2013 Ford Focus DRL Install
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2013
- This is my "aftermath" video of the DRL install on my 2013 Ford Focus S. These lights work on the 2012 Ford Focus as well. You can find the lights here:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-REPLACE...
I didn't see much of a walk-through on the internet with these particular DRL. The lights themselves came from China, and it eventually took like 3 to get here but they came! They were well packaged but there were no wiring instructions. It has a Red, Black, Yellow, and White wire. The red and black were obviously power and ground. The yellow i assume is an ignition wire and the white wire is in Chinese, so I didn't want to start tapping into lines on a new car without knowing what i'm doing so i just wired them straight to the battery. They actually turn off and on after a short delay when the car turns off, so it isn't a constant drain on the battery. As you can see in the video, the lights actually never went off until I hit the lock/unlock button. Since I just installed these lights yesterday, i haven't actually played with the timing on the lights to much, but I found out the DRL will turn off when the parking lights turn off as well. I assume this is just some kind of computer thing in the car itself in relation to the battery but it benefits me in this particular case. If anyone happens to know exactly what the yellow and white wires are for just leave it in the comments that would be great! This video will also be posted on our website at:
www.tech2much.com
I hope this video at least helped someone get an idea of how these particular DRL install. I will also be doing a video shortly on my fog light install which will be a little more of a step by step than this video was.
Thank you for watching!
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the yellow one connects to the ignition and the white one connects to the headlights so that they Dim when you turn the headlights on
Out of the Controller side...
Red: Connect to B+
Black: Connect to B-
White: Connect to Headlight+ (for dimmer function)
Orange: Connect to ACC (car start, DRL ON)
Out of Connector side...
Orange: Connect to Turn Light+ respectively.
These were the instructions I found on eBay. I'm assuming "B" is battery and "+"and "-" are positive and negative.
Thank you so much! I looked everywhere for those instructions!
The 2 other wires are used to connect to your Fog/headlights.
One wire is used, so that, when you turn on headlights, DRL turns completely off. (some country's require this) i think this is your ACC wire.
The other wire is used to dim the DRL when lights are turned on. (DRL will only give 50% power in dim mode)
So I purchased mine from Amazon through Vakabava. They come with nothing but a positive and negative (Red and black) wires. Between the power cables and wiring harness is a box which I assume controls the drls, should I splice into one of the headlight's wiring harness or straight to battery (plus a fuse)
Another question for you Cody,I see you have a k&n typhoon on there.honestly speaking,and taking into account most guys would say it made a big difference in power even if it didn't really to much so they felt better about spending the money that typhoon is worth,without word of a lie,did it justify the cost or come close? What do you feel when you jump on the gas?? Thanks.
bill smith hello i have k&n 69 series typhoon on mine it does make a difference but not alot what you get is a really nice sound from your engine and more response at the time of punching the gas pedal if you’re sensitive about what goes on with your car you can tell the difference no more than 5hp will be added imo the bad news is as it’s made for cold air only when you’re in those summer days and its really hot out your car will feel sluggish hope this helps you also I don’t regret buying it have a good day
although if you hook up the yellow wire to accessory's like it says to, the lights will stay on until you turn the key off completely.
I have installed these in my car also. The red is positive and the black is ground, the yellow is for ignition and the white is for the power side of you low beam/parking lights so they will dim once turning you headlights on. I on the other hand did not want them to dim so I hooked up the yellow wire to the yellow/blue strip wire coming out of the headlight assembly wiring harness which that wire is for the little parking light of the headlight assembly so as soon as I turn on my parking lights they will turn on and then they will shut off if you just have you key turned on so you can listen to you radio without them being on. I also left the white alone not hooked to anything.
i ordered these and mine only has three wires a red, black and white im going to guess that red is positive black negative is the white my ground? Any help would be appreciated thank you
Hi Robert, YES please show us step by step How to connect the LED wires.
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How do you ground the black wire? Would I connect it to battery negative? I'm really cautious and just wanted to make sure
The white wire might be for light dimming, when u turn on your headlights the drl dim, because in some states it's the law.
got a quest bro have u had any trans problems? i have the 12 focus sel n its been in n out of the dealer shop under warrenty like 12 times n i have this loud rattle wen idle on passenger side idk wat it is , if u have same issues any info would wrk
You are buy white DLR or White and Yelow ? In 2 colors yelow cable its for turn lights and white cable to fog lights if you take on fog lights DLR automaticly off but red cable must conect to ignition wire not directly to batery look where you are buy lights is described how conect DLR lights
Hello buen video disculpa no se ve bien las conexiones me puedes decir como cone tastes los cables
If Your in the Uk you will not pass a mot unless you have got acc ( accessories) and the cable in Chinese may go to your headlights so when you Turn on the lights the DRLS dim or turn off
hi i heave these installed but the lights will not go off any ideas??
red wire to battery + black wire to battery - white wire to live sidelight or dipped headlight.the drl will come on when you start your car and go dim when the sidelight or dipped headlight is on the other 2 wire's go to live wire indicators...i did not bother with then just wanted drl"s
the white wire goes to the headlight power live on my car the wire is white and blue striped then when u open car doors the deds will power up and when u unlock car they will flash also
Did you have to pull the battery out to work on it? Just got my DRLs in and waiting for it to stop raining when I noticed that the negative on the battery is impossibly far back in the engine compartment. Also, did you end up having to splice any wires? The ones I ordered have the turn signals incorporated in to them, so I understand that there might be a difference in installations.
Probably to late to comment but the negative grounds out above the battery on the frame
I just did this install after being frustrated as hell. I searched for videos like crazy and found nothing. Like you I have the 2012 S model had no instructions at all. The red wire goes to positive on battery, and the black wire negative terminal on battery. The white wire is what makes the drl's dim when headlights are on. To do this, you splice it into the wire that turns the yellow light on the headlight or the first turn on the light switch. I actually cut the wire and used it for the drl instead since I did not want the yellow light on with the drl. I do not remember the pin number but the wire I used is the wire from the headlight harness. The yellow wire is for accessory 12v power so when the car is running, without the light switched turned and in off position, the drl is on, and drl turns off when car is off. To do this, I fused the yellow wire with a 15 Amp fuse and placed it into fuse slot 37 in the fuse box under the hood. That allowed for the 12v power.
This works and works perfectly without any problems. If needed I can make a video.
Robert Besancenez I am about to order these but they also have the blinker built in and I can not find a step by step video and I know nothing about wiring. If you post a video I am sure it will be appreciated.
Zayden Zembree i just watched a video of these lights but the ones with the blinker in it. i dont think i like those ones. lol.. i have the normal ones without the blinker on my car.
Fyi you don't have to put it threw the firewall .. just run red to positive on batt and black to negative on batt. Then run your white to to one of the headlights wire
Hey Cody b,I like your led D&L setup,planning on picking up the same lights for my focus.so basically you popped out the triangle shaped covers,popped in the new triangles that have the led strip,what did you connect them too? I just want them to work and am looking to keep it simple.any pro tips you could give me? Thanks man.
bill smith are you still looking on how to install them?
Thanks for asking, i changed my mind and me and the wife are going to the philipines in about 8 months, so im saving the money.aint spending on the car for awhile
bill smith sounds good. Have fun!
Unde trebuie sa leg firul alb pentru diming? La farla becul de faza scurta?
Is it play and plug?
The yellow cable should be connected to accessories and the white cable to the fog light.
How do those come out
Hello guys! I was reading the instructions for the DRL Installation on the Ford Focus and I wonder if you could help me with some further instructions. I purchased the DRL lights and imported from CHINA.
I have 3 different wires colors:
Red (which suppose to connect to B + )
Black (which suppose to connect to B - )
White (I do not know what to do with this)
I do not have any other wire or any other color. I tried to connect the red and black wires to the battery and it worked but the lights did not turn off when I turned off the car. The light keeps shining all the time....unfortunately.
Could you please advise on what to do with the white wire? Maybe this is the wire that allows me to ON/OFF the DRL lights?
Thank you very much!
I believe the white wire needs to connect to your ACC wire. That should tell it when to come on.
If that doesn't work try putting the red wire into pin 10 or 12. I had to do a lot of research and forum reading. Good luck.
T Dwnex The yellow cable should be connected to accessories and the white cable to the fog light.
Cum scot triunghiurile de plastic originale?
So do the lights stay on all the time when the car ignition is on? All I want is for the lights to be on all the time when the car is actually on.
Mine actually turn off after about 10 seconds of the car being off. And all I have is the power and ground wire hooked up. I'm not sure why it actually does that but it works out. I like mine on all the time as well.
Cody Brown DRLs typically tend to sense the voltage difference in the charging system when the car's running (14.5V from the alternator vs 12V from just the battery), so when it reads 12V it counts down and turns off like the regular headlights do.
Are those the DRLs that also have the turn signals built into them?
No, these are just the regular ones. The other ones are on ebay for just a few bucks more, I think. These were the $79.99 ones.
Cody Brown Those are the ones with the turn signals. and they should flash with your lock/unlock function. They don't make these without the turn signals, it's just that not every seller on ebay mentions it. That's what those 2 extra wires are for are the turn signals ad extra functions of the lights.
how did you get the plastics out of the bumper exactly.
I pried them out very carefully and them when they didnt come out i got a little rough with them with a straight screwdriver. Didnt damage anything though. Behind the plastic there is more plastic that im guessing acts as a prop to keep the cover supported, but the lights wont go in with that there so i took a dremel and sawed it all out. At this point i was pretty determined to get the new lights in.
Hi. I just bought the cheap chinese DRL lights for my focus and it came with red and black wire.the black goes on the ground and the red goes to fuse 37.it lights up when put ignition on,the is turning of when you switch the engine off.i can make a video to help.
The ACC wire needs to be connected to car igniton
Yellow wire hook it to your drl white is ground bro
I got the same lights.mine came with like 4 wires, red was battery positive, black is ground, then i forget the colors of the other 2 but one is suppose to connect to your ignition or whatever turns on when you start the car and the other one is supposed to connect to the headlight low beam light so when you turn the headlights on they will dim that way they wont be so bright at night and blind drivers coming at you. I also installed fog lights that i got off ebay. i have a 2012 Ford Focus. i temporally ran the wires threw the door, when i get time im going to try to figure out how to run them threw the firewall. when i get time ill make a new video of my car and you can see it. so if youd like just subscribe to my page and youll get a notice when i add a new video. thanks and your car is looking good.
Omg i just “👌” to you today at OU. LMAO
One of the wires (most likely the white one) needs to be patched to the wire that goes to the parking light or headlight, off of the harness to the headlight assembly.
I just bought these lights, and the instructions I got with them talk about connecting an "orange" wire to the headlight wire on the harness.
There is no "orange" wire. What I have matches yours.
Another person posting talks about turn signals. Maybe? The white and yellow wires are for "switches" at any rate.
I shall be playing with my installation, and see what goes on.
How did it go? How many wires and what color were they? Which wire went where?
I didn't use the yellow wire at all. The lights work great. I have since added the R8 projector headlights in black, by Spec-D tuning.
crabapple86
Nice setup!
I finally installed and figured it out. I also replaced my headlights but went with the "eagle eyes" off ebay. I love them.
So I installed my drls and it had a black, white, and yellow wire. The manufacturer said the black wire needed to go to the negative on my battery. Yellow wire needed to go to my ACC. I didn't want to mess with my vehicles wiring so I stuck it in fuse F42 (rear wiper) and it lit up like xmas. The white wire is for your headlights or parking lights (your preference when you want the drls to dim). Since I don't want to mess with my wiring I looked at the fuses. But the fuse I can attach it to is under the dash not the engine compartment so I just taped it up and do not have the dim feature.
I was kinda bummed but I really did not want to expose the wires coming from my vehicle. If it were the wires from the headlight I could buy another set it it got corroded or shorted or whatever. (Although I wouldn't want to drop another 350 on headlights either but it would still be fixable/affordable.)
The lights look great either way. I'm very happy with them.
Notes: If your setup had another wire (4 total) you probably have the drls with the blinker function. Connect the blinker wire to your "blinker" lights wire or find the fuse.
If you do not know which color wire goes to what...ask the manufacturer. I found another forum with someone who had the same color wires but it was set up differently so I could not follow similar placement instructions for each wire.
This was so frustrating at times so if you have any questions I am more than happy to try and help.
P.S. I also installed HID lights and THAT is a whole other story. After all the work and anger...it looks sick and I'm so proud!
So again, I feel your pain guys! Let me know if I can help.
T Dwnex
I am going for a red and black theme. I haven't done HID on mine, as the projector headlights actually do a pretty fine job. My next endeavor is to add the oem fog lights.
crabapple86
Sweet! I'm going for the red theme too. Fortunately my car came with fog lights so I don't have to go that route. I sincerely hope it goes smoothly for you.
I just replaced the fog lights with white LED since I don't use them any ways. They are purely aesthetic. I even got red LED lights to put in...apparently red is the third best color for fog. (At least I can maybe get some use out of it.) Yellow and orange are 1st and 2nd. Works for me!
Acc hook it to drl connection
That's one thing I notice between the Ford engine and my old 02 Civic, they are noisy as hell. My Civic engine was so quiet you couldn't even tell it was on. Focus models are known for vibrations, Ford needs to step up their game. I'm already fed up with the reprogramming of my computers, and the Shudder Customer Satisfaction Transmission Seal Replacement/Possible Clutch Replacement (revised in 2013) and now another letter about 2012 Focus models may not start or lose power while driving and may be the TCM computer has electrical issues. Wow, Ford, just send out letters and don't replace our TCM's automatically like Toyota is doing with our 03 Corolla Driver's Side Airbag Control Modules circuit boards.
These must be the Chinese ones, the Ford dealer has the ones that go Horizontal instead of Vertical. They want $299 for the DRL light kit and another $99 to put them on your car.
I just installed this on my car. I had a weird problem with mine though. Had the Red on Posi and Black on Neg and put the Yellow wire into a fuse that was ACC. (didn't use the white wire, didn't care for the 50% dim) the lights would turn on but after turning the key back to off, they would not power off. So i swapped the Red wire and put that into the fuse box and put the Yellow wire onto the positive terminal and it fixed the problem. Just in case someone has the same problem i had, this is a quick fix for it.
KillerSatan962 which kid did you get? where they spec-D tuning ?
Yes they were, had to get warranty done on my First set though, 3 months in and passenger side shorted out and started flickering.
mine have been acting weird, they work perfectly 80% of the time, sometimes they'll come on and when i turn my car off and get out they won't ever turn off no matter what i do, i end up having to unscrew the ground a bit and then they turn off, and sometimes they won't come on at all then ill unscrew the ground connection and tighten it back and they'll come on, i have red to positive, black to ground, and yellow to F42 fuse with 15amp fuse. also when i wired them like you have them without the yellow they didn't turn on at all no matter what, then when i accidentally touched the yellow to the battery they came on, so thats when i knew i needed the yellow wire. by the way i have a 2012 ford focus sfe
***** I'm not using the White which is the 50% dim. Put the Yellow on your Positive and the Red one your fuse. Should fix your problem. if you want Private message me your E-mail and i can send you a photo of how mine is hooked up.
jhobbs9@gmail.com
Can any one help me?!?!!?!
I ordered these lights and only have a yellow and white wire
As well as the the black negative.
I know the yellow is the power but If I hook it up to the battery it stays on.
If I hook it up to the high light power they only come on when the headlights are on without a dim
Any help?
are you still stuck??
Unfortunately yes.
Chris Wallace i sent you a message on your discussion board check it out if you have any problem send me an email so i can forward to you my pictures
Im not really familiar with youtube and the discussion board. My email is wahwahwallace@gmail.com
thank you!
Hi
I have same lights with 3 wire only so yellow you need to connect to fuse nr 37 black to earth and white to headlight positive if you connect like that this will be works fine
It`s in Dutch with instructions and photo`s
www.focusclub.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=43642&page=4
From
www.ebay.com/itm/291193935988?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Good luck with it.
Gr
Peter