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YOUR RESEARCH996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

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He was clueless so I ran the dolly without plates for years.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple
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Use spade connectors

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Took me about 5 mins to wire/install as my car dosn't have heated seats so I just used spade connectors on the end of the jumper wires.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

Run lights are the law here in canada

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Daytime running lights are the law here in Canada.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

Run lights-drls.html

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-996-997-991-forum/1128636-996-daytime-running-lights-drls.html

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

Use fogs as drl's so i could convert the headlights

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When I bought my jeep in 2015, I reprogrammed the ECU to use the fogs as DRL's so I could convert the headlights to LED's.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple
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He was clueless so I ran the dolly without plates for years.

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Run lights are the law here in canada

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Daytime running lights are the law here in Canada.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

Run lights-drls.html

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-996-997-991-forum/1128636-996-daytime-running-lights-drls.html

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

Use fogs as drl's so i could convert the headlights

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When I bought my jeep in 2015, I reprogrammed the ECU to use the fogs as DRL's so I could convert the headlights to LED's.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple

Use forward fog lamps as daytime driving lights

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This hack is to use forward fog lamps as daytime driving lights?

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Use spade connectors

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Took me about 5 mins to wire/install as my car dosn't have heated seats so I just used spade connectors on the end of the jumper wires.

996 daytime running light hack - brilliantly simple
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Saw this over on Pelican and thought I would share here . The simplicity is brilliant. May not work on all models but it does on my 99 996 C4 and my 02 Boxster S . http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-996-997-991-forum/1128636-996-daytime-running-lights-drls.html

POST 2Original post

This was the first DIY work I accomplished on my 996. Daytime running lights are the law here in Canada. My new to me car didn’t pass the safety inspection so I could not put it on the road (well, legally!)

POST 3Original post

This is the hack I used, it switches on your headlights evertime you start the car. Took me about 5 mins to wire/install as my car dosn't have heated seats so I just used spade connectors on the end of the jumper wires. Fog lamp illumination wouldn't pass for me here in British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20080729...ster/mods/drl/

POST 4Original post

I am probably misunderstanding this, but... This hack is to use forward fog lamps as daytime driving lights?

POST 5Original post

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That's interesting. I'm sure I've seen DRL's in Canada as fogs. When I bought my jeep in 2015, I reprogrammed the ECU to use the fogs as DRL's so I could convert the headlights to LED's. There is no inspection in Ontario except when selling, so not sure if it is legal or not. Police don't really care, I'm sure they don't know the rules either. Case in point, I worked for a major policing organization and so had some inside information. I had a chat the traffic unit head about needing to have plates on a car dolly, since I used to own one. He was clueless so I ran the dolly without plates for years.

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Thread necromancy: where did you get them, how did you mount them?

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