How to deactivate daytime running lights?

[alexaescht]

wow...this has me confused.

so you can not upgrade the globes in a xenon headlight vehicle?

gota bit to learn about my new car that is on it's way.

No, Nomad was saying that you can't put a xenon globe in a reflector housing on the low beam (because the DRL low voltage would destroy the bulb).

[Drooberius]

There are many options to choose from:

If you have foglights you can swap the DRL functionality from the low beam to the foglights and change the bulbs to white ones or high powered LEDs or what ever you choose.

You could also change the low beam bulb to a philips blue vision ultra or something a bit more white. (Not xenon, the low voltage on the TFL terminal will destroy the xenon ballast. Also xenons in reflector = BAD!

You could also disable the low beam DRL via the TFL terminal and change the coding to always have the parking lights on (terminal 52 on with ignition) and change the parker to a high powered LED - this would emit less light than the other options but its better than nothing.

Don't have foglights... just to confirm that's just a simple 'heatshrinking' of the TFL terminal as mentioned before? No need for 'vagcom' coding?

[alexaescht]

Don't have foglights... just to confirm that's just a simple 'heatshrinking' of the TFL terminal as mentioned before? No need for 'vagcom' coding?

If you don't want any lights on when the headlight switch is set to 'off' then no coding is necessary (just the TFL pin heat-shrinking/bending/removal).

Coding is only necessary if you want to have your parkers on when the headlight switch is set to 'off' (for extra safety).

[Drooberius]

If you don't want any lights on when the headlight switch is set to 'off' then no coding is necessary (just the TFL pin heat-shrinking/bending/removal).

Coding is only necessary if you want to have your parkers on when the headlight switch is set to 'off' (for extra safety).

Thought that TFL mod is just for headlights as per post #4... parkers, rear & plate lights still on?

[alexaescht]

Thought that TFL mod is just for headlights as per post #4... parkers, rear & plate lights still on?

As far as I know, in Australia only the front, reduced voltage low beam headlights are used for DRL purposes, without the number plate and rear lights on.
Although I could be entirely wrong.

EDIT: Sorry, just read over the earlier posts again and yes, some coding is necessary as the front and rear parkers and number plate lights will stay on after the heat-shrinking of the TFL terminal.

[Drooberius]

As far as I know, in Australia only the front, reduced voltage low beam headlights are used for DRL purposes, without the number plate and rear lights on.
Although I could be entirely wrong.

EDIT: Sorry, just read over the earlier posts again and yes, some coding is necessary as the front and rear parkers and number plate lights will stay on after the heat-shrinking of the TFL terminal.

Yup... just did it today - very simple... 3rd terminal from the left with a bit of heatshrink (TFL - although I think it's actually terminal 56). No headlights, but park, rear and plate lights remain on - which is fine by me. Will be changing globes later down the track.

[nomadx38]

Hmm interesting. Most Coding in VCDS involves the use of terminal 56. I wonder if this will effect any coding later down the track.

Just from memory i know the Xenons DRL use terminal 56 to operate and the ability to use the indicator stalk for specific parkers also runs independently from the "parking" light position, again running off the status of terminal 56...

[Drooberius]

TFL/56 ?! Lets just call it third from the left as per picture in post #4. Coding required as Alex says to do more.

[kevinctr]

You have to change the setting in Cent. Electrics which "Dim LED DRL on terminal 85 (which is the parking setting)" or something like that. It's in the same sub menu which dims LED DRL when indicating.

I was told that LED DRL have to be dimmed on the parking/low beam setting because when they are used in conjunction with the low beam the light output exceeds ECE standards.

Me personally I have them on full all the time 'cos they look cool.

Anybody have the excact procedure? I cant find it to work right. I want it to be fully lit up and not dim down. Thanks

[Hillbilly]

Anybody have the excact procedure? I cant find it to work right. I want it to be fully lit up and not dim down. Thanks

Saw somewhere yesterday that it is illegal to turn them off or alter them