AMBERS 101 - ATTENTION NEWBIES - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMBERS

4x4dreamer · Sep 29, 2017

jmcclung11 said:
Put in my ambers yesterday! Easy-peasy on a 2005! I can't do the full-time DRLs in VA if I want to use my fog lights with my headlights. "Legally", you can only have 4 lights on facing forward. I had the wife start the truck and put it in drive...I also told her to put her foot on the brake . They look great!

We have the no more than 4 lights forward at a time here in West Virginia as well, but I suppose I don?t play by the rules >:D

I?ve got full time ambers and my Fogs on High.. Haven?t had an issue yet, but if I do I can undo it pretty quickly.

Where abouts in VA are you??

Dalefan · Oct 2, 2017

jmcclung11 said:
After thinking about this one some more....isn't in illegal in VA to have fog lights on and high beams? I don't want to fail inspection. I could always put the DRLs on with the high beams, I think that would be ok.

Look at the picture in post 3 of the link. For 4 on HI, you only need diode #2 between the 85 pole of the HI Relay and the 85 pole of the LOW relay. That will keep you in compliance with Virginia laws. Using just that, when I have my Lows on, only lows and fogs will illuminate. When I have my HI beams on, only the highs and lows light up

jaan · Monday at 3:45 AM

I've had amber DRL's in my Avalanche for 17 years now...are they still a thing? Nobody has ever commented on mine and I've only ever seen one other Avalanche on the highway in Pennsylvania years ago.

MS03 2500 · Monday at 10:22 AM

I still have mine also and I think most of the long time owners still have them. Most of the owners now have no clue about them. It's like Corvette owners they always wave at other Corvettes on the road but now adays newer owners have no clue.

frito · Tuesday at 6:56 AM

Still rocking my ambers, but I guess I’m an old timer by now.

bpdutton · Tuesday at 10:29 AM

Mine have been in since 2018 when I joined this site.

DaCurmudgeon · Tuesday at 3:50 PM

I'm newish around here but added ambers when I swapped the buckets on my '07 earlier this year.

I also wave to other Avy drivers. They look at me funny, but oh well.

Be the change, or some such.

MS03 2500 · Wednesday at 10:41 AM

I'll usually flash the head lights when I see ambers coming at me.
But rarely do I see any, the last one was in Southfield MI it was a Black Cladded AV.

ronthehandymanga · Wednesday at 4:41 PM

Still have mine in.

frito · 2024-04-18T09:08:49-0400

I remember all the threads of ambers spotted in so and so - who is it. Haven’t seen one of those threads in years