Welp, i guess my bumper is coming off again...

Also, where do I get this relay of which you speak?

 

You can buy it at any Radio Shack, Pepboys, Autozone, etc.

 

Thanks for posting this. Not sure if I will do this to mine. Just don't feel like removing the bumper.

 

You don't have to remove the bumper. You can try to fit your hand under the headlight and unplug the cables and work from the engine bay. Maybe removing the battery will give more clearance.

 

Very cool. Thanks for this!

 

Done and done! This was a lot simpler than I thought. Might want to change the wording so it says "cut four segments of wire" because I was staring at my phone and my engine bay, thinking 'but which four wires do I cut?' Lol silly me

 

Did you take your bumper off or no?

 

OK, now I just need a couple more people to do this and drive around for awhile so I know the car doesn't blow up. Then I can risk it.

 

Lol it's all good. I wired my Accord's foglights the same way. Never blew up lol

say what???? BUMP!
Im all over this one.

Go for it man! Our cars should've come this way from factory IMO

yes, this made it much easier because one of the wires you need to tap is above the headlight and the other one is below, and the connections are very tight without removing the headlight.

heh

that's not bad for a third language, thanks again for the writeup

Looks great man! You're welcome. Glad I helped

+1 on removing the bumper makes it 10000x easier

 

say what???? BUMP!
Im all over this one.

 

Someone needs to do this on a 2010

 

If anyone local has a 2010-12 model I am willing to take a look and figure it out

 

Wish I still lived in Florida

 

What DRL's did you get by chance? I got some of the side-emitting strips but not sure if I want to use them after all..

 

The oem drls on the 13-14 ex models

 

does this affect the auto on/off headlights by any means? if you manually turn the head lights off does it turn the leds off as well? what about the drl position if that is the only thing seleceted manually are the leds on with the drls?

 

goody, this mod only kicks on LED DRL when the headlights come on. it only affects auto mode and manual "on" positions for the headlights

in the US, our cars never run the DRL with the headlights, it's one or the other. what the relay in this mod does is it tells the DRL to turn on when it sees that the headlights are on.

so when in "off" and in parking lights mode, it will function normally, meaning, your DRL will be on as you drive.. as it does now.

 

btw, for those who've messed with them alredy, does it seem these DRL are dim-able?

these suckers are bright. they're not blinding, but still might cause quite a bit of glare for oncoming traffic.

 

I was thinking about putting a resistor somewhere in the relay circuit, but I don't feel like undoing all that electrical tape lol

 

i haven't had the chance to test everything, but so far i love the simplicity of the mod.

it would be pretty slick to have the DRL dim with the daylight sensor, as i find the bright DRL to be handy in the day to see our little cars. you have any day time shots by any chance with all the lights on?

at the same time, want to make sure it's not too taxing to have all the lights on at once.

 

This may seem like a silly question as I have not actually dug into the wiring of the car but:

Could you just hook the same hot lead from the head lights to the drl? Or the lead that sends the signal to power the headlights to power the drl? I figured just putting a proper diode to bridge the hot lead (so the drl power doesn't inadvertently power the headlights when not intending to) would do the trick, but I am speaking from a basic circuits knowledge.

 

if i put it in automode, will the LED turn on when the sun hits the sensor? I have it in "off" mode and the LED still doesn't turn on.

LED ONLY on when headlights on.

This mod is for LED to be on ALL the time correct?

I'm about to wire it directly to the ignition, so when key is in, LED is ON.

 

I couldn't imagine doing this without removing the bumper...

great writeup! just finished mine this evening, relatively simple if you know how to handle wires.

 

it's actually really easy, no need to remove the bumper. just remove the battery for easy access.

 

Guys, I stumbled upon this article: VWVortex.com - DIY: 12V Sockets Always "Hot"

Im no engineer or electrical technician, so Im not sure what this method is called...

So I was thinking, why not we 'jump' the fuse from #18/#19 to the DRL fuse slot to get the same always-on effect? instead of fixing the relay, this sounds much easier and more reversible...

Any thoughts?

 

Glad I've helped guys any questions let me know.

I tried using the DRL fuse but had no success. This is the safest way to perform this mod. This mod is reversible as well, just cut the wire and cover it with tape. Done

 

I looked further into this mod, and i realize that it wont work on my car...

Here in Malaysia, our DRLs are marketed as 'Positioning Lights', which only comes on when the light switch is turned to at least LOW (comes on together with the license plate lights and tail lights at LOW). It does not stay on in normal conditions.

I traced its fuse (No. 29, parking light?) into the MICU, and found two engine bay harness endpoints, one to the left light and one to the right light.

I'm gonna try disconnect these two endpoints from the MICU and tap them into fuse 18/19 to get the 'always on' DRLs...

 

I looked further into this mod, and i realize that it wont work on my car (2013 CVT)...

Here in Malaysia, our DRLs are marketed as 'Positioning Lights', which only comes on when the light switch is turned to at least LOW (comes on together with the license plate lights and tail lights at LOW). It does not stay on in normal conditions.

I traced its fuse (No. 29, parking light?) into the MICU, and found two engine bay harness endpoints, one to the left light and one to the right light.

I'm gonna try disconnect these two endpoints from the MICU and tap them into fuse 18/19 to get the 'always on' DRLs...

Success! I disconnected the two MICU endpoints for the left and right lights and tapped it to fuse #22 (meter) and now my lights come on when i turn ignition to ON (II)

NOTE: YMMV, i only know it works with my MALAYSIAN 2013 CVT model

 

I really want to do this mod and feel Honda should have built the cars with this as stock.

What gauge wire and wire taps are needed for it?

Thank you

 

i didnt use any wire taps, i just slipped the wire under a fuse and the fuse itself is holding it in place.

I used a random 28awg wire from an old PC power supply

I'm curious if you link it to the 1 wire from the turn signal (i think the blue one) which tells it to stay constantly on when headlights are on if that would work. and depending on how that wire signal works it could also make the DRLs blink with the turn signal?

just a random thought I had which would be fun to try.... if I had LED DRLs :\

i believe that might work, but either that or u choose to have always-on DRLs... can only choose one

 

Bump. Sunday Sunday project underway.

 

I'm curious if you link it to the 1 wire from the turn signal (i think the blue one) which tells it to stay constantly on when headlights are on if that would work. and depending on how that wire signal works it could also make the DRLs blink with the turn signal?

just a random thought I had which would be fun to try.... if I had LED DRLs :\

 

I'm thinking about this mod and I believe I can do it just by looking at your text. Would you be able to reload the images though, they seem to have removed by the host or the host itself is gone?


*EDIT* Does anyone know which kind of relay I would need? I picked up one from Advance and even though it has the 30,85,86, and 87 connectors it wouldn't run the drls.

 

Any chance you could update the photos for this thread? This is the only one I can find that seems the most helpful but I'd like to see the pics so I don't blow something up lol.

 

Almost no chance of that. I've never seen any of these members in the ~year I've been on this board.

Seems pretty straightforward though. If I could get a deal on some 13+ lights I could pull my DRL fuse and just wire the LED DRLs to an accessory wire and achieve the same effect.

 

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Having the DRLs on all the time does not seem useful to me.

Just like people having their fog lights on all the time even when there is no fog. It is also why in other countries the driving lights used to have to be wired so they only work with the high beams.

No matter what you do lighting wise just make sure you use a relay circuit so you do not over load any circuit or wiring in the car.

To each their own though.:smile2:

 

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Having the DRLs on all the time does not seem useful to me.

It's not, but if you want 2013+ LED DRLs on a car not so equipped this is the only way to do it. ZF1s and base models don't have the circuitry/provisions to have the LED DRLs come on "correctly," so you need to DIY and figure out your own solution. You also need to pull your stock DRL fuse so that your dimmed high beams (the factory DRL) doesn't come on.

 

So where did the pics go? Can someone host them on Google or photo bucket and share links? Thnx.

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