daytime running lights

[fwdsucks]

hey can anyone tell me if it is possible to get rid of my daytime running lights... if so, is it hard to do?... thanks

[redtoy92]

Originally Posted by fwdsucks

hey can anyone tell me if it is possible to get rid of my daytime running lights... if so, is it hard to do?... thanks

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I am not sure how to do it! i will try to find out for yeah! but why do you want to get rid of them anyways? red

[fwdsucks]

hey red... thanks for the help... i dont really have a reason, ive just seen other 2001-up tacomas without them and i was wondering if it was something simple, or if im just stuck with daytime running lights...

[redtoy92]

Originally Posted by fwdsucks

hey red... thanks for the help... i dont really have a reason, ive just seen other 2001-up tacomas without them and i was wondering if it was something simple, or if im just stuck with daytime running lights...

so do you want to take them out or just disable them? if you just want to take them off it should be easy! red

[fwdsucks]

what do you mean by take them out?... ummm, i want them to be disabled, so that they turn on only when i turn them on if that makes any sense... thanks

['03DC3.4TRD4X4]

DRL's are a 40.00$ option on new trucks. It is simply a wiring thing. Any late model has DRL's if you just leave the lights on all the time. When you turn the key of the lights go off too. But DRL equipped trucks just run the headlights and not all the other marker lights too.

[Ahooga]

Hi There..... here's the link http://www.tacomaterritory.com/~faqs...t/dsabldrl.htm i.e. the TSB from Toyota

[fwdsucks]

thanks for the link ahooga... now i just gotta find the time to try it out... has anyone else done this and can tell me about how long it took to do it?...

[tacoma man]

under the hood in the fuse box look for a fuse marked DRL
its a 7.5 pull it. that should take care of it

[fwdsucks]

so, is it the fuse that i should take out, or is it what ahooga said to do? seems a lot easier to just pull a fuse, but it also kinda seems too good to be true... help please.

[fwdsucks]

well, i guess its not the fuse... i took it out, and the lights dont work at all... gotta do what the link says to disable the DRL...

[tacoma man]

sorry dude, i guess toyota must have changed something
between '99 and now.

[fwdsucks]

nah its cool tacoma man... thanks for the help...

[westly]

I unpluged and removed the module so I could open it up. I cut the trace going to the wire the above link has you disconnect and added a small toggle switch to the module soldered to each side of the trace I cut. Now I can just reach under the dash and flip a switch to turn off the daytime running lights. This way if I ever want them enabled (selling the car, insurance reasons, etc) I can just flip the switch. I can feel the switch and flip it while sitting in the drivers seat and don't even have to look under the dash and it looks very professional. If anyone wants do this modification send me a message and I can post some photos of what I did. Email me at [email protected].

[westly]

Oh, here are some photos of the wire cut fix, but it shows what the module looks like...
http://www.yotatech.com/~corey/tech/ducky_drl/ducky.htm