Light disabling

Dunno if I want to or not, but is there any way to disable my auto-on headlights, or to make it so I can turn them off without turning the car off?

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=218013

Good luck with that.. I always thought those DRL were a pain sometimes.. Like when your driving through your highschools football field at night?

shoulda got a pontiac :p

are they the actual headlights or just the parking lights (i dont remember which it is on the camaro)? i like running with the parking lights on, i think it makes the car look awsome goin down the road, especially when its late in the day and getting darker...

when I had a blazer, they had the auto-on headlites, and to disable them I took a 1.5ohm resistor and in the right front speaker grill on the dash was a light sensor, I took the grill off to get to the sensor harness, unplugged it, and put the resistor in the harness end, taped it up and put it all back. I'm pretty sure you have a sensor on the dash somewhere and this same method should work.

I like my auto headlights on my suv except for when going under highway overpasses they usually pop on.

On my old 5 spd car the lights went off when I pulled up the e brake handle a bit. The brakes wouldnt come on yet but the lights would go out.

my rora has them too, but disabling them seems almost impossible, there's 3 sensors on the dash and they don't look very easy to get to.

I like my auto headlights on my suv except for when going under highway overpasses they usually pop on.

On my old 5 spd car the lights went off when I pulled up the e brake handle a bit. The brakes wouldnt come on yet but the lights would go out.

You know that just might work, I'll check that out. thanks.

um, why disable them again?

In case im doin some stealth covert ops at night :tongue:

Well, my father's reason, for his 99 S10, was "Do they think I'm too stupid to turn my headlights on myself or something" along with being if full control of the vehicle he paid for, not liking to turn them on until out of the driveway, turning them off when pulling in the driveway so they don't shine in the windows, etc...and me, I think they come on too early, mine will come on when the sun is still shining bright as hell.

well the way i see it, is that im lazy, so if the car wants to turn them on for me, shit, ill let it, and as far as them coming on too early, um, do they really make it too bright for ya? what negative impact do they have? not arguing the point with anyone, but i just dont see the point of doing work when i dont have to, i just dont see what you stand to gain by doing it is all.

ok, point taken, but why is there a switch to turn em on and off if you don't need it, and at night it won't turn em off anyway. Also I just don't like my headlights on in broad daylight. It's more a personal preference thing if anything, there should be an override switch for it like the dome override button that's in late model GM trucks and vans.

but i just dont see the point of doing work when i dont have to.
that's why everyone calls americans lazy...

ok, point taken, but why is there a switch to turn em on and off if you don't need it, and at night it won't turn em off anyway. Also I just don't like my headlights on in broad daylight. It's more a personal preference thing if anything, there should be an override switch for it like the dome override button that's in late model GM trucks and vans.


Exactly. I'm just saying sometimes if I'm waiting for someone and have the heat or a/c on, but dont want my lights shining into their house. Or my house coming home late. Or when im trying to sneak around :evillol:

Exactly. I'm just saying sometimes if I'm waiting for someone and have the heat or a/c on, but dont want my lights shining into their house. Or my house coming home late. Or when im trying to sneak around :evillol:
My aurora has this "twilight sentinal" switch that if it's nite, and I put the car in park, i can flip it up then back down and it'll shut the lights off until i put it back in gear. so it's somewhat like an override, but only works in park. and when it's dusk, i like to just have the parking lights on. then headlamps when necessary.

uhh dont think i have that

you don't, it's only for high rollers like me :D

haha yup the pimpin' rora

that's right.

My aurora has this "twilight sentinal" switch that if it's nite, and I put the car in park, i can flip it up then back down and it'll shut the lights off until i put it back in gear. so it's somewhat like an override, but only works in park. and when it's dusk, i like to just have the parking lights on. then headlamps when necessary.


my aurora has this my aurora has that

your aurora BLOWS!

that's right, it BLOWS your supra away.

pft.. big deal!

my cars slow

I got a 4th Gen and I have been wondering about that a long time and I even asked my mech friend if he knew how and he didn't have an answer. Oh and the reason I want to be able to turn them of is because when doing dounuts in a empty dark parking lot you don't want to make it easy for the "authorities" to see you. And what about cutting some wires and fuses ?

Oh, I forgot, heres a site with wiring diagrams maybe someone can read it and figure out what the hell all those lines n letter mean and how to turn off the auto-lights lol . . .

late reply I know, but if you don't feel like doing the conversion on ls1tech.com, whenever you park and don't want your lights on, pull up your parking brake(which you should be doing anyway) then restart the car. All exterior lights will saty off untill you fully release the parking brake.

Kasey, here in michigan we call what you are trying to do a Booze Cruise Switch, all the newer cars have an override (hit the dome override 4 times, lights go out, 4 more times lights come on)

try this website. It shows how to disable DRL's and the automatic headlight feature on a 2000 Camaro but you may find it useful. I'm not sure how similar the wiring is on your model and a '00.
http://www.xse.com/leres/ss/drl.html

um, why disable them again?
It kills my all black look when the lights come on to early. They make my black outs look gay.