automatic lights sensor......

[BLLDOGG]

i am hoping to make a switch for it so when at night, i dont want the light to come on automatically, i can flip the switch to disable the sensor and i can control things. anyone done this? and does anyone have any idea as to where the sonsor is and how i could go about doing this? i have searched and this all i got. nothing use for really.

[terminaldegree]

just a stab in the dark [my car doesn't have this], but is there a fuse for that feature that could be removed?

[BLLDOGG]

i dont want to remove the feature. just control it and turn it off when i want. i dont know if there is a fuse or not though. probably is

[speedy-v6-camaro]

The sensor is in the top dash vent. If the two wires are connected it won't turn the lights on automatically...mine is the opposite...I took the sensor off so they are on all the time.

[BLLDOGG]

so your saying if i disconnect it, the lights will stay on all the time? i was think of taping into the wires and connecting it to a switch so when i dont want to the lights on at night, i can flit the switch to off and voila

[skorpion317]

yeah that kinda pisses me off too. i'd like to be able to control when my lights come on.

[ABH]

Put the hand brake up one click. I read somewhere that 1 click does not engage the rear brake.

[CamaroRob97]

auto lights dont come on until the hand brake is down, but you dont wanna have any extra scraping on the rear brakes unless you want to replace pads and such quciker then normal.

Installing your own switch would be a good idea, if you could find a wiring diagrapm on it would make it easy, but just find which one ya need to cut and put to swtich no biggie.

[BLLDOGG]

Originally posted by CamaroRob97:
auto lights dont come on until the hand brake is down, but you dont wanna have any extra scraping on the rear brakes unless you want to replace pads and such quciker then normal.

Installing your own switch would be a good idea, if you could find a wiring diagrapm on it would make it easy, but just find which one ya need to cut and put to swtich no biggie.

thanks, a wire diagram is what im hoping someone will help me out with

[speedy-v6-camaro]

Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by CamaroRob97:
auto lights dont come on until the hand brake is down, but you dont wanna have any extra scraping on the rear brakes unless you want to replace pads and such quciker then normal.

Installing your own switch would be a good idea, if you could find a wiring diagrapm on it would make it easy, but just find which one ya need to cut and put to swtich no biggie.

thanks, a wire diagram is what im hoping someone will help me out with </font>[/QUOTE]Why? All you need to do is pop off the dash cover...thereis the light sensor...if the wires are connected then it thinks there is light...if not...then it is dark and will turn your lights on...all I did was take the sensor out leaving the wires disconnected and my lights are on whenever I am driving.

[BLLDOGG]

Originally posted by speedy-v6-camaro:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by CamaroRob97:
auto lights dont come on until the hand brake is down, but you dont wanna have any extra scraping on the rear brakes unless you want to replace pads and such quciker then normal.

Installing your own switch would be a good idea, if you could find a wiring diagrapm on it would make it easy, but just find which one ya need to cut and put to swtich no biggie.

thanks, a wire diagram is what im hoping someone will help me out with </font>[/QUOTE]Why? All you need to do is pop off the dash cover...thereis the light sensor...if the wires are connected then it thinks there is light...if not...then it is dark and will turn your lights on...all I did was take the sensor out leaving the wires disconnected and my lights are on whenever I am driving. </font>[/QUOTE]what im getting from what you keep saying is that the lights will be on all the time, not what i want. and i dont want them to never come on automatically. what i want is to be lazy and have them do the turning on for me and when i dont want them on at night, flip a switch which disables the automatic feature and voila, no auto lights at night when i dont want them

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

umm seems easier to do the switch on the e brake? the brake light would stay on the dash but who cars lol

BTW you trying to stalk someone? [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

[malice10985]

I have wanted to get rid of that damn sensor for years now. I have just never gotten around to it.

I have a haynes manual with lots of wiring diagrams. Maybe it is in there somewhere. I will do some under-dash surgery on saturday and take pictures. We should make a mod review for this and settle it once and for all.

[John_D.]

The connector to the light sensor is a two wire connector. Put a jumper between the two wires to disable the auto headlights. Put a switch in your jumper wire, to control whether the auto feature is disabled or not...

[BLLDOGG]

Originally posted by John_D.:
The connector to the light sensor is a two wire connector. Put a jumper between the two wires to disable the auto headlights. Put a switch in your jumper wire, to control whether the auto feature is disabled or not...

this is the best answer so far, thanks :D