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Subject:Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
From:David Marshall
Date:Thu, 7 May 1998 22:13:39 -0700

At 20:50 5/7/98 -0700, Wolfsburg wrote:
>Several months ago I took a trip up to Canada and saw that the Canadian
>version of the Vanagon have daytime running lights.  How do you adapt a
>US version of the Vanagon to have this option?  Does any know how to do
>this?  I have a 1991 Vanagon I would like to add this feature to.
>
>Thanks
>Floyd Truskot

Most people here want to disable the DTRLs!  The simplest way would be to
hook up a relay that is triggered when you turn on the van.  This should
cost about $5 and about 2 hours of work if you take your time.  In the
newer Golfs and Jettas it is a function of the headlight switch.  I suppose
I should look in the Bentley manual to see how it is done.

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