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kewlgye Enthusiast

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:crackup: Does anyone know a cheap way to get rid of the daytime running lights on a 98 Z71. It doesn't have to be fancy, I just want the lights gone, I know there has to be a trigger wire or something that can be modified. I'd appreciate any help on this. :crackup:

tmf6902 Senior Enthusiast

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If you want them gone permanantly why not just take the bulbs out? Or you can hit the dome override button...what is it? 4 times in 5 secs, and they will go out???? But you have to do that everytime you start the truck.

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If you want them gone permanantly why not just take the bulbs out?  Or you can hit the dome override button...what is it?  4 times in 5 secs, and they will go out????  But you have to do that everytime you start the truck.

 

 

 

 

 

I can't take the bulbs out because the daytime lights are my headlights too. It's a 98 OBS not like the new ones. I'll try that dome override trick, but I want them gone permenantly. Thanks.

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I can't take the bulbs out because the daytime lights are my headlights too.  It's a 98 OBS not like the new ones.  I'll try that dome override trick, but I want them gone permenantly.  Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

Ahhhh...ya learn something new everyday.

asilverblazer Senior Enthusiast

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Just curios why you want them off in the first place?

I figured every one would like to be seen a little easier.

 

In my mind its like taking the third brake light out. Other lights are there to tell people you are stopping but whats one more hurt?

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Seems to me that on those, you could simply pull the DRL fuse.  Worth a shot.

 

 

 

 

Thanks GM-Tech, I never even thought about there being a seperate fuse for the DRL's. That took the DRL's off, now all I have to do is pull the bulb on the DRL indicator light on the gauge cluster.

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Just curios why you want them off in the first place?

I figured every one would like to be seen a little easier.

 

In my mind its like taking the third brake light out. Other lights are there to tell people you are stopping but whats one more hurt?

 

 

 

 

There's a couple of reasons I don't like them. For one, when I'm pulling on base, it's respectfull to turn your headlights off for the SP's, and clicking my e-brake down one click has become a hassel. And I also don't like burning my headlights all the time, I like riding around with just my parking lights on if it isn't dark yet. And my headlight bulbs were expensive, so why burn them if you don't need to?

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debles99 New Member

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Here in Canada, DRL's are mandatory on new vehicles, I wouldn't be surprised to see them become the same in the States someday.

 

I have noticed a lot of times close to dusk or dawn when the light is poor or in slightly foggy conditions that I have not noticed vehicles coming until they were quite close because they either didn't have DRLs (on an older vehicle) and didn't have their headlights turned on yet.

 

A vehicle with DRLs can probably be seen approaching from a mile or more away. In all the vehicles I have owned, most of them for 3 years or more, I have never had to change a headlight at all, let alone because of the DRL feature.

 

When they first came out, my first thought was "How do I turn the stupid things off?" After a while, I completely forgot about them, and now don't even consider them a problem, especially when I see how much farther away I notice vehicles with DRLs vs vehicles without.

 

You might consider them a pain, but what about the guy you meet that isn't quite paying as much attention to driving as they should be and does something stupid because he didn't see your vehicle coming far enough away.

 

The safety of myself and my family is more important to me than worrying about the cost of replacing a light bulb or two.

 

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