DRLs on when light switch is off ...

[TwinsPoppa]

Need a confirmation please from people who have DRLs enabled.

When you have your light switch in the OFF position (straight up), are your DRLs still on or do you have no lights at all?

I wired my Angel Eyes to a SPST switch so I can run them as my DRLs. However, a few things are happening that need to be resolved.

1) DRLs are on all the time (Prior, I could have sworn they did NOT come on when the light switch was in the off position).

2) When in the Auto mode (all the way left) does your green light switch illuminate all the time (even in daylight)? Or does it only illuminate when it's dark and the xenons kick in and the DRLs are off?

3)The dash now displays "Check Side Light". I'm guessing that this is because of the wiring called for in the Angel Eye DRL article on the home page. I think this message will go away if I use the OEM Pos/Neg wiring (instead of using my own as called for in the article) but place the SPST switch before the car's light switch:

a) I'm gonna tap the power/positive wire going from the car into the light switch and hook that up to the POWER(#1) connection on the SPST switch.

b) I'm gonna tap the positive wire (inside the angel eye housing) and hook that up to the LOAD(#2) connection on the SPST switch.

c) I'm gonna tap the ground wire (inside the angel eye housing) and hook that up to the GROUND(#3) connection on the SPST switch. I don't think this is necessary as I think any ground will work - but just in case.

Has anybody else followed the DIY article and ran into the problem of "Check Side Light"? I will mention that I have changed the Angel Eye buld to a LED bulb from ebay. I don't think this is causing the problem as I've had them on for awhile and did not have this problem until I started wiring the SPST switch. Also, obviously, I have not had the dealer turn off my DRLs. I wonder if the "Check Side Light" message would go away once the DRLS are turned off? I kinda doubt it though.