Daytime driving lights.

**Hail22** · 11-05-2012, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Diesel_vert

So how do you turn off the low beams being used as DRLs? VAG-COM?

Still failing to find the code to make the parker be the new DRL.

But I shall keep searching :/

**Bassik** · 17-05-2012, 09:55 AM

Have you made your choice Hail?

I'm thinking of grabbing the Philips today and installing...

**Hail22** · 17-05-2012, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Bassik

Have you made your choice Hail?

I'm thinking of grabbing the Philips today and installing...

Nah just taking it easy, ordered in some new parker lights to match with my main beam...a part from that not going to touch it for now...

**Bassik** · 17-05-2012, 03:00 PM

So what have you got atm?

I just ordered the Philips Crystal Vision... See how these last and if they burn out or something I'll just wack the stock ones back in. I'm gunna get the Osram NB for the high beams but I'll get them off ebay and install them for high beams see how they go...

If they fail I'll just return back to stock. Not wasting all my money.

**gavs** · 17-05-2012, 04:09 PM

I would have gone the osrams all round, I've had the crystal visions in VW reflector headlights before and they're rubbish.

**kawabanga** · 17-05-2012, 04:47 PM

I read all the pages of this thread, but I'm not sure if you have already found a solution to switch off the day lights...

It is possible and it's also easy. Here in Italy are mandatory, but what I can't understand is why VW decided to switch on all the lights of the car: plate, front/rear parking lights are not so useful from my point of view... Probably VW fears that having the low beams always on, when the night is coming or entering a tunnel, someone could forget to switch on the others lights...

Anyway, probably has already been said, but to switch them off you have to follow two steps:
1-Connect via VAG and there you can switch off rear/front parking lights (0 bit 0 byte 12 long coding module 09).
2-Remove the side cover of the dashboard, disconnect the connector of the light command and slip off pins #3 (Grey-violet) for low beams and #6 (Grey-blue) for plate's lights.

In this way you can choose for example to let connected pin#3 and always have low beams on and the rest off....

Don't forget that when the light command is on "0" position the voltage to low beams light is reduced of 0.3V, so the lamps will have a longer life... (you can try at night passing from "0" to "2" and you will see the intensity of light changing...)

Also, if your car are equipped with start&stop function the above instructions are not valid, because the electric scheme is different...

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**Hail22** · 17-05-2012, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Bassik

So what have you got atm?

Stock at the moment but think with the upgraded parkers i will get more light/coverage.

**Bassik** · 17-05-2012, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by gavs

I would have gone the osrams all round, I've had the crystal visions in VW reflector headlights before and they're rubbish.

Could have told me before...lol I was going to get Osram's for high beams. The Philips are more whiter/clearer I believe I have read a lot of mixed reviews so best bet was to choose for myself.