this thread... upon reading this post about Superchips I decided to check them out to see if they had added this feature and turns out that they have. The Superschips TrailDash 2 has the capability to modify your DRLs upto and including turning them off. I will be ordering one soon for this purpose and many other features that it offers.

gburkett 01-06-2016 06:34 PM

All superchips controllers as far as I know can do this. I have the flashcal and it does.

denozo89 06-26-2018 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by XJ Jay (Post 2181381)
you could do something crazy like putting a ziener diode on the highbeam circuit (drls are PWM highbeams, ive confirmed this my self) to limit the low voltage out put of the drls, and use the ASD relay to trigger a relay to power up the fog lights all the time the engine is on. low beams are completely untouched and the highs should work as normal with the full voltage from the TIPM. im sure all of this will void any warranty related to the lights though. Cheaper then the procal, but at what cost in the long run.

One problem I see with that idea is that some states (such as the one i live in) require you to turn off fog lights anytime you're required to turn off high beams. For example, in my state, you have to dim high beams whenever you are within 500ft of a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction as you and 250ft of a vehicle traveling in the same direction as you.

Geordo` 06-27-2018 08:06 AM

so, the DRLs are law in canada, i know this from importing a car from california a long time ago. and yeah, HIDs suck at being DRLs. I have heard legend of switching your DRLs to fog lights/halos/parking lights, but with it being a software setup, you may still need to re program the pcm. if you did disable that way, Canadian tire has a simple DRL relay for like $20 and you could move your anything to be your DRLs to avoid breaking the law per se. (if you do go parking lights for DRLs you may get confused for a stupid toyota)

WrangleBarT 06-13-2020 06:13 PM

In my 2012 JK from Canada, I can turn off the DRL by riding the handbreak :|

ChadHubbard 06-14-2020 04:30 AM

I have a 2008 JK. I wish it had DRL. I often look at oncoming traffic in low light conditions. I can see the vehicles with DRL much better. On my vehicles with Automatic On/Off headlights I put a piece of tape over the dash sensor so they will always be on when the vehicle is running.


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