Toggle switch driving lights?

[cWs306]

Hey everyone.. How would i go about wiring my driving lights onto a toggle switch. i wanna be able to drive with just my rings.. but atm if i want that i have to click my e-brake once or twice. i dont feel right driving like that. reason im asking this question is because im thinking if i was to like cut the power wire for the headlight and run it onto a switch.. would it cause my relay to start ticking? and would it cause my high beams to not work?. thanks for the help!

[cWs306]

anyoneeeeee? pleasee? lol. i dont wanna chop wires if its gunna cause my relay and stuff to go off.

[Ryan]

I don't know how they're wired to start with, so I can't tell you how to modify it.

[wytbishop]

The "Halos" have a separate power and ground wire on my Projector headlights. Becuase the LED in the halo is such a small draw you could get away with running a wire from the pass side power wire to the drivers side power wire, and back to a switched power source. The run a second wire from the pass side ground wire to the driver's side ground wire and then to one side of the toggle switch. Then just connect the other side of the toggle switch to ground and you have a constant power circuit with interrupted ground to turn them on and off.

If you want to get fancy you can put a fuse in the power wire to protect the wiring from a surge. If you want to get really fancy you could use a relay to protect the switch. Let me know if you want to get fancy and I'll draw you a diagram.

[cWs306]

ohhhhh okay i think i get it. so instead of having an accessory hooked to the switch have 2 grounds n 1 power. so my switch works the ground instead of the power.. am i on the right track? and yah i got a 30amp blade fuse+holder for doing it.



Edit. after i wire the grounds like so.. would i have to have the switch ON for the high beams to work?

[wytbishop]

It depends where you take power from. If you take power from the high beam power wire right at the headlight it will only be powered when the high beams are on. If you take power from the battery side of the headlight switch you will have constant power.

[Ryan]

Why not power them from another switched source, like an accessory wire or an ignition wire, so they can be on whenever the key is on. White/Red in the engine bay is a good one (key ON). There are other ones that are hot when key is (ACC). Just peek through the wiring diagrams.

[wytbishop]

Well he said he wants to use a switch. If you want them on all time when the car is running then yes, use a switched source and no toggle switch. They will just come on when you turn the key. If you wanted you could use a relay to shut them off when the high beams come on.

[cWs306]

i want my Driving lights to be on a switch. like the ones that come on all the time. so i can shut them off and ONLY drive with my halos and LED's. the driving lights shut off when i turn the high beams on. because the high beams r the projector lights.



EDIT: where the "battery side of the switch" ?

hahah im sorry if theres any dumb questions, im veryyyy bad with wiring and all the power points n stuff. just trying to over come my phobia. doing something small like this will help a bit.


EDIT again: its morning not all hear yet. but i got a Rocker switch with 3 hook ups. will this work? or do i need a toggle switch with 3 hook ups? i know i put toggle switch but the rocker fits so nicely n smoothly in that little square on the left of the steering wheel i just had to buy one justttt in case it will work.

[wytbishop]

any switch can be made to work. Your rocker switch is probably lit so one of those tangs is probably power for the light. There should be a diagram for the switch on the packaging.

What I think you're trying to do is turn the DRL's off and use the halos for running lights. There are two ways you can do that. If you want to work inside the car find the DRL Relay under the passenger side kick panel. There is a red/green wire coming from the relay that sends power to the highbeams. Put your switch inline with that and you will be able to interrupt power to the headlights when the DRLs. If you want to work under the hood, which may be easier, but you'll have to run the wires into the car to the switch, find the green/white wire coming off the DRL resistor which is mounted on the driver's side strut tower. It's the same circuit just before the relay. Putting your switch before the relay will achieve exactly the same thing. For that matter if you don't want the DRLs to work at all just cut that wire and presto...no more daytime running lights.

Then wire your halos into a switched power source and turn them on whenever you want.

[cWs306]

k now cutting the power wire just seems like something i wanna do. so much easier. but 1 question on that idea. wouldnt my relay start to go off? it went off when i had both headlight bulbs pop on me.

[wytbishop]

Looking at it again the best way I think to disable the DRLs would be to just put your switch in the wire that goes tot he e-brake. Anythign else you do has the possibility of affecting another circuit. Just use the switch to tell the DRL that the ebrake is on and they will never come on.

Then to put your halos on just tap into a switched source like I described in my first post.

[cWs306]

kk yah that actually sounds alot better and safer. good thinkin!. so id take the ground wire that touches when the ebrake get pulled and hook it to my switch then ground my switch to something? but wouldnt that turn the ebrake light on then? hahah. this is why i hate wiring/electrical. stereos.. yah k thats cool but anything else. such a cluster f*ck of issues to dodge.

i just had an idea.. what if i was to like trick the circuit... take the power wire from the headlight and connect it to the say... marker light. then it will trick the relay into thinking its actually hooked up to a light. but then take the power wire from the headlight and run a new power source to it with a switch to turn them on for off? if this will work.. ima do it. ill make a how-to for it for anyone else thats wants only rings and no DRLs.

[wytbishop]

e-brake doesn't turn the brake lights on. It does turn on a light on your insturment panel though.

[cWs306]

yah thats what i mean. like if i was to control that wire for the e-brake. wouldnt the light in my instrument panel come on?


EDIT: i could always just take that bulb out of the panel if it does.. ???