Took delivery today of a Rapid Sport today and I'm really pleased with it. Feels leagues above the Monte Carlo in terms of refinement, general finish and solid build. It's made me realise also how noisy the Monte diesel was on idle as I can't hear the 1.2 TSI at all!

 

But my question is..Has anyone turned off the daytime lights? it says to take out the fuse, Does the fuse cover underneath the dash just pull off as I cant shift it! i The handbook also states to move the indicator stalk to turn them off but this dosn't seem to work and say's this method for cars with Stop Start ?  Anyone know what that is?

 

Cheers.

Your better just leaving them as is aren't you? They are a good safety addition.

I had to remove the fuse on my Fabia which is poverty spec and doesn't have the switch in the fuse box that some have.

Just check that the fuse doesn't also cover anything else you might want available.

Worst case scenario is that you might need VCDS to disable them, so a semi-permanent solution rather than say, a seasonal one.

Edited 26 June, 201412 yr by RapidReaction

Absolutely leave them on! Volvo invented the idea on the principle it could save your life or somebody elses.

The LED lights are the low running cost equivelant and cost nowt to run. (versus dipped or side lights)

 

My rapid came with them switched off and i switched them on first day!

Bidey fae Perth

I am puzzled why someone would want to turn them off. Make your car less visible? What a great idea!

Absolutely leave them on! Volvo invented the idea on the principle it could save your life or somebody elses.

The LED lights are the low running cost equivelant and cost nowt to run. (versus dipped or side lights)

 

My rapid came with them switched off and i switched them on first day!

Bidey fae Perth

 

Completely agree leave em on... They aint LED's on the Rapid though I'm afraid they are Halogens... (Fully Endorse people switching em for LED's tho).

OOPS!! I'v been done ;<)

 

Bidey

Ref

"Completely agree leave em on... They aint LED's on the Rapid though I'm afraid they are Halogens... (Fully Endorse people switching em for LED's tho)."

 

Are they easy to change and do they show up as faulty light on dash?

Bidey

Cheers, yes will leave on, as on  further inspection I now realise the DRL's are separate bulbs and not the actual headlights as I first thought!

Edited 26 June, 201412 yr by charles

Absolutely leave them on! Volvo invented the idea on the principle it could save your life or somebody elses.

The LED lights are the low running cost equivelant and cost nowt to run. (versus dipped or side lights)

 

My rapid came with them switched off and i switched them on first day!

Bidey fae Perth

 

We can only assume he's either a private investigator or a terrorist so needs to be covert.....

I've left mine on (I have a switch in my fuse box, others don't - it seems random whether it's fitted or not?)... It does amuse me though that they're brighter than the side lights

If you look in the bulb they are your high beam light as well as DRL's 2 Filament 

I am puzzled why someone would want to turn them off. Make your car less visible? What a great idea!

The answers are glaringly obvious if you can still see:

http://www.motorists.org/drl/reasons-to-oppose

Oh, and aesthetics.

I don't take antibiotics either as they're not the panacea they once were as they're overused.

I can't say I agree with any of the assertions made in that article if I'm honest, and I've certainly had no problems with 'glare'. There also appears to be no real survey conducted, just a case of 'many motorists claim'. Facts gleaned from people posting on internet forums perhaps?

The answers are glaringly obvious if you can still see:

http://www.motorists.org/drl/reasons-to-oppose

Oh, and aesthetics.

I don't take antibiotics either as they're not the panacea they once were as they're overused.

But the National Motorists Org are American,..... enough said.

American DRLs are high beams and on way too high voltage / brightness.  At least initially, they allowed series 2 high beam connection, ie 6V-7V per HB lamp which is crazily bright for a DRL (limit was set to cut costs no doubt, as these would not need an electronic regulator or separate DRL lamps).

At half voltage HB DRLs have other problems, most notably blackening of HB bulbs over time.

 

For me, DRLs make a lot of sense.  I have factory DRLs (2nd bulb in fog lights) which I swapped for LEDs in the Roomster.

I also have high beams with dual function as DRLs on the Superb. To get acceptable and non-glaring/blinding daytime brightness from high beams to work as DRLs, you need just 3V - 3.5V unloaded voltage (from 95%+ efficient voltage regulator) , which is probably ~10x less bright than US regs on DRLs state.

 

So I'd take any American forum comments on this with a bucket sized pinch of salt

 

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American DRLs are high beams and on way too high voltage / brightness.  At least initially, they allowed series 2 high beam connection, ie 6V-7V per HB lamp which is crazily bright for a DRL (limit was set to cut costs no doubt, as these would not need an electronic regulator or separate DRL lamps).

At half voltage HB DRLs have other problems, most notably blackening of HB bulbs over time.

 

For me, DRLs make a lot of sense.  I have factory DRLs (2nd bulb in fog lights) which I swapped for LEDs in the Roomster.

I also have high beams with dual function as DRLs on the Superb. To get acceptable and non-glaring/blinding daytime brightness from high beams to work as DRLs, you need just 3V - 3.5V unloaded voltage (from 95%+ efficient voltage regulator) , which is probably ~10x less bright than US regs on DRLs state.

 

So I'd take any American forum comments on this with a bucket sized pinch of salt

 

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Great technical account of DRL's on your car's

So what can i do with my none LED DRL's on my Rapid?

A blow by blow account would be fab

 

Bidey fae Perth

You can swap DRL bulbs for LEDs, that's usually the easiest option. I have not looked into Rapid DRL's yet (what bulb type they are), but if they're anything like all earlier Skoda DRLs, they would use P21W bulb. In this post, I showed ones for the FL Roomster (and Superb 2 among others).

 

I will have a look at what Rapid uses later today or over weekend, though in the meantime, perhaps someone else would advise what bulb type Rapid DRLs use and if they are monitored (give error when taken out)?

Edited 27 June, 201412 yr by dieselV6

I've left mine on (I have a switch in my fuse box, others don't - it seems random whether it's fitted or not?)... It does amuse me though that they're brighter than the side lights

 

I think its because the brighter the light, the easier it is to see in daylight but in the dark they would then be to bright, which is why side lights are not as bright. So another question could be why have sidelights at all? as in the dark we all drive on dipped headlights not just side lights!

Edited 27 June, 201412 yr by charles

If you need to switch them off, I know it is in the maxidot display which is done via the buttons on one of the stalks on my Octavia. There may be the same/similar option if you have a maxidot type display inbetween the main dials on your dash

I'm leaving mine on as I now realise they are not the headlight bulbs.

My friends 2010 Polo has it's headlights as DRL's and as a result they had to change the bulbs 3 times due to them blowing!  Just notice how many Polo's there are with a headlight out!

Edited 27 June, 201412 yr by charles

You can swap DRL bulbs for LEDs, that's usually the easiest option. I have not looked into Rapid DRL's yet (what bulb type they are), but if they're anything like all earlier Skoda DRLs, they would use P21W bulb. In this post, I showed ones for the FL Roomster (and Superb 2 among others).

 

I will have a look at what Rapid uses later today or over weekend, though in the meantime, perhaps someone else would advise what bulb type Rapid DRLs use and if they are monitored (give error when taken out)?

 

I do not think you can get leds for the Rapid as same bulb as high beam. Unless you can get a brighter xenon bulb

The bulbs are H15 12V 15/55 w the 55 w is for the high beam and the weaker 15 w is for the DRL's

Then I guess the only choices are to keep them as is,  or if they are just too bright, to lower the voltage to them using a digital voltage regulator (3-terminal DC-DC converter, e.g. here, here or here, input/output plugged in place of the fuse and ground to car chassis or any "-" wire). Cost is from £1.50 onwards, and about 10min job.

Or as a last resort switch them off by pulling out fuse, online manual says #17, but I'd just dim them down instead if you get flashed on the road in daytime.

Edited 27 June, 201412 yr by dieselV6