Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams

Squashtowner Refugee Offline There ya go. Posts: 42 Mulgrave Nova Scotia Gender: 05 Matrix (B Package)	Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Oct 14^th, 2009 at 6:38pm The How To is on MO, but the links and pics are all dead. Anyone else have either this, or a method of making the front signal lights the DRL like a lot of cars come factory with? Thanks in advance!
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erock Refugee Offline Posts: 32 Ontario Gender: 2004 Toyota Matrix XR	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #1 - Feb 16^th, 2010 at 5:17pm Im wondering the same thing actually. Could you just cut the red wire that turns off the DRL and wire the fog lights to the red wire?!
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dnm Administrator Offline THE (mostly) MOBILE BANANA Posts: 865 Matrixland Gender: 2004(ish) Matrix XRS	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #2 - Feb 16^th, 2010 at 5:43pm No. You can't. You need to add a relay. If you can wait, I'm doing the same thing on my car for my HID install which I began yesterday and will complete over the next few weekends. I'll do a writeup then.
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Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams
Reply #3 - Feb 16^th, 2010 at 7:46pm

yeah, I was thinking the same thing and I think what you would have to do is get something like a relay harness for HIDs (or make your own with a regular relay) and instead of hooking up signal wires to the oem harness you just hook the neg to ground and the positive to the red wire you cut and the signal should be sent to whatever light you want to use the DRLs to turn on and off. That and you could also wire a switch between the red wire and the harness and be able to control the DRL signal.

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Squashtowner Refugee Offline There ya go. Posts: 42 Mulgrave Nova Scotia Gender: 05 Matrix (B Package)	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #4 - Feb 21^st, 2010 at 7:20pm dnm wrote on Feb 16^th, 2010 at 5:43pm: No. You can't. You need to add a relay. If you can wait, I'm doing the same thing on my car for my HID install which I began yesterday and will complete over the next few weekends. I'll do a writeup then. Sweet! I'll be here waiting!
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dnm Administrator Offline THE (mostly) MOBILE BANANA Posts: 865 Matrixland Gender: 2004(ish) Matrix XRS	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #5 - Feb 21^st, 2010 at 7:56pm I've fallen a bit behind on it since one of the calipers I replaced last year are leaking. I had a warranty one sent out to replace it, and it leaked too! So I'll have to do another replacement when the new one arrives this week. It'll be put up, just take a little while.
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Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams
Reply #6 - May 25^th, 2010 at 5:57am

dnm wrote on Feb 21^st, 2010 at 7:56pm:

I've fallen a bit behind on it since one of the calipers I replaced last year are leaking. I had a warranty one sent out to replace it, and it leaked too!

So I'll have to do another replacement when the new one arrives this week.

It'll be put up, just take a little while.

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dnm Administrator Offline THE (mostly) MOBILE BANANA Posts: 865 Matrixland Gender: 2004(ish) Matrix XRS	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #7 - May 25^th, 2010 at 10:00am I know; but I haven't had much luck: my clutch died Friday, so the car is sitting in my garage until next weekend. And the HIDs I got and was planning to do the install on were bad, so I'm waiting on their replacement.
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Squashtowner Refugee Offline There ya go. Posts: 42 Mulgrave Nova Scotia Gender: 05 Matrix (B Package)	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #8 - May 25^th, 2010 at 1:38pm Not rushing, I thought this thread may have been forgotten.
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dnm Administrator Offline THE (mostly) MOBILE BANANA Posts: 865 Matrixland Gender: 2004(ish) Matrix XRS	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #9 - May 25^th, 2010 at 1:39pm I actually just re-read your initial post, and the plan I have is to implement the DRFL mod (make the fog lights the DRLs.) Surely you don't mean the actual parking lights as DRLs, do you? (That's illegal in most places that require DRLs.)
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Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams
Reply #10 - May 25^th, 2010 at 6:04pm

dnm wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 1:39pm:

I actually just re-read your initial post, and the plan I have is to implement the DRFL mod (make the fog lights the DRLs.)

Surely you don't mean the actual parking lights as DRLs, do you? (That's illegal in most places that require DRLs.)

I'd still like to know how to make the fog lights into the DRLs.
I have a relay - maybe you can help wire it up for me? (When I get my car back, of course)

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dnm Administrator Offline THE (mostly) MOBILE BANANA Posts: 865 Matrixland Gender: 2004(ish) Matrix XRS	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #11 - May 25^th, 2010 at 7:23pm Sure. Any date on when you get it back yet?
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erock Refugee Offline Posts: 32 Ontario Gender: 2004 Toyota Matrix XR	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #12 - May 26^th, 2010 at 11:27am dnm wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 7:23pm: Sure. Any date on when you get it back yet? I went in and talked to the shop manager. He showed me the car and told me exactly what was being done. He said he hoped it would be finished by this friday, but I doubt it
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Jered Maniac Offline Posts: 244 Prattville, AL Gender: 2005 Toyota Matrix Xrs	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #13 - May 26^th, 2010 at 6:01pm I printed that out a long time ago and did this mod. Let me see if I can find it. I have an idea where it might be.
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dnm Administrator Offline THE (mostly) MOBILE BANANA Posts: 865 Matrixland Gender: 2004(ish) Matrix XRS	Re: Request: Wiring fogs as DRL instead of low beams Reply #14 - Jul 7^th, 2010 at 2:21pm I've done this twice now since this thread was created and haven't taken pictures. I'm an asshole. I'll see what I can do soon. (in the meantime, all of the pending howtos have been moved to howtos.)
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