2002 Full Time DRLs - Instructions for UnderHood Mod

[WesTexAVY]

I have the 4 on hi and FT DRL's  but I'm looking for the 6 on HI for an 02. I know their doing it on the 03+

I want all lights on HI .. Please help!

Hey redleg_2002av!
I just put this in another thread......but  here it is again if you would like to try it......giving you 8 on High:

[AVZ71]

ok so its rainy outside and i just decided to do this mod.  finally! but i have already come across one problem.  i dont know how to disconnect my negative battery lead.  is that the wire directly connected to the negative bolt on the battery?  if so, do you have to unbolt it off? cause its on tight.  also if so, why is it still on in the other pictures?  and lastly, is it neccessary or just a precaution?  can i still do th mod as long as im careful with the battery connected? thanks. 

ps - sorry for the stupid questions, im just a newb

[AVZ71]

ok nvm, i figured that out  .  but now how the hell are you supposed to get the double blue wires out of their hole??? i have pulled and pulled but all it seems im doin is stretchin the wire...  just keep wigglin it or is there a stratagy? thanks

harrison

[AVZ71]

ok ignore both of those, i finally got it! it looks awsome  .  my tip for everyone else to avoid my problems, read the directions.

[yndio]

ok ignore both of those, i finally got it! it looks awsome  .  my tip for everyone else to avoid my problems, read the directions.

Reading sometimes helps, don't worry, I've been known to jump the gun and freak out when all I really need to do is take a chill and read or count to 100.  Great work, I STILL haven't done this so big  to ya!!

Yndio

[AVZ71]

ya i was trippin like crazy cauase i could figure out why it was so hard to get the wire out,  bout 15 minutes later i relized i had skipped step 6 all together haha.  i recommend ya do it, it takes like 5 minutes and i feel more (is that possible?) like a badass cause i worked on my own truck to do this mod ha.

harrison

[butterfingarz]

Just completed my newest mods! They look great. I did the amber DRL's and also the FTDRL's while i was at it. Pretty simple took 30 min but thats only because i had the same problem as AVZ71 and that i couldnt get the double blue wires out. The wires even with the safety clips in are held in by a one way plastic clip inside the hole i just got a very small crewdriver(from a glasses repair kit) and used that to pull the tab back and pull the wire out. Piece of cake haha. Any suggestion what my next cheap mod should be?

Heres what it looks like...

[butterfingarz]

OK need help my FTDRL's dont work anymore!!! The net day after doing the mod i was stop behind someone and didnt see my  amber drl's. SO when i got home i saw that indeed they were not working anymore. So i put everything back to stock and sure enough they worked again. I dont know what happened can anyone tell me whats wrong? I only had them long enought to see them at night not even drive with them

[butterfingarz]

  Anyone with a reply??? I have done this mod 3 times now and everytime the same thing happens now they work normally then when i do the mod the dont work at ALL! Put it back to stock and they work again. Can anyone help me and explain this? Im thinking about doing one of the hundred other ways to do the FTDRL's mod but would like this one since its quick and easy and can put back to stock in 5 min o ya and gets the job done... I dont like the whole look of the diode thing thats exposed on top of the electrical box.

[MEDICO]

Bump it up

[butterfingarz]

I got it fixed even though no one really replied. When taking the wires out i bent the metal tab that makes connection on the underside of the electrical box bent it back and had been perfect ever since.

[grnxnam]

I got it fixed even though no one really replied.

oops, sorry...guess i missed the question.

[RoarinRow]

Took me 5 years but I finally did it   

[WILDFIRE]

bout time slacker 

[RoarinRow]

bout time slacker 

And I disabled my auto on headlights.  I think.   

[grnxnam]

And I disabled my auto on headlights.  I think.   

were you trying to do this, or did it just happen?

[WILDFIRE]

And I disabled my auto on headlights.  I think.   

were you trying to do this, or did it just happen?

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt, ouch! <--------you make the call B 

[grnxnam]

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt, ouch! <--------you make the call B 

911?

[WILDFIRE]

911?

comedy central 

[RoarinRow]

were you trying to do this, or did it just happen?

Well, I put the ignition in the run position, the position before starting the engine, then pushed the dome light button 4x.  I guess that did it, but I didn't hear a confirmation that it took.

When I tested it didn't go on when I released the brake, which is what I want.  Then I shut off the engine then tried again, but it looks like the light when on when I started the engine and released the parking brake.  

Edit - I just read the manual in that last step, it's supposed to do that.  How do I make it permanant?

[firemedic80]

great instructions. jst  got done . it was very easy. thanx for the help.

[butterfingarz]

hey roarinrow what kinda headlights are those? They look good.

[WILDFIRE]

hey roarinrow what kinda headlights are those? They look good.

he has HID's

[anglarry04]

Dude, I tried this mod...no worky!!.    Then I tapped the fuse and duh I feel so stupid.  Guess I kncoked the fuse loose.  THanks for the research!  Took me 15 min.   NOw just have to get the ambers installed.

 

I'm starting this thread to help out all of the members who like me got frustrated with trying to find the correct information and instructions to the Under Hood Full Time DRL mod.

If any of you are like me, if you can't find something with three or four clicks you forget it, but this is one of the coolest mods and its pretty easy. These instructions are compiled from different posts and are only intended for 2002 Avs.

1. To play it safe, disconnect the Black Ground cable from the battery.

2. Standing on the driver's side of the truck, Remove the black curved bracket that connects the fender to the body.

3. Remove the Electrical Center Plastic housing. First the top, then look at the sides of the housing and find the tabs which hold it down. Angle the housing and unhook it from the tabs, and lift it off. This should reveal the naked fuse box which is the contents of the Electrical Center.

4. On the fender side of the fuse box is a locking latch. Push this tab towards the fender and this should unlock the fuse box. Then unhook the tabs at either ends of the side facing the engine. The fuse box is now loose and ready to be turned over.

5. There are different colored sections on the underside of the fuse box; we'll be operating in the green area. It is bolted into the box and it must be unscrewed. Loosen and remove the green connection block. Remove the two blue locking clips on both sides of the green block.

6. On the far right row, there are several wires, locate the double royal blue wire. Remove this wire from its current position and drop it down one (1) hole. Now the right side should have a double green wire at the top, followed by a single red, a single blue, a double purple, then the space just vacated and the newly relocated double blue wires.

7. Relock the green block using the blue locks. Screw in the green block back into the fuse box.

8. Test to see if the mod works. Reattach the Black Ground cable to the battery, and turn the key to the on position. (You don't have to start the truck. The DRLs should come on when the truck is in Park.

9. When everything works as you like it, lock in the fuse box, replace the cover and the top. Reattach the black curved bracket.

10. Sit back and enjoy the sense of accomplishment.

Use these pictures to aid in the modification. The first pic is of steps 1-4. The second pic shows the location of the double blue wires in the green connection block. This picture shows a red wire in the slot where we have placed the blue wires. The red wire is XRover's switch mod. For directions on the DRL on/off Switch, PM XRover.





Thanks to XRover and WesTexAVY!

[RoarinRow]

he has HID's

Thanks Mark!  The headlight housing themselves are from eBay, they are clear corner housings for top and bottom sets.