Day time running lights

Hello,

Tomorrow I am going to be fitting some daytime running lights to my front bumper. I have the kit and I need to connect 3 cables.

Red - Ignition feed so they are only on when the engine is on
black - negative
white- Connected to the side lights so they turn off when the side lights are on.

Can anybody help me were I can connect the red wire to? and any other help would be great.

The car is a 90 with a 200tdi init

Thanks

The wire to the stop solenoid on the injection pump is the nearest but I dunno if it will handle the current required to operate the solenoid and the lights.
I think it would be best in the long run to either use it as a trigger for a relay or dig behind the dash and run a new wire from there.

Would be interested to see a pic when you have the daytime lights on and working.

I'm pretty sure one of the fused supplies will only be live with the engine on, I wouldn't tap into the fuel solenoid to avoid problems in the future. Have a look at your fuse panel, probably something like the supply for the indicators - they shouldn't work with the engine off (hazards excepted). You may need to uprate the fuse to cope with your extra circuit demand.

What type of lights? LEDs, or not? Tap off the ignition with separate a relay and independent fuse, if they are LEDs you might get by without a relay.

DLR's are horrid nasty things and look utter trash on a Defender especially - in my opinion.

If you must fit them, please don't fit those stupidly bright ones that only ****ing annoy and blind other traffic. Most inconsiderate and makes it far more likely someone will drive into you. Either through vengeance or more likely because you are actually hiding your vehicle behind the lights making it harder to see exactly where you are. It will also mean people will find it far harder to judge speed and distance. So more likely to have people pulling out in front of you. Especially on a grey murky day with wet roads.

If you really want to improve the visibility of your Land Rover you'd be much better off using your sidelights. Enough light to help see the vehicle in darker conditions. But not bright enough to dazzle oncoming traffic or hide the edges of your vehicle. And they even light up the back of the vehicle, something DLRs utterly fail at.

No reason why you couldn't rig your side lights up to come on with the ignition and add an over ride switch.

I can remember not to long ago seeing a Reliant Robin driving around maidstone with stick on DRLs, funniest things I had seen in ages!
Its like people who fit the little mirrors on top of their normal mirrors, if you have enough time to look in them surely you arent watching where you are going?

300bhp/ton said:

DLR's are horrid nasty things and look utter trash on a Defender especially - in my opinion.

If you must fit them, please don't fit those stupidly bright ones that only ****ing annoy and blind other traffic. Most inconsiderate and makes it far more likely someone will drive into you. Either through vengeance or more likely because you are actually hiding your vehicle behind the lights making it harder to see exactly where you are. It will also mean people will find it far harder to judge speed and distance. So more likely to have people pulling out in front of you. Especially on a grey murky day with wet roads.

If you really want to improve the visibility of your Land Rover you'd be much better off using your sidelights. Enough light to help see the vehicle in darker conditions. But not bright enough to dazzle oncoming traffic or hide the edges of your vehicle. And they even light up the back of the vehicle, something DLRs utterly fail at.

No reason why you couldn't rig your side lights up to come on with the ignition and add an over ride switch.

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Agreed, I hate the things - largely because I have an inoperable cataract - and DRL's cause more glare than you would believe. DRL's are a fine example of de-skilling in my opinion.

The fuel pump solenoid is one possible source. But on mine, there's no accessory position on the switch, and I didn't want DRLs on when I'm parked and listening to the radio. If in doubt, take a new fused feed from the battery, and switch this with a relay triggered from the alternator warning light feed. Then it will go live when the engine is running and the alternator is generating power.

Some DRLs are just a bling fashion statement and are too bright- particularly the ones with blue-ish, glare-inducing LEDs. A sensible pair are somewhat brighter than the side lights, and they need to be because you're using them during the day. I fitted dual-filament bulbs into the side light position, with the dim filament as a side light, and the bright one as a DRL. Like it or not, lit vehicles are more easily spotted than unlit ones.

Here's how I installed mine: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/how-i-installed-drls.296337/

LukeMcneil said:

Hello,

Tomorrow I am going to be fitting some daytime running lights to my front bumper. I have the kit and I need to connect 3 cables.

Red - Ignition feed so they are only on when the engine is on
black - negative
white- Connected to the side lights so they turn off when the side lights are on.

Can anybody help me were I can connect the red wire to? and any other help would be great.

The car is a 90 with a 200tdi init

Thanks

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There's two wiring DRL wiring kits available, one is what u have and the other kit (which is supplied with inline fuses and connectors) the wiring is the same, but the red and black wire terminate on the battery terminals, when the engine is started and the alternator is charging the lights illuminate, stop the engine and the lights stay illuminated for around thirty seconds and then go out.
There also the white wire to connect to the vehicles side light circuit if required, I didn't bother, u would have to below my disco's bumper height to be dazzled by them.

Since fitting the LED's ( normal lights ) I just switch them on whilst driving day or night now, too many idiots on the roads / footpaths now to drives without lights on in the day