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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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Cool Active Lighting "A" mode in daylight

Before I have a fit at the dealership, can someone with a GLK and the Active Lighting package tell me EXACTLY which bulbs are on (front, rear, side-total count) in daylight conditions with the main switch set to "A". Photos would be great. Thanks!

Wayne

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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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2012 GLK 350 P1 COMAND LIGHTING AMG... , 2011 maxima
mine have the LED DRL on when set to A and in daytime.. once it starts to get a little dark or even a cloudy day your headlights come on automatically really haven't looked at the book yet to see what settings the lights have..
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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Thanks Ralph. That won't please the Minister of Transportation & Finance. She wants her lights and she wants them now. We shall adapt.

Perhaps there is a sensitivity scale that can be adjusted to make the lights come on sooner?

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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 06:13 PM
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I have 2010, so my DRLs are xenons and are always on (could be disabled).

If you want your lights on I think you can just put them into "on" position. They will still turn off when car is shut off, I believe that how it works on mine.

LED DRLs are a good idea so xenons don't burn out as fast.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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Thanks. We are cool now. My only nit to pick is not including the taillights in the DRL scheme. There are lots of drain bamaged folks out there who could easily run into us from behind and claim they never saw us.

Wayne

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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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Update. Mercedes-Benz Drain Bamage Bizzaro Lighting Package Scheme.

Light switch on "A": Front amber parking light & lowrider mounted LED strip on. Rear tailights off. WTF?
Rear Fog Light ON. Front lowrider LED strip off. WTF? WTF?
Real front fog lights gone. Replaced by part time LED strip. There is room for both. There is room for more LEDs on the chrome strip. WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF?

The Bi-Xenons and cornering lamps are worth ALL of the above WTF were thinking clueless bone head terminally dumb decisions on the secondary lights.

Wayne

EDIT:

The outside mirror mounted LED turn signals are amber. The rear LED turn signals are red. Dumb! I know. Old news. One more brain dead dumb thing to do.

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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by venchka
Thanks. We are cool now. My only nit to pick is not including the taillights in the DRL scheme. There are lots of drain bamaged folks out there who could easily run into us from behind and claim they never saw us.

Wayne
lol ok, in that case no DRLs will help you
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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lol ok, in that case no DRLs will help you
Probably right. Best to be going really fast so they can't catch you??????

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