Instrument panel/Dash lights

[Tommy's SHO]

I sometimes drive my vehicle in the daytime with the headlights on for "safety" reasons and it is hard to see the readout of the clock/EATC. Is there a way to turn off the instrument panel lights with the headlights turned on?
Thanks.

 

[SHO92]

How about using a DRL module with a switch on it so that you can only use them when you want to instead of all the time?

 

[Tommy's SHO]

SHO92:
How about using a DRL module with a switch on it so that you can only use them when you want to instead of all the time?

I thought of that and it is a great idea but I need a DRL module....My SHO was imported into Canada from the US and does not have the DRL module.

 

[shoble]

All Gen 2 SHO's have provisions in the forward lighting harness (under the hood) for a daytime running lamp module. Vehicles shipped outside of Canada had a jumper installed instead of the module. The jumper can be unplugged and module can be plugged right in it's place. I'm not sure of the best place to pick up a module, but most Ford vehicles with DRL used the same module.

 

[91 SHOplus]

Where would one splice into a Gen1 car for one of those DRL modules?

 

[SHOZ123]

Seeing as the radio/EATC lights receive a reduced voltage when the headlights are on, it would be simpler, cheaper and easier to just wire in a toggle switch to give the affected light circuits the full 12Vs when you want it.

 

[quadmasta]

SHOZ123:
Seeing as the radio/EATC lights receive a reduced voltage when the headlights are on, it would be simpler, cheaper and easier to just wire in a toggle switch to give the affected light circuits the full 12Vs when you want it.

it's a pain in the butt to trace that "wire." The power actually is switched at the headlamp relay.

 

[Slo-Sho]

Solid Brown wire located at the top of the headlamp switch pigtail. I've put a switch on this wire myself...for those stealth mode getaway situations.

 

[Tommy's SHO]

Slo-Sho:
Solid Brown wire located at the top of the headlamp switch pigtail. I've put a switch on this wire myself...for those stealth mode getaway situations.

Thank you Slo-Sho. thumb