sehnsuchtkuss

I've been working on the possibility of rewiring my headlights with daytime running lights. Does anybody know what colors the high beam, low beam, and ground wires are near or in the steering column in a 93 sl1?

tristanlee85

Ehh, the wiring is pretty odd. ALl of the headlight wiring (except for the black wire in the column) is positive. The only way to get the lights to turn on is to ground out one of the wires. I think that orange is the common wire. What are you trying to rewire them to?

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tristanlee85

See , the headlights are very complicated. All 8 wires (high and low beams) are always positive. When you turn your lights on, the wires are still positive, but a different voltage, but if you ground the common wire out (usually orange) the bulb still lights up. I don't understand it.

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So, if orange is the wire that, if grounded, keeps lights on, there's no way to seperate high and low beams? What if I wire them through a relay?

tristanlee85

What are you trying to wire up?

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tristanlee85

The orage is always positive, but ground out in the column somehow. It's weird how it works.

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sehnsuchtkuss

Well, to put it simply, wire my low beams so they are always on (car running of course).

sehnsuchtkuss

This also means that basically, my switch off my steering wheel would control parking lights and high beams.

tristanlee85

So, you want to change your DRLs from high beam to the low beam?

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No, I want to make it so that when I turn my car on, my low beams come on. Then, when I turn on my headlights, nothing happens till I engage high beams, then all four lights are on.