How to have instrumental cluster to be always ON?

[JS + BRZ]

Yes!

Love the look when it's lit up. That's all.

[chas3wba0]

Originally Posted by Marchy

because a lot of the time i'll want my lights on before auto will kick in, and sometimes when driving through a shaded forestry area, i don't want them to kick on.

also on auto, i don't think the car will ever just turn on the park lights,

Not to mention the "smarter" Auto headlight feature makes for dumber drivers (in general, not directed to anyone here). I see more and more people driving without their headlights on at night, probably due to accidentally turning the lights to "OFF" one time, so they don't even think to turn them back to "AUTO" and drive around stupidly thinking the illumination from their DRLs is from their headlights.

[Frost]

Originally Posted by JS + MS3

How come you don't just leave it at Auto?

I just don't trust auto - I know, I know, I know it unfounded but I don't like walking away from a car that still has it's lights on. My IS300 always creeped me out and I never used auto after the first time I got it off the lot.

I find it really annoying when people drive around without headlights on at night though... friggin' stealth cars...

[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by Frost

I just don't trust auto - I know, I know, I know it unfounded but I don't like walking away from a car that still has it's lights on. My IS300 always creeped me out and I never used auto after the first time I got it off the lot.

I find it really annoying when people drive around without headlights on at night though... friggin' stealth cars...

Trust the machine, dude. You even have this as your profile picture.



The light turns off itself like 15 seconds after you lock it.

[Frost]

Originally Posted by JS + MS3

Trust the machine, dude. You even have this as your profile picture.



The light turns off itself like 15 seconds after you lock it.

There's a man in the machine

The way I look at it is: that's 15 seconds of juice it's draining from my battery for no real reason.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Marchy

turn on the parking lights,

Relevant:

24800. No vehicle shall be driven at any time with the parking lamps lighted except when the lamps are being used as turn signal lamps or when the headlamps are also lighted.

Amended Ch. 58, Stats. 1961. Effective September 15, 1961.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24800.htm

Originally Posted by JS + MS3

lol tint on the front windows are illegal regardless of the % in LA.

http://www.iwfa.com/Portals/0/PDFDoc...201-1-2013.pdf

Not illegal. But best to keep it very light if you want to not get tickets for it.

3M Crystalline 70 all around (including front windshield):
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...27&postcount=4

-alex

[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by Frost

The way I look at it is: that's 15 seconds of juice it's draining from my battery for no real reason.

Sorry man. I'm not that anal about it.

Originally Posted by mav1178

Relevant:

http://www.iwfa.com/Portals/0/PDFDoc...201-1-2013.pdf

Not illegal. But best to keep it very light if you want to not get tickets for it.

3M Crystalline 70 all around (including front windshield):
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...27&postcount=4

-alex

I've been driving for about 13 years with 5% tint on my front windows. Got 1 fix it ticket back in like 2006. I usually roll down the windows whenever I see a cop around.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Marchy

good thing for our cars the DRL and boomerangs are on so we don't have to worry about that.

The driving lights, I agree.

The boomerangs are not headlights, and would be subject to the above referenced law.

Whether it's relevant or not, that's entirely debatable. I'm just referencing the CA vehicle code so people don't get confused to what is law and what is not.

Example: if you are driving under conditions where you constantly have to use the wipers, you are required (by law) to turn on headlights. Do people actually do this? No.

-alex

[JS + BRZ]

Oh, it's called boomerang. That's cool.

[chas3wba0]

Originally Posted by Marchy

I did not know that was law, i just did that because common sense tells me if visibility is reduce, say by rain, i need to make myself as bright and visible as possible. (without blinding people obviously)

That's something they should have taught you for the written test before getting your driver's license

Perhaps you did learn it, but forgot that you did, hence you see it as common sense since it's a habit

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Marchy

I did not know that was law, i just did that because common sense tells me if visibility is reduce, say by rain, i need to make myself as bright and visible as possible. (without blinding people obviously)

It varies by state. Not law in WA but in many other states it's a requirement (or if visibility is low):
http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/laws/headlight-use/

-alex

[OoLong]

Originally Posted by JS + MS3

Just got my car 5% tinted last weekend. It looks awesome with the tint, but there's one problem.

Damn... How the hell do you drive at night? I am worried for your safety

[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by OoLong

Damn... How the hell do you drive at night? I am worried for your safety

It's not new to me. I've driving like this for more than 10 years.

For small local streets, you just roll down the windows. Not much of rocket science.

[Rayme]

Do you have a friend who's good with electronics? There has to be a way to bridge some wires from inside the cluster itself so it's always backlit whenever it's powered on. It's quite easy to remove and with a multimeter, should be easy to spot which lead to tap into. Very simple project.