Don't think I have seen that option in there before, there's very few things you can change. Even as diagnostic tool, it kinda sucks.. a lot.

 

I wanted to do this when I got my car last year but I don't believe it is possible.

 

I've never considered wear-and-tear to be a concern with full LED lights.

 

I wouldnt have thought so either. Till i started hearing these stories of people getting charged insane prices on other vehicles. Not sure about these on ours. I know of one personally. Not onlineA woman i dated had a friend where she worked that paid close to $3,000 to replace a failed assembly on the rear if her SUV. It was a GM vehicle i believe. Not a mercedes, lol. LEDS generally have a crazy long life on a spec sheet, but ive had several fail in my home. There is extra circuitry in those that probably fails. Not sure on cars . Hopefully its not an issue on ours

 

Before picking up my BRZ I had the dealer turn off the DRLs and do a few other things*. Now if I want them on I turn the headlight knob to the "parking lights" setting. That turns on the DRLs and the tail lights, which seems better to me for the times I want DRLs, like a very overcast day. It probably also turns on the side markers by the from wheels but I haven't checked.

*I'm also glad I had them make it so when you set the HVAC to blow out the windshield vents the A/C doesn't automatically come on. I can turn on A/C myself if I want that air dried. Sometimes I just want to direct the air out those vents to get fresh air in the cabin without it blowing on me.

 

Ha!! I used to do things like this!! I wouldn’t use the sun visor so it wouldn’t wear out. End of the day, I decided to just enjoy my cars and use them. Chances of it being a “forever” car is almost zero

 

Bingo! Don't be your grand parents, putting clear plastic seat covers on the car so that the next owner can enjoy the perfect seats. Use the car and have fun doing it.

 

Lol, i ageee with that sentimemt I I wouldnt do that, or anything like it ..DRLs add nothing to my enjoyment when the sun is blazing here in Florida.and ive heard of these light cluster units costing
thousands, which i wouldnt want to spend. Id rather have those cool wrap arounds working at night when it would be more important to me.

 

Thats a bummer that we can't turn off the DRL. I personally don't want them on. Heck! I don't need them.
Just another unnecessary things that they throw into the car to...

 

The stats disagree.

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• In one North American study of fleet vehicles, researchers found those with DRLs on during daytime hours had 7% fewer crashes.
• In another study, specific to Minnesota between 1995–2002, researchers found that the crash rate among 184,637 vehicles without standard DRLs was 1.73 times higher than for those with the lights.
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also found DRLs reduced:
  • “Opposite direction daytime fatal crashes by 5 percent.”
  • “Opposite direction/angle daytime non-fatal crashes by 5 percent.”
  • “Non-motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, daytime fatalities in single-vehicle crashes by 12 percent.”
  • “Daytime opposite direction fatal crashes of a passenger vehicle with a motorcycle by 23 percent.”

 

I'm the complete opposite. I want them on all the time as it adds to the look of the vehicle but it's stupid to have the corresponding side turn off when that signal light goes on except when the headlights are on. Then they're always on regardless of left or right signal. Looks like something is wrong with the car when you're using your signals during the day when that drl is off with the turn signal blinking.

 

It's dumb but basically all modern cars do it. Probably to increase the visibility of the turn signal lamp or something, I would guess.

 

The first gen cars had a DRL relay located behind the passenger side wheel liner that people would unplug. It might be there on the second gen cars.

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I pulled that fuse out the next day after delivery. No more DRL but at night still a dimmer light on like normal.
What am I missing here? Just pull the DRL fuse.
I pulled DRL fuses out of my Hondas and Acuras.

 

Hmmm. Did not know the led wrap around would still work with lighta on. If thats the case, thats an easy fix. Thanks

 

I never saw an option to do this in TechStream, including latest version.

 

This is disappointing, I bought the dauntless device here: BUNDLE - DauntlessOBD Enhanced + 2022+ GR86/BRZ ASC CAN Adapter . I was able to turn off the DRLs being on all the time but when the stalk is set to the DRL option and i do want them on, the DRL still appear off(really dim light appears, not full bright). I just set the oem setting back to DRL light on all the time as it doesn't make sense to have the DRLs be very dim when choosing it on the stalk.