Daytime Running lights Poll On or Off ??

[Snowbird]

on

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[Glen Baker LLC]

I turned them off in Forscan when I got the Lasfit switchbacks to do the DRL job. Far cheaper and look great, too.

A lot cheaper to replace the individual switchbacks than it is for the LED headlight assembly.
$50 Switchbacks vs $1000+ Led assembly.
Good work thank you
I have switchbacks.
If you would not mind.
I may pm you to find out a little more about what is involved with having the Switchbacks as daytime driving lights.
Take care.
Always looking for common sense Solutions.
GB

 

[Camp Long]

ON! That way I can see the jerks at twilight, morning and night, when they don't think they need their headlights or in heavy rain.

 

[Cubican]

the price of our headlights are astronomical I vote off for sure

 

[Rileyotta]

[continuing logic]
Disconnect your airbags and seatbelts too.

I’m referring specifically to the LEDs; there’s still marker lights and your indicators etc. it’s not really in line with your comparisons
There’s plenty to indicate to a driver that my car in on and operating without my main headlights running in daylight hours.

 

[Rileyotta]

I turn my parking lights on I like tail lights illuminated.

I’m fine with the taillights and the front signals being constantly illuminated, I just don’t think it’s necessary to run those expensive LEDs in the daylight

 

[Mav_RICK]

I want the visibility. On for sure.

 

[Deweyordeweynot]

A lot cheaper to replace the individual switchbacks than it is for the LED headlight assembly.
$50 Switchbacks vs $1000+ Led assembly.
Good work thank you
I have switchbacks.
If you would not mind.
I may pm you to find out a little more about what is involved with having the Switchbacks as daytime driving lights.
Take care.
Always looking for common sense Solutions.
GB

It's pretty straightforward using Forscan. I will see if I can find the thread with the directions I used, too.

 

[Toddman45]

On for safety but change in Forscan to parking/turn signals with switchbacks for white DRLs.

Ditto on the switchbacks.

 

[Master Blaster]

I’m fine with the taillights and the front signals being constantly illuminated, I just don’t think it’s necessary to run those expensive LEDs in the daylight

Given that they have a 70-year design life and consume almost no power, why does keeping them on worry you?

 

[Rileyotta]

Given that they have a 70-year design life and consume almost no power, why does keeping them on worry you?

Let me know when your headlights make the 70 year mark

 

[Master Blaster]

Let me know when your headlights make the 70 year mark

I replaced one headlight in my 87 Ranger in its 744,000km life, and that was a halogen bulb light that was on low-beam for about 1/3 of that vehicle's life. Those halogen bulbs are only rated for about 1,000 hours, or 1/360th of the life of the LED headlights. So yes, I fully expect them to last for a lifetime and more.

 

[Rileyotta]

I replaced one headlight in my 87 Ranger in its 744,000km life, and that was a halogen bulb light that was on low-beam for about 1/3 of that vehicle's life. Those halogen bulbs are only rated for about 1,000 hours, or 1/360th of the life of the LED headlights. So yes, I fully expect them to last for a lifetime and more.

All the best to you.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

the price of our headlights are astronomical I vote off for sure

I’m fine with the taillights and the front signals being constantly illuminated, I just don’t think it’s necessary to run those expensive LEDs in the daylight

Yep I agree. While the LEDs themselves have a lifespan that may be considered as “enough"; they will likely outlive the car itself if the circuit and its associated cooling is designed properly — we are talking 10s of thousands of hours of operational life here, at least for the automotive grade ones.
It is more likely that other compoments, like the driver circuit will die before that. Those are quite complex and have many more possible points of failure.
I vote for Illuminating my switchback parking lights for DRL's

Just say No to Headlight DRL's
Choose Switchbacks DRL's 2024.
GB
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[Glen Baker LLC]

Ditto on the switchbacks.

To that end I guess I will be buying and learning Forscan.
I just just did the easy part for me. I put a FORScan OBD cable in my amazon cart. Learning how to use it without screwing something up is going to be the challenge.

Things may get interesting????
GB

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