Winjet Headlamps with DRL always on mod/kit

[tim.earles]

Hello all,

I have a 13 FRS 6MT with Winjet Headlamps installed for about a month. Recently got up the nerve to complete the DRL always on mod. I am leery of electrical and wiring but I had a buddy help me out. We only did the drivers side so far....

We followed the instructions exactly as described. My problem is the LED strip does not light up as a DRL and it ONLY works when headlamps are in the ON position WITHOUT the high beams turned on. We checked, double checked, and even triple checked all the connections but no luck. Does anyone have any tips as to what the issue could be?

My buddy was thinking that it could be a diode put in incorrectly in the always on kit. Is there a way I can check that?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tim

[tim.earles]

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Please help!

Thanks for looking!

[RWfan]

i just got mine working recently. What instruction are you referring to?

[tim.earles]

The instruction sheet with pictures that came with the kit.

Any info you can provide would be very appreciated. I have held off on doing the other light due to timing constraints. Would love to know if I am missing something before I do the other light.

[CrazyWookiee]

This might sound trivial, but did you drop the handbrake? Your DRL's will turn off when the handbrake is up, but when its dropped the DRL strip lights up for me.

[tim.earles]

Haha, yes I thought of that but it did not work. As I stated it revered the operation of the DRL's from being active with no headlights to only active with the headlights and not with the highbeams. Very perplexing.

[Vroomin86]

where did you buy the kit?

[tim.earles]

Sadly I bought the lights and the kit from a vendor on ebay...

[RWfan]

no worries tim, i got mine from eBay also. im about to write a DIY. stanby...

[tim.earles]

Cool, thanks in advance!

[RWfan]

this DIY is for this product.
here's the link:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCION-FR-S-W...-/191335866653





i thought i was getting the FT86 product for a third of the price but after watching their video, that's when i realized that i did not...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-NztsSDBj0"]DRL mod - YouTube[/ame]


...ill spare you the details on how i got it working and just show the results.

OK, this product came with an installation guide. STEP 1, STEP 2 and STEP 3. i need you to put a pause on this for now. we will incorporate both guides(eBay & FT86) to complete this install.



the main difference between these two products is that the FT86 model came with an extra pin and the eBay item did not. you are going to need those missing pins so lets start.


what you need to do is to pay close attention of this segment(0:09 - 0:23) of the video from FT86. this will show you how to take the pin out of the harness.

you need to get your stock(OEM) headlights and look for the harness that is similar to the Winjet harness as shown on the video. you are going to unpin two of these wires. the picture below is the harness that came from the stock headlights.




make the cut at least giving you four inches of slack from the pin to give you extra room to work with. this was painful for me to do but essential unless you can get a hold of these pins somewhere else.




you will notice that there's a brown rubber grommet on the pin that came from your stock headlights. do not worry about this for it will just slide back out when your about to install it. you'll know what i'm talking about after watching the video again.



you are now going to splice one of the wires where you made the cut on the end of the white wire to the eBay harness using the red wire tap provided as illustrated below or you can do the cleaner look...ie.solder & heat shrink.



repeat process on the other harness...


time for the install.

looking back on the FT86 video, do exactly what the video is showing from start up to 0:57. the provided pin is the pin we took from the stock headlight.


looking back at the installation guide that came with the harness from eBay. follow STEP 1 & STEP 2. do not and i repeat DO NOT follow STEP 3.

start the engine and give it a test before tucking everything in place.

CONGRATULATIONS, you have now finished the install.





i wanna say thanks for the video #fteightysix has provided us.
this could not have been possible for me to accomplish.

[tim.earles]

I would like to sincerely thank RWfan for this howto. Earlier today I got my lights to work as expected and I could not be happier.

Thanks again RWfan!

[Fang]

thanks so much for posting this! I bought the same kit on ebay thinking it was the ft86 kit. the seller is terrible as far as customer service and selling a kit that doesn't work 100%? thankfully i have hope now, i just ordered fogs so i'll hopefuly fix my winjets while i'm installing my fogs. thanks guys!

[BobbyDee]

what color temp are you low beams? it looks like they match the DRL color