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Re: Euro-headlight switch...
- Subject: Re: Euro-headlight switch...
- From: sfarnham <sfarnham@pacifier.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:29:53 +0000
David Anderson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Finally got my Euro headlight switch yesterday, installed it, and wanted to
> share with everyone how it went. ...(I've noticed a lot of people saying they
> still had daytime-parking-lights, or the "parking brake" light no longer
> worked, but I had no problems. Mine's a '95 GLX, btw.)
>
> It took me about 6 minutes. I popped out the old healight switch, and plugged
> in the new one. Then, underneath the dash, I popped out the DRL relay (red,
> #94, way up at the top of the relay panel). It came out with some effort.
> Then, popped out the relay in position 10 (Relay #110). That's the fog-light
> relay. And, popped in the jumper that Timmons VW sent. (Had spent the night
> before looking at the schematic to figure out which two terminals the jumper
> would "jump". But, it only fits in one way, so that's easy enough!)
>
> So now I can have:
> no lights
> parking lights
> parking lights & fog lights
> low-beams
> low-beams & fog lights
> high-beams
> high-beams & fog lights
>
> Plus, my "brake" light on my dash still comes on when I pull up the parking
> brake.
>
> ...and FINALLY - I won't be riding around with my lights on all the time!
>
> Dave
I had the same experience with my '95 GTI, but my switch (from ND)
forces the switch to the headlight "on" position if I pull out for the
fogs...is this the same as anybody's??