"Most" cars with DRL's also have an off switch attached to the parking brake....slight upward travel of the lever turns off the light. If you could shorten the travel within that switch you would effectively turn off the DRLS and retain control over thh parking lights.
BcH > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Reda > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:44 PM > To: Denis Palmans > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Light Switch for 90-92 Jetta/GTI > > > Denis, the head light switch on my 91 Jetta does very little, its almost > worth not having. > My Jetta has Day-Time Running Lights, so the head lights and parking > lights are constantly on. The switch only has one setting, and that is > on or off. > When the light switch is in the off position the head lamps run at a > lower wattage for the day time running lights. When I turn the lights > on there is almost no difference in lighting. > It is super easy to disable the day time lights, but then I cannot > contol the parking lights seperately. > > Thats it. > Mark Reda. > > > > Denis Palmans wrote: > > > > What exactly is the differance between a US switch without DRL, and a > > canadian one with DRL's? > > My '90 GTI 8v is canadian (but has a nice home in California) and it has > > DRL's and the 2 position switch. An almost identical '90 GTI 8v but a > > California car has the exact same switch without DRL's. > > so are there actaull different switches? > > > > -Denis > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > To: "A2-16V" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:31 AM > > Subject: WTB: Light Switch for 90-92 Jetta/GTI > > > > > I'm looking for a light switch from an American or European 1990-1992 > > > Jetta/GTI without day-time running lights (that means the > switch has to > > > have 2 positions: one for parking lights the other for headlights w/ > > > parking lights). > > > The switch has to be from a Central Electric car otherwise it will not > > > fir or work. Our cars came in Central Electric from 1990 to 1992. > > > > > > Please let me know. > > > > > > Mark Reda. > > > _____________ > > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] > > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
