I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to have the lowbeams stay on when you hit your highbeams? If you just pull back a little on the passing light they will stay on with the highbeams. Do you guys think they would not overheat or diminish the life of the bulbs?

Staying on the lighting theme....can anyone show me some pic's of aftermarket fog/driving lights they have put in their grills?

Thanks!

 

Why would you want that?

 

I've wondered the same thing. i love the extra light output when i barely pull on the stalk but wish it would stay.

 

Have you tried it? I think we have great lights, but when you hit the highbeams you lose a lot of the "directly in front illumination". Pull on your passing/highbeam switch just a little bit tonight and you will see what I mean. It is much brighter with them both on! Brighter is gooder....

 

I like to keep all aftermarket wiring as separate as possible, so I would connect a relay coil across the hot wire to the lights (black for RH and Black-red stripe LH) with a T-Tap, and then connect to the switched grounded wire ((black-yellow stripe) right out of each light, with a T-tap. This will energize the relay anytime high beams are on ( I would use separate relays right by each light so as to limit current draw on each hot wire that is factory protected with a 10A fuse). (test to make sure relay clicks when high beams are on) You are half way there.
Then connect a T-Tap into the (black-white stripe)wire right out of each light, and wire that through the contacts of each relay and then to chassis ground. Put a switch in there if you want to be able to turn this option off.
I installed driving lights in this manner, which is basically what you are doing, except you are using your low beams as your driving lights which should only operate when high beams are on.
If I can help with any further information, please ask. I can draw up a schematic also if that would help. Disconnect battery before starting just so you make sure that nothing gets grounded in the process and blows a fuse. My driving lights can be seen by clicking on my xB to the left. (Page 2 mod #30) Good luck.

 

Sure, sure, more light is better, but if you want more light, just figure out how to keep you fogs on with the brights. Lots of light right in front of the car, lots of light far off, and it looks a hell of a lot cooler. Thats what I did in my Matrix. Just a thought...

Good luck though!