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14 hours ago, Chris2014LTZ said:

This issue is for the 14’s and 15’s that were built in/for Canada. They don’t have the nice LED strips for DRL’s. It’s the low beam bulbs instead. And with Canadian trucks, you can’t turn them off unless you’re in park, no matter what! It sucks!!

Did you pick up a Canadian built (market) truck in Oregon?

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"I was a firefighter for 30 years" sounds like a qualifying statement.. if not intended that way, my mistake. And I never said you were evil. I clearly stated "everyone should be free to choose if the

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1 hour ago, JimCost2014 said:

Did you pick up a Canadian built (market) truck in Oregon?

Unfortunately, yes. It has turned into a rust bucket underneath in the last two years.

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On 1/5/2021 at 3:53 PM, Chris2014LTZ said:

Unfortunately, yes. It has turned into a rust bucket underneath in the last two years.

I feel your pain. Living in New England and dealing with that liquid brine crap the snow removal experts lay down on the roads in winter eats through these ladder frames like nothing. I've tried the annual oil undercoating (NH Oil Undercoating), but that stuff takes some time to "dry up" and I was unable to wash the undercarriage (pressure washing would remove it easily). This past fall, I went to a product called Wax-Oyl (sp?)...it's not cheap, but it hardens up better/quicker than the oil undercoating and now I can go through a car wash without risk/fear. According to the provider, it would require minimal touch-up every couple/three years...and my mechanic likes the Wax-Oyl much better too!  :0)

 

As for the Canadian DRL crap, I too am looking for the a solution. I've been all over the Internet trying to figure out...still unable to find one that suits me best. I have the SV4 LEDs in my projectors and love them, but I'd love them a ton more if they weren't on 24/7. I use remote start and park outside, so lighting up the night sky in my neighborhood when getting ready for work seems like an un-neighborly thing to do. I've talked to the folks at WAMS and they think it's a matter of reprogramming, but aren't 100% sure...doesn't seem like a good investment to buy the ODBII tool and pay for programming to "try it". After getting the AA upgrade, new rims/tires and a tonneau cover, the lighting crap is the last thing get this thing to perfect.

 

I hope I can find a solution to this...I still have another 3.9 years to go (my typical vehicle turnover rate)...prolly won't buy another CA transplant for this reason. But then again, in 4 years, the US may be more like CA with their DRL ridiculousness.

GTPprix Senior Enthusiast

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The wams spec bcm allows you to configure your DRL however you’d like including to us spec.

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Remove the spring from the headlight nob so that it actually stays in the power off position rather then snapping back into the auto position. This way you will not have to turn the DRL off everytime they will just be "locked" into the off position. Takes about 10 minutes....

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