disable auto headlights on 99+ with touch of a button

[HvyChevyZ71]

I dont know if this is a fluke or not but i thought i would share this with yall, my dad has a 2000 Z71 and after messing around with the dash, I some how stumbled upon pushing the dome override light button 4 times and it makes a little chime then the headlights go off and you have automatic control of them. He has had two of these trucks, both were 2000's and they both did this, I though it was pretty cool and wandered if any other did the same thing.

[Luke2kZ71]

yeah, thats how u do it in a nbs :D

[HvyChevyZ71]

wish i had that luxury.:cussing:

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

Only works on 00-02 though...I KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT WORK ON THE 99's...have to put a resistor inline with a couple wires in the BCM...not sure bout the 03-04 models though.

Pat

[BC Rod and Custom]

Originally posted by HvyChevyZ71
wish i had that luxury.:cussing:
Click your parking brake to the first notch. :) It doesn't engage the parking brake at all but activates the switch so that the lights turn off. Been doing this for years as I hate the DRLs.

[Carnios]

?
why do u hate em, i kinda like em

[DMAXMAN]

on the 03+ the headlight switch is made so if you turn it to the left, it disables the DRLs and auto headlights.

[HvyChevyZ71]

Originally posted by z-71rocks
Click your parking brake to the first notch. :) It doesn't engage the parking brake at all but activates the switch so that the lights turn off. Been doing this for years as I hate the DRLs. I do it all the time, i just would like to have a button instead of worrying about my parking break being partially engaged and driving around.

[Steveo_supremo]

I do it all the time, i just would like to have a button instead of worrying about my parking break being partially engaged and driving around.

Just pull your DRL fuse in the fuse panel @ drivers side of dash. Works like a charm.:D

[belmont]

it's such a habit for me to push it 4 times that i reach to do it everytime i drive a different car. :whatever:

and sometimes i forget if i did it or not when i don't drive off right away and it drives me crazy. :crazy:

[XxVortecChevyxX]

i like the auto headlights in my new 00 :D :D

[daigle]

don't have that in canada...:(

[chevyman992002]

i don't like my auto headlights. i think it looks better right around dusk to ride with just the parking lights and foglights on.

[aberbaseball7]

my 99 didnt work with the dome override switch, but my 00 worked like that... I also used the e-brake trick on my 99 NBS...

On my 04 it allows you to do it with the regular headlight switch...

[Green95Hoe]

for the OBS. wouldnt it be easier to tap directly into the e-brake switch and install a seperate one to control it with. Ya know, trick it into thinking its the e-brake switch when its really a dash switch

[Citizen Rider]

i dont have auto matic headlights, i just turn a dial:D

[HvyChevyZ71]

lol, I didnt think it irritated people so much. Originally i had the fuse pulled but i wanted it back, i would just like a button to control it like the newer guys. I guess this is a commonly known fact for 00-02 guys.

[philsummers21]

lol yah it says it in the owners manual. I hate automatic headlights.