day time running lights

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mlbecknell
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day time running lights

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hey people is there an way to disable the daytime running lights when i have my car running in the morning i just want my amber parkinglights on please help asap thanks
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Re: day time running lights (mlbecknell)

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If you have an automatic, engage the parking brake before you start the car. I don't think this works on a manual.
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sweet! I've never tried this... I'm going to right now!
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http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1188I used the "cut the red wire" method and put a switch in there for full control
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Re: day time running lights (Raven)

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Quote, originally posted by Raven »If you have an automatic, engage the parking brake before you start the car. I don't think this works on a manual.it works but they come back on after brake is off
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Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »it works but they come back on after brake is offyup to get them off while you drive you gotta do the modification to the wiring. I think I bought a spare toyota switch to do this...just never got around to it.
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