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Old 03-05-14, 05:57 PM
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I put my car in neutral, and turned on my headlights/foglights. I walked to the front of my car to see what lights were on:

lowbeams
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small orange lights inside the highbeam casing

when I put my car in park and checked the lights again, those were the same lights on in the front.

Where are my parking lights?? I was going to order a new set to replace with LED (part of my facelift project), but i'm not going to order any if they aren't even part of my lighting setup. Am I missing something?
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they're the small orange lights inside the highbeam casing
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ok, i thought those were the DRL's, and that those were on when the car was in neutral/drive/reverse.

So, i guess my question is, where are the DLR's located, and when do my parking lights come off and DRL's come on?
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i checked my setup today, and when i turn my lights **** 1 time, the lights come on in the upper corner of the casing of the hibeam area (yellow/orange lights). are those my Parking lights? and my DRL's are basically always on, right in the center of my hi beams. Can someone confirm this?
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The drl is the same bulb as highbeam, just running at like 50 percent power. Yea the tiny light bulb inside the highbeam housing is the parking light
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Originally Posted by Downtuned
i checked my setup today, and when i turn my lights **** 1 time, the lights come on in the upper corner of the casing of the hibeam area (yellow/orange lights). are those my Parking lights? and my DRL's are basically always on, right in the center of my hi beams. Can someone confirm this?
Turning the **** 1 time will turn on your parking lights with the DRL still on. Turning the **** 2 times will turn on your low beams with the DRL off.
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perfect, thank you!
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Thanks! It was indeed burned out on the broken side (awaiting replacement) so presumably on the good side too. I wonder how many years they've been out!
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