Re: Daytime Running Lights

Brian Minto wrote:
> Thankfully I DID receive one useful reply by contacting this group, so I
> replaced my module and they are working just fine. The gentleman
responded 
> to the
> question by email. I found it interesting how the other responders got
off
> onto any odd tangent to the question. The wear and tear on your
> headlights? - rather silly notion compared to your life. By the way, I
just
> upgraded my original lights with Hella lights because I wanted better 
> headlights, but
> the original lights were working perfectly. And yes, I am sure that they

> were the original
> headlights. Perhaps the rest of the world actually is wrong, but the US
is
> probably the only developed country that does not require Daytime
Running
> Lights due to the added safety. DRL's cause an immediate and substantial
> reduction in traffic accidents - period. But wow, maybe it really is
just
> another government conspiracy.
> 
>
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> 
>> My 1994 miata daytime running light module quit awhile back, so I
bought 
>> another one from the dealer. I suspect that in the intervening years
they 
>> either changed the module color or came up with with an upgraded part 
>> which had a different color to retrofit my 1994 miata. In any event, I 
>> cannot figure where the defective module is OR recognize it even if I
had 
>> looked right at it. The parts book shows it located close to the gas
pedal 
>> but it is unclear whether it is in the car interior or in the engine
bay. 
>> Gosh, it is cramped in the driver's side footwell when you are laying
on 
>> your back looking up in the area of the backside of the radio! Has
anybody 
>> replaced their module? I guess that the answer will come from a 
>> non-American, because US cars do not have Daytime Running Lights.
> 
> 

I searched for a way to achieve DRL in my US-spec 2006 when I bought it 
but found nothing. If it were as simple as plugging in a $100 module I 
might well do it (or if I knew for sure what the wiring of the module 
was I could probably make one for next to nothing using components in my 
electronic junk drawers).

-- 
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com