Installing daytime running lights

084ovlov · Post by **084ovlov** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:50 pm

Iâ€™m trying to install daytime running lights on a german-93 (ch.nr.584159)â€¦

After changing the bulbsocket for the parking lights (probably into three connections) and adding 21/4 Watt lightbulbs in these sockets, it works fine in front.

I havenâ€™t done anything with the rear lights; they do NOT work as daytime running lights.
Thatâ€™s the problem.

Should I do something with the sockets in the back, or do the thing described in the FAQ with the switch, or is it the relay?

Iâ€™m a bit confused since it works in frontâ€¦ (I guess this is a silly oneâ€¦)

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:42 pm

i thought ALL 480 had drls fitted as standard?

rgrds
rob

V480TI · Post by **V480TI** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:57 pm

No, it wasn't a standard on all of them.

My german 1990 turbo had it,

my 1991 german didn't have it.

My dad's 1995 original dutch has it.

my dad's old 1989 original dutch didn'd had it.

Differences per building year and per country.

greetz

Milosz_480 · Post by **Milosz_480** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:58 pm

robkendall wrote:i thought ALL 480 had drls fitted as standard?

rgrds
rob

Mine is '87 and hasn't got them but later should have been equipped with them.

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:49 pm

Wish they hadn't bothered. The amount of times I've had to buy replacement bulbs (and only Volvo ones fit properly!) and the times people have come up in the day and said, "you know you've got your lights on?" I'll think of a witty reply one day...

084ovlov · Post by **084ovlov** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:15 pm

Did I miss the point here (â€œdrlsâ€?) or is it someone that hasnâ€™t read the F.A.Q., under Volvo 480 in this forum?

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:44 pm

I'll think of a witty reply one day...

i find "fuck off" works nicely

084ovlov · Post by **084ovlov** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:58 pm

Hay, whatâ€™s the â€œdrlsâ€?

I did just refer to the nice description under F.A,Q. by Xander Tielrooy.

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:01 pm

Murf wrote:
I'll think of a witty reply one day...
i find "fuck off" works nicely

You've been getting proper narky recently mate! There's the pic of you in a mega-huff with poor old Rohan and then you're telling people who are just trying to be helpful to :Foxtrot Oscar:

You're really missing your turbus I reckon!

084ovlov · Post by **084ovlov** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:24 am

sorry

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:34 am

@ 084ovlov- there is no need to apologise! Do you mean you want your rear lights to be on always also? I don't have a clue i'm afraid

I haven't heard of anyone else doing this. I think if you post exactly which lights you want to be on that would help lots as i think there is some confusion going on here.

Brasco wrote:
Murf wrote:
I'll think of a witty reply one day...
i find "fuck off" works nicely
You've been getting proper narky recently mate! There's the pic of you in a mega-huff with poor old Rohan and then you're telling people who are just trying to be helpful to :Foxtrot Oscar:

You're really missing your turbus I reckon!

It's not just his Turbo he's missing- that new MR2 is bleeding him like a medieval surgeon (ie enough to cause death)!
Plus it tries to kill him on every third drive or so!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:30 pm

It's not just his Turbo he's missing- that new MR2 is bleeding him like a medieval surgeon (ie enough to cause death)!
Plus it tries to kill him on every third drive or so!

tis all true, i wish i'd never sold it!
i vowed to keep this car for a year cos i keep getting shafted by insurance people when i change cars.
it doesnt look like i'm going to live long enough to sell it though, i'll either end up starved to death in the poor house or upside down in a ditch!!

now, where did i put darkmasters phone number.....

Richmann1 · Post by **Richmann1** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:46 pm

I just did it on my collection, all i did was change the connectors at the lights and modify the switch with the extra connector and that was it

mogge · Post by **mogge** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:05 am

Hi!

On german cars, there was a lightswitch witch hadnÂ´t rear lights on in DLR mode. You need to rebulid it or get a "swedish" switch.

/Jonas

allthingsvolvo · Post by **allthingsvolvo** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:33 pm

Brasco wrote:Wish they hadn't bothered. The amount of times I've had to buy replacement bulbs (and only Volvo ones fit properly!) and the times people have come up in the day and said, "you know you've got your lights on?" I'll think of a witty reply one day...

Use OSRAM bulbs ,THIS IS WHAT VOLVO SUPPLY IN THE EXPENSIVE BULB BLISTER PACK.

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Installing daytime running lights

Installing daytime running lights

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