Front Parking Light -> DRL?

[aisbell]

Originally Posted by delsol7

When we turn on the parking light, it turns on the signal light and tail light.

When the parking lights are turned on, the small round white lights in the front and the amber side-facing parking lights, not the front-facing amber turn signal lights, are turned on. I had to disconnect the amber side-facing parking lights in the front to pass the Swedish lighting requirements when I imported my 2000 Insight to Sweden.

Originally Posted by delsol7

What if there is a way to turn on only signal light and not to turn on the tail light and make the tail light to be turned on when night driving light is on.

Neither the amber front-facing turn signal lights nor the side-facing parking lights would not be suitable DRL's.

Originally Posted by delsol7

Usually turn signal light is much brighter than those two small round lights.

They are indeed brighter, but they are the wrong color (i.e., amber instead of white).

[aisbell]

Originally Posted by faxe

I did not wire the lights separately, as Art writes, i put in some new bright LED bulbs in my parkinglights, and tried driving with only the parkingligts on, and in bright daylight they are barely visible at all.

That's too bad, but I was afraid that even LED's that are brighter than the standard white parking lights would be insufficient. Thanks for confirming my fears.

Originally Posted by faxe

The small round parkinglights are simply too small.

I think that's the crux of the matter. Even if you could find an LED that was as bright as one of the string of very bright LED's that Audi, Mercedes, and maybe VW are using in their newer cars, I doubt that one of them installed in the small round parking light space would be bright enough.

The German car manufacturers use at least 5 very bright LED's on each side of their cars. I haven't been able to find any 3rd-party LED's that are nearly as bright or with probably as long a life expectancy as those used by the German car manufacturers. Does anyone have a good source for such LED's?

Originally Posted by faxe

Art: If you do not want to cut holes in your front bunper, you could try the selfadhesive strings of LED's.
Thomas / TRI are currently digging into this.

Please report what TRI learns. I would not want to install anything that looks too shabby and would prefer to maintain the smooth aerodynamic lines of the bumper (although recessing LED's in the bumper cover this might be difficult to do well).

[ac7ss]

Dash-Z racing is advertising a DRL strip that wires into your parking lights. These look like something you could work in. I am not required to have DRL, but it is tempting to get them none the less. (At under US$50 not a real hole in my pocket either.)

[delsol7]

Originally Posted by ac7ss

Dash-Z racing is advertising a DRL strip that wires into your parking lights. These look like something you could work in. I am not required to have DRL, but it is tempting to get them none the less. (At under US$50 not a real hole in my pocket either.)

Where would you install it at?

[billyy2288]

Originally Posted by delsol7

Anyone think this is possible?

When we turn on the parking light, it turns on the signal light and tail light.
What if there is a way to turn on only signal light and not to turn on the tail light and make the tail light to be turned on when night driving light is on.

We rarely turn on only the parking light and drive right?

What do you guys think? Usually turn signal light is much brighter than those two small round lights.

I also think so.