Hi beams convert to daytime running lights?

[karakuri5]

Has anyone tried making their Hi beams(I believe 9003 bulbs) into low light output daytime running lights?
Up here in Canada, DRL's come standard on every car made since the early 90's(I think). Anyhoot, what I'm trying to do to my P5 is have the lights used for the hi beams to come on instead (at a lower light output). I have seen some cars like the Honda Civics that have this set up but not sure how the DRL's output light at a lower intensity and yet emit full power when the hi beams are activated.
Rewiring the headlights and using relays to activate the inside light on my P5 are not a problem but how do I send lower voltage to the 9003 bulbs thus emitting lower intensity lights? Perhaps some kind of load resistor inline from the battery to the bulbs? If so, where and what do I need?
If anybody has any ideas/suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Valk]

why not use fogs as DRL? you wont miss your highs?

 

[kboutsider]

why not use fogs as DRL? you wont miss your highs?

I'm in Canada too and that's the route I went. the how-to off the site is really easy to do. It also gives you the option to put your DRL's on a switch so if you are like me and need your DRL's to pass inspection I just flip the switch take it into the garage and they are non the wiser.

 

[pr5owner]

why not use fogs as DRL? you wont miss your highs?

but you can get 9005 high powered LED's that draw like 3w as DRL and look like HID's!

 

[Don Juan]

I don't get it, if the car does not come with them, they have to pass it, and then why would you want to go through all that work for something most people remove or bypass.

 

[Valk]

ive yet to do the drl mod to mine but i havent gone hid yet so i dont have to. would need to upgrade the fogs though. and it seems the catz ones are really hard to find. any good alternatives these days?

 

[karakuri5]

Thanks for your suggestions Valk & Pr5owner.
I bought my P5 new in March 2001 when they first came out and probably had the Fog light DRL mod done the 2nd week of ownership. Since then I have also experimented with a couple of PIAA Tera LED bulbs I bought in Japan both in the fog lights as well as the High beams. Recently I have come across a few new Honda's and Mazda 3's that have the inside Hibeams as DRL's at low power and they look quite sharp, especially with the Ion Crystal gold bulbs. So back to my original question: has anyone done this mod to their P5's? and if so, please help.

 

[InFlames]

I toyed around with a similar idea a while back, I have yet to install my HID kit so I just might do this when I proceed with the install.

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119488