HOW TO: Override DRLs on a GA

[Kullski]

Wow just finished Disabling my DRL for my 2002 grand am gt1 using the sunroof fuse.
If any of you still consider doing this I recommend saving alot of time to do it. I consider myself really good at wiring but it sill took me an hour and a half. It really was a pain to lay upside down over the back and passenger seats. You really have to maneuver yourself to get to the Wires and they are really short. REALLY SHORT I even soldered both them and it was a pain. Have fun to the people in the future.

[g4mbl3]

Originally Posted by Kullski

Wow just finished Disabling my DRL for my 2002 grand am gt1 using the sunroof fuse.
If any of you still consider doing this I recommend saving alot of time to do it. I consider myself really good at wiring but it sill took me an hour and a half. It really was a pain to lay upside down over the back and passenger seats. You really have to maneuver yourself to get to the Wires and they are really short. REALLY SHORT I even soldered both them and it was a pain. Have fun to the people in the future.

actually for me, i have an 02 gt, and i just snipped the blue wire, and grounded it. didnt have to do a damn thing to anyother wire. and the wires are not short at all, just go further up to snip it, and then add wire of your own. took me max of 15 minutes and that was finding all my tools and going inside and out. not a problem at all and no svs light

thx!

[Kullski]

15 minutes is a little bs if you ask me. Im a built guy and 6ft tall. Unless your a midget or a weak kid there's no way you took 15 minutes. Especially if you soldered it.

[g4mbl3]

Originally Posted by Kullski

15 minutes is a little bs if you ask me. Im a built guy and 6ft tall. Unless your a midget or a weak kid there's no way you took 15 minutes. Especially if you soldered it.

well lets see. im 18, im not a midget, or weak - dont see what any of that has to do with how long it takes, plus ALL I DID was find the bcm, take out the plug, snip one wire, add some other wire, ground it, reattatch the connector and replace bcm. barely 15 min. so just because your "built" and 6 ft tall shouldnt mean a damn thing. id say maybe max of 20 min still for you if you just do what i did

[Emdev2]

Originally Posted by SSRacer

Hmmm...I just tried this method on my 2002

**Apparently this method works as well**
Ground the dark blue wire(b4) and run a jumper wire from the brown wire (pin 8 on the bottom) to the sunroof fuse on the Passenger side fuse panel.

It got rid of the DRLs, but replaced them with the parking lights. I can no longer turn my parking lights off. Guess I'll have to pick up a relay and try the other method.

The only thing is that I spliced into the brown wire instead of cutting it in two as there was some confusion about this. Should I cut it?

Am I reading this right? You were able to disable your drl and figure out a way to replace the parking lights as the drl's?

[SSRacer]

Negative ghost rider.

I screwed up due to vague directions. The parking lights were always on in that configuration.

[3800SII]

Originally Posted by Rich

one page back man.

Ok I tried this mod in my 04 grand am. The SVS light immediately came on.
Anybody else know what I should to to keep it off! Can I still splice the wire in the
BCM connector?

[sk8rjess]

ive tried the whole grounding thing, and it didnt work at all. idk why. its a 2000... any ideas?

[3800SII]

NEVER MIND.... I pulled the wrong darned fuse. It works fine! Thanks

[ioseida]

Originally Posted by SSRacer

OK. Someone asked me if I had any pictures since I did this on my 02. I didn't, but out of the kindness of my heart, I sweated my butt off in the garage for a bit to take some pics, so here you go.

This is only for the DRL disable on a 2002 (and whatever other years are the same...2001 I think).

This is the BCM still under the dash:


This is the BCM after I slid it out of it's holder, the middle connector is obviously the one we are interested in:


Here you can see the two wires. The brown (spliced to white) goes to power, the blue (spliced to black) goes to a ground (the other side of the cuts are just taped off):


There is not much wire to work with, so it's a bit of a pain.

Another pic from the back to show the wire locations (ignore the speaker wire):


The white wire that I attached to the brown goes to the sunroof fuse:


Hope these help some of you out.

will this procedure work on a 2001 gt1 without a relay

[Tank33]

Are there currently any kits available for disabling DRL's? I do not want to hack up my wiring, so I am just curious if there is a kit made??

[armith]

There used to be a kit available some years ago. From what I have read and heard the kits we're decent but still required some "hacking of the wiring" A 2nd generation was in the works the be more plug and play but I don't recall it ever happening.. Due to the price and limited availability, this is why this How-To came to be. I thought about building a kit a couple years ago but I didn't want to put in the R&D and take on the potential liabilities of selling an aftermarket product that has potential legal and warranty consequences.

[thormxkid]

Tank33 you have an 04 right?
just pull the fuse under the hood (22)...
no wiring to mess with.

[RPO3]

Does Anyone Have The Pictures That "SSRacer" Posted On Photobucket

[SSRacer]

Sorry about that. I decided to organize my photobucket because stuff was getting too hard to find... Fixed the links here:

Originally Posted by SSRacer

OK. Someone asked me if I had any pictures since I did this on my 02. I didn't, but out of the kindness of my heart, I sweated my butt off in the garage for a bit to take some pics, so here you go.

This is only for the DRL disable on a 2002 (and whatever other years are the same...2001 I think).

This is the BCM still under the dash:


This is the BCM after I slid it out of it's holder, the middle connector is obviously the one we are interested in:


Here you can see the two wires. The brown (spliced to white) goes to power, the blue (spliced to black) goes to a ground (the other side of the cuts are just taped off):


There is not much wire to work with, so it's a bit of a pain.

Another pic from the back to show the wire locations (ignore the speaker wire):


The white wire that I attached to the brown goes to the sunroof fuse:


Hope these help some of you out.

[RPO3]

Thanks!

[iApex]

Okay sooo i read through all 26 pages and it still unclear to me... What is the method used for the 01 GAGT's?

[Mattz]

is that safe to just attatch it to the sunroof fuse? I have a sunroof will it effect it in anyways?

[K WeRd]

as long as the key is on, there will be zero problem.

[SSRacer]

Haven't had any problems with mine.