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adding drl to 97 subaru outback canada


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baboonia 
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Joined: May 27, 2007
Location: Canada
Posted: May 27, 2007 at 10:49 PM / IP Logged  
I'm helping a friend import a 97 US Outback into Canada. In order to pass the inspection, the car must have Daytime Running Lights added (most cars in Canada after 89 require DRL).
I bought a $25 DRL kit from Canadian Tire, the Hamsar 45040. With a "normal" car, the 45040 detects spark from a spark plug wire when the engine is running then I guess applies a +12V to it's output wire which in turn connects to the low beam terminals of the headlights, regardless of the headlight switch setting.
Subaru uses a relay for each headlight, and the switch appears to switch the negative, not positive. Should I use the DRL module and a polarity reversing relay to apply negative upstream from the relays (i.e. at the switch wire)? Or should I try and hookup the output of the DRL module downstream from the relays to the headlight wires? My concern is if I go downstream from the relays how do I get both headlights to work?
Sorry, I don't have access to 97 Legacy Outback wiring diagram so I'm trying to make sense of it all. Perhaps someone here as tackled this before and has a good solution.
BTW, the color codes on the headlight jack terminals (driver side) are:
horizontal connector = Yellow/Blue
vertical connecter1 = Red
vertical connector2 = RED / Blue
ringojam 
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Copper spacespace
Joined: June 10, 2003
Location: Manitoba, Jamaica
Posted: May 28, 2007 at 9:45 PM / IP Logged  
Check the relay box under the bonnett ,you can tap in there,if this is the same setup like the jdm models.Left and right are there but you need relays.
Jamaica home of the worlds fastest man.

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