I'm sure it's possible but I don't even care about this feature in my own car that has it lol... is it a big deal for her?

 

My daughter has a solution for her 2002 not having this feature, she just keeps her headlights on all the time. ;-)

 

@MJZ
To be honest, my wife doesn't care too much about this kind of stuff. The real issue is that she is used to automatic headlights (it was her first car ever) and I know that she'll often forget to turn them on. I won't lie. A big part of it is that I still have a small part of me that can't help modifying/upgrading my cars, and this has always been one of my favorite "gadgets".

@HeatherA
Excellent idea! That's what I'll tell her to do. I'd much rather change her worn out headlight bulbs a bit more often than have her hit something after forgetting to turn them on. My biggest concern would have been her forgetting to turn them off (thus wrecking the battery), but these cars have that lovely feature that turns off the headlights for you after parking.

 

How can someone not turn on the lights until they hit something? :lol:

Dawn = Light Off
Dusk = Light On

 

really, the light sensor to turn on the headlight is NOT inside the cabin next to the windshield?

I agree with Heather, if the light turn off when engine off than leave it in the ON position.



I always wonder if those ppl have radar eyes, maybe echo location thing like bats. :lol: But than again, they don't need to see cause they don't have any brain to relay what they see to be process. :headbang:

 

Had you wanted to do this back in the day that cars rarely had more than 5-7 fuses for the entire vehicle, I would say, sure, try to do it. Not now. Unless you can find a full electrical schematic and are willing to take apart both dash units in those cars, it just isn't worth the time.

 

The good thing about our cars is that if you keep them on all the time, and you forget to turn them off, if you hit the lock button twice they go off (and turn back on once the car is started) or they time out and turn off themselves!

I have the auto on and i never use it.

 

Day Time Running Lights save lives and are mandatory for Canada and Europe. Personally I would just leave the lights on all the time... this is your cheapest solution.


Anyone who imports a car from the US to Canada usually needs to get DTRL installed as ell as other safety features that the US don't deem mandatory. The funny thing is that the US has much more stringent emissions control laws.

 

Day Time Running Lights save lives and are mandatory for Canada and Europe. Personally I would just leave the lights on all the time... this is your cheapest solution.

DRL doesn't turn on the light in the back. ON or Park Light will do this better.

 

I disabled my DRL's and never been stopped for it.

 

^ how? It add extra to the bumper? LOL People should see you all around, and since light is better seen than a black car on a gloomy dark day it is best to turn it on all around.

But than, with all the texting and paying more attention on the cell phone now a day it's like those crazy drivers don't even bother to look.

Oh well, every little extra helps.

 

Hey,

I'm just telling you what the gov't has told me.

It's about those two lane highways where two cars would both be driving on the line, so much so that they may touch when they go by each other... this is a head on collision with deadly consequences. It was proven with the millions of tests by multiple countries THAT... these cars that both drove on the line, will now drive about one foot before the line when they pass a car that has there lights on, hence the LAW was passed to have DRL's in Canada, England, France, NeitherLands, etc.... I have given you an exaggerated story but the gist of it are TRUE.

 

Well if it is a rainy dark day i turn my parking lights on so front and back are lit up. But bright sunny day, no lights.

 

^ I leave mine in parking.

 

I thought it might have been an easy swap, but if I have to rip apart 2 dashboards, I may just pass on the idea.

Regarding DTRL, I've noticed here in New England that many people tend to leave their lights off until it is pitch black out. When it's early evening and rainy, I can barely see people with no lights on. Leaving the lights on takes out that human interaction part that can lead to mistakes. I will attempt to explain this to my wife without sounding insulting. Wish me luck.

-A

 

I will not talk about all of NewEngland... but the people in MA drive like MASS Holes!!!

Many of the slowest cars will be driving in the left lane and these people have NO CLUE that they are driving like an idiot.

In heavy traffic, the car behind you will be up your butt, when this happens to me I give more room infront of me, then of course the person will try a move to get infront of me, this is where I give the person the finger ... This happenes everyday. Actually I sometimes do this, but I don't give the person a finger.

Another thing that Pisses my off is when I come to a Green light and the car infront of me stops and starts waving the oncoming traffic to take a left turn. This happens ALL THE TIME!!! in MA. I don't get it, if you have a green and if it is your right to go, then go!!! Why stop and play nice??? I have seen a few accidents when the person at a green stops, tells the oncoming traffic to take a left and the person behind the car that stops makes a move to the right and goes through the green light and hits the car that was taking a left.

My motto is... if the person is a more aggressive or just as aggressive driver behind me I always move out of the way. But in traffic I usually stick my grounds.

I think we need to make a thread about what pisses you off, regarding driving...lol.

 

In many states it is illegal to drive while raining without your lights on... Just food for thought.

 

^ yep, law here just changed to reflect that too. Have to turn on headlights while whipper is ON.

 

If that is actually the law... then DTRL would not be sufficient in the rain since they are not as bright as regular headlights.

 

I agree about the black cars. The dark gray is also almost impossible to see in a rain storm. It blends so well with the color of the asphalt and the gloom.

 

wow is it that hard to flip the switch?

i manually adjust mine cause i have HID and park in the garage (always trigger lights on even when its sunny out)

 

^ that's why i don't use auto. Going through a short tunnel or even under a bridge triggers them on our Gen 6.5 it's crazy.

So on my Gen 5 i just do it manually.

 

did they changed it for the 6.5? on mine theres a 20-30 sec delay so its not a prob going under a freeway
but i see on bmw's as soon as they go under their HID comes on then off when they exit:headbang:

 

@joshuaboston

I know what you mean. It's the idiots that do the unexpected (Driving 45MPH in the high speed lane, stopping on the highway while trying to merge, etc) who cause most of the problems.

Anyways, we just sold the car (thanks CraigsList!), so my project is cancelled. I'm having her run with the lights on full time to be safe.

 

It is easiest to just leave the lights on all of the time. The automatic lights are neat, but not of the most use. They are important if you have systems with displays that change brightness when the headlights come on, like Navi.

The question on how easy it is to install them would first be if the Corollo and Camry used the exact same equipment. From there you would want to know if the Camry is wired for it. If the answer to both of these questions is yes it's plug and play, if not you will have to do the splicing to mimick the factory install on the Corollo. That could be tricky.

I had a '97 Subaru Legacy and it was wired for everything. I put fog lights and tweeters in it from junk-yards. I only had to plug up the components to the plugs that were tucked away because my car didn't have those features. This may have been reflective of the fact that Subaru is a much smaller manufacturer, but maybe other manufacturers do this with their wiring harnesses as well.

 

I have HID and I leave mine in Auto :-|

 

well if u don't go under the bridge and tunnels that trigger your lights often then you're ok.

 

only twice a day... once to work and once from.

 

I've now had two cars with DRLs, and fortunately both of them had an off feature. The '01 S-10 required pushing the Dome Override button four times to turn them off and the '04 Camry has a DRL OFF position on the stalk. I turn my regular lights on manually if it's really cloudy or dusty or if there is any precipitation at all. I also turn them on in tunnels and parking garages. I otherwise leave them off, because I will use my headlights for signalling, and I also turn my lights off when pulling into a residential driveway so I don't wake the neighbors. What I'd love to be able to do is switch to just running lights when under way (for the aforementioned driveway entrance or a drive-in theater), but the computer won't let me do that. :headbang: