whats these lights for?

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boomerbsg

3/22/2008 3:37:55 AM

okay i feel absolutly stupid for asking this. but here goes.
the other night when i was driving home i hit my bright lights. and the road did get a bit brighter, but i thought it should have been more than what it was.

so now its 5:30am and i was just outside smoking a cig, i had my keys on me, so i turned on the lights, and hit the brights, and the two uppers did in fact get brighter.
now looking at the picture i posted with this thread. the lights with the arrows pointing to them didnt come on... at all, even with the key in the ignition, they arent blinkers, i didnt try the hazzards though, and probably should have.. so what are they? are they part of the hazzard lights? or are they blown? and if they are, whats the likelyhood that both are blown out? it might be a fuse i'm thinking...
any thoughts welcome, and if you want to tease me for asking this question, i'm cool with that, as long as i get an answer:)

cheers

zkgraves

3/22/2008 7:46:39 AM

running lights maybe? they run during the day.

z71mudking

3/22/2008 9:58:33 AM

they are your running lights

fireman526

3/22/2008 9:03:28 PM

Im pretty sure they are DRL's

Jeckel707

3/23/2008 5:41:38 AM

they are definately your daytime running lights, my buddy has the same truck and headlight setup

ehhget

3/23/2008 10:05:39 AM

Running lights- they dont come on until you shift into gear so if your truck is sitting in park nothing comes on, and if you put your ebrake on with your truck in drive that turns them off too. If you want to see them on you'll have to put it in drive and run really fast in front of your truck

!!!!

fireman526

3/23/2008 12:00:33 PM

quote:

ORIGINAL: ehhget

Running lights- they dont come on until you shift into gear so if your truck is sitting in park nothing comes on, and if you put your ebrake on with your truck in drive that turns them off too. If you want to see them on you'll have to put it in drive and run really fast in front of your truck !!!!

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

boomerbsg

3/24/2008 3:23:53 AM

quote:

ORIGINAL: ehhget

Running lights- they dont come on until you shift into gear so if your truck is sitting in park nothing comes on, and if you put your ebrake on with your truck in drive that turns them off too. If you want to see them on you'll have to put it in drive and run really fast in front of your truck !!!!

yeah you guys are right they are DRL's. i pulled up to a store with a glass front the other day and noticed them come on when i put it in gear.

thanks:D

ActiveMonkey

3/24/2008 6:02:56 AM

mine are not DRL, but instead operate as my perimeter lighting

ehhget

3/24/2008 12:38:03 PM

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ORIGINAL: ActiveMonkey

mine are not DRL, but instead operate as my perimeter lighting

Thats impossible buddy, I think you are talking about the upper lights he is pointing to the lower ones.

ActiveMonkey

3/25/2008 3:57:18 PM

Hey buddy. To make it simple i took some pictures.

I hit unlock button, perimeter lighting comes on:

I insert key and start vehicle, DRL turn on:

Did i miss something? My DRL are the upper right. The small inner lights (The one mentioned my at the beginning of the thread) are my perimeter lights.

Impossoble? Maybe i just have ninja lights?

ehhget

3/25/2008 10:35:13 PM

If I did'nt know any better I'd say you were getting upset

, I was only trying to help. Your headlights are on in that picture that's why your parking lights are also on. Parking lights dont come on with DRL's. If thats what is coming on during the day something is wrong. Either your light sensor is off or your turning them on accidentally.

bad2006z71

3/26/2008 5:37:32 AM

Yea the lights he is looking at on the bottom lens inside closest to the grill are your daytime running lights and your perimeter lights when you lock or unlock your doors. when you first start your truck up the headlights will automatically come on until the automatic headlight sensor in your dashboard registers enough daylight to return back to daytime running lights. you can tell the above picture that the headlights are on because the amber "turn signal" lights are lit up as well.

on the previous body style chevys like the 95-98 when they introduced DRL they were your headlights, but your tail lights did not light up until you acutally switch the headlights on. drove a 1 ton 2000 truck like that.

hope this clears things up for all.

ehhget

3/26/2008 11:34:10 AM

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ORIGINAL: bad2006z71

Yea the lights he is looking at on the bottom lens inside closest to the grill are your daytime running lights and your perimeter lights when you lock or unlock your doors. when you first start your truck up the headlights will automatically come on until the automatic headlight sensor in your dashboard registers enough daylight to return back to daytime running lights. you can tell the above picture that the headlights are on because the amber "turn signal" lights are lit up as well.

on the previous body style chevys like the 95-98 when they introduced DRL they were your headlights, but your tail lights did not light up until you acutally switch the headlights on. drove a 1 ton 2000 truck like that.

hope this clears things up for all.

Exactly, also your DRL's will not come if your in park, you have to be in gear without the ebrake on.

Activemonkey maybe you have somthing covering up your sensor on your dash like a dash cover causing your headlights to stay on even during the day.