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Author Topic: pop up headlight retraction delay  (Read 4464 times)

sheinbuch

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pop up headlight retraction delay
« on: March 17, 2021, 12:47:19 PM »

is there a way to remove the delay of the headlights going down? or is that just a quirk of the car?
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Rocketman

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Re: pop up headlight retraction delay
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2021, 10:59:51 PM »

I bet this could be done by modifying the circuit in the headlight control module, it's probably a capacitor/resistor network that determines the time delay, if I had to guess. I've never investigated that.

I'm guessing the factory did that for a reason, perhaps so the lights don't go crazy if you accidentally bump the switch or something like that.
If you dig into it and find anything, let us know!
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sheinbuch

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Re: pop up headlight retraction delay
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2021, 11:48:53 AM »

idk much about electrical stuff, my old man does, next time I'm in town ill have him take a look and see what we can find out
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