[s-cars] Keeping DRLs with a McCullough HID kit via the fogs?Is it possible?

[Mark Strangways]

Again there seems to be a Parallel circuit in there that turns on the lows 
as well.

Maybe I will get back to it, see what is what.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
To: "Igor Kessel" <KBATPO at comcast.net>; "Dave Forgie" <forgied at ae.ca>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Keeping DRLs with a McCullough HID kit via the fogs?Is 
it possible?


Why not just set up the fogs to run independently of the low
beam?

That's how my S6 was set up, along with my wife's '96 A6. Tap into
a new switched power source and run that to the indash switch.

Lee



On Mon Apr 24 03:56:20 PDT 2006, Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Dave Forgie wrote:
>> Contrary to many people, I actually like DRLs and wouldn't want
>> to lose  them when converting the low beams to HID via a
>> McCullough kit.  I know  there are procedures to disable the
>> DRLs so the circuit doesn't kill the HIDs
>>  prematurely.  However, has anyone looked at keeping a form of
>> DRL, i.e.
>>  running the fogs (at 70% power) while disabling the DRL to the
>> low beam
>>  circuit.  I am sure it could be done, probably just by
>> re-routing the DRL  power to the fogs via a relay (or relays).
>> I would still want to be able to
>>  switch the fogs on full via the normal circuit as well as the
>> HID lows via  the headlight switch.
>>
>> Any Canadian-types (Fred?) done this yet?  I like the McCullough
>> HID conversion but I will not give up my DRLs.
>
> Dave,
> while I have nothing to contribute to the DRL retrofit question
> (I am in the opposite camp and have disabled mine as soon as I
> acquired my car) I would strongly recommend going the kosher OEM
> HID projector route rather than doing the 9006 to D2S base hack
> "grafting" praying that the HID hot spot would miraculously end
> up in the precise focal point of where the 9006 filament used to
> sit. Failing that you will get a horrible beam dispersion worse
> than the OEM Halogen that you started with. They will still look
> cool in blue but the colour is probably not what you're after.
> Let alone the lack of the Fresnel lens in the OEM Halogen
> projector and the lack of the proper European 15º rise to the
> passenger side (the so-called European Asymmetrical Beam).
>
> I am yet to be shown an aftermarket HID kit that would even
> remotely impress me after having driven w/two sets of OEM HID
> projectors for a couple of years now.
>
> -- Igor Kessel
> two turbo quattros
> both w/proper European HIDs
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