ok, per the owners manual, you will need to access the fuse box in the engine bay, its the large black box on the drivers side. lift the lid from the front there is a small plastic latch. you will need to remove fuse # 13 this is the last fuse on the first row of fuses at the bottom of the box. it should be a red 10 AMP fuse. look on page 7-42 of the manual if you need a pic. but the bottom row of small fuses has only 13 in it. pull this out and presto no DRLs , I did test everything else and all seems to work fine. spaces for fuse 11 and 12 were empty. Hope this helps.

 

This is going to void the warranty …

 

I tryed this and it didn't work for me any ideas?

 

As soon as he pulls into there going to be like "what's up with the DRL's??" check the fuses and then BAM sorry sir but you modified your car, FULL CAR WARRANTY is now VOID..

DRL's are actually not that BAD, infact I feel safer with them and wish it were stock option on the IX's..

 

EVO warranties are a myth, just like bigfoot and the loch ness monster.
If you pulled into the dealer with bird S$^T on your hood they would say you modded it. Or they could just be blunt like Subaru was giving away with SCCA memberships and when the owner registered they used that as a reason to void warranties with the proof on there racing from the registration card.

Who in there right mind takes there EVO to the dealer anyways?

 

as per the manual this is probably only for the HID cars, since the stock light have a different arrangment. I will do some reading and get back to you EVOXCO.

 

do you have the HID setup . I am looking at the manual pg 7-47 and it looks like the cars without HID dont have DRL unless they are using you low beams in which case your screwed. let me know more about what you have.

 

They use the low beams for the DRL.

 

How can DRL and the low beam HID be on the same circuit? Your HID's would be fried in no time. Based on all the pictures I've seen, the DRL is on the inner bulb (is that the high beam?)

 

If you do this be sure that your insurance company is not giving you a discount for having DRL. If you get into an accident you may get some flack if you have disabled the DRL and still claim the discount.

 

your confused, if you have HID then only 1 bulb does high/low beam so the other spot can be used as DRL. nonHID you have a high beam and a low beam bulb.

hope this helps.

 

not sure this makes sense, I also get a discount for safe driving but if i get into an accident , I wasnt probably driving that safe. the car has ASC but you can turn that off too. just my observation. My mods my business.

 

Yeah really, everyone is freakin out about warranty and insurance. Hey if you don't want DRLs then pull the darn fuse, it is a "mod."

I mean how many people respond to: "I put a K&N Drop In" with it will void your warranty or your insurance may not like it... C'mon the sky isn't falling. I bet most believe that global warming is the most serious threat to civilization as well.

 

Nah I'm not confused. I was just replying to another guy's post. I didnt realize infact he was referring to the non-hid setup, where the lowbeams and DRL are the same bulb. Its all good now.

 

Your logic is a little flawed....


You get a save driving discount for driving safe. This is not an option that you select when quoting insurance rate a car.

I have USAA and I select the options that I have on my Evo. ABS, Airbags, Lojack, etc. DRL is one of the options. I also get the safe driving discount, but that is applied to my rate because I haven't filed any claims or gotten any tickets. I can’t select the option for safe driving, it's up to USAA to decide if I'm a safe driver and apply that discount.