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Old 07-13-2009, 05:33 PM
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How do you guys make eyebrows and fogs to be on w/out headlights

My understading is that you can't have fogs on without headlights, how do you guys do it? I really like the look of eyebrows and fogs as DRL.

I tried searching for DIY but only found bulb replacing related threads.

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two clicks right from 12 o'clock and pull out. Unless they messed around with the GLK
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two clicks right from 12 o'clock and pull out. Unless they messed around with the GLK
That turns headlights on as well...
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That turns headlights on as well...
Unless your car is different then no, 1 click over is Auto, 2 clicks is the parking lamps and then one click back are fogs as well. Rear fog only works with the headlights on also.
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Doesn't say in your manual? For us, one click right is DRL, two is parking, three is headlights. How many clicks can you go clockwise from 12?
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one click right is just the eyebrows right? there are no "DRL" in the traditional sense (think low energy on high beams) like on lexus cars
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You guys are right, 1 auto, 2 parking ligths, 3 headlights...but I believe it'll pop out for fogs in position 3 only, I'll double check today.

I'm surprised stock C can have fogs without headlights as I thought US as well as many other countries require use of headlights if fogs are used, and many car manufactures make it in such a way that you can't have fogs on without having headlights on. That's why I thought you guys figured out a way to "hi jack" this.

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Originally Posted by joshg1001
one click right is just the eyebrows right? there are no "DRL" in the traditional sense (think low energy on high beams) like on lexus cars
erm, right, I meant auto, not DRL.

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You guys are right, 1 auto, 2 parking ligths, 3 headlights...but I believe it'll pop out for fogs in position 3 only, I'll double check today.

I'm surprised stock C can have fogs without headlights as I thought US as well as many other countries require use of headlights if fogs are used, and many car manufactures make it in such a way that you can't have fogs on without having headlights on. That's why I thought you guys figured out a way to "hi jack" this.

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If it's the same as us, it'll pop in position 2 and 3.
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you guys are right position 2 lets me pull out to turn fogs on AND this also shuts off xenons that come on as DRLs in 12 o'clock.

However, there are two issues. I have extra sets of parking lights next to xenons (closer to the grill) that serve as parking lights as well and parking lights don't turn off automatically. So I guess I can't have C-class look.

Here is the pic of your ref. Btw, the light on very left in the pic is corner illumination light wihch comes on instead of fog light.

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