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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Humerican:
Hello to all in the family. I am a new member and received my H3 just before Christmas. I live in England as a result of my job.

I too have a similar problem as Alberto's. The garage that did the light conversion on my H3 took out the reverse lights completely and replaced them with amber lights. They then reconnected the turn signals into the amber lights. The problem is that when the DRL's are on and I put it in drive, the amber lights come and stay on which is illegal here (amber lights can only be used for turn signals). They only way to shut the amber lights off is to manually shut the DRL's and then turn on the headlights. I want to have this corrected but am worried the local garages will screw it up further. I also want my reverse lights put back although they are not a requirement in England (still very dangerous).

The garage that did the work is located over 400 miles away but have agreed to pay for the fix if I take it to a local garage.

F5FSTOP - Good description of the issue. Do you know where can I get the schematics to help explain the problem to a local garage?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Look forward to being involved in the forum. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

PM me with your email address. It appears, and this is NOTHING official, but you could totally disconnect the DRLs, then take that wire and tap into the two dedicated signal wires coming from the BCM to the I/P cluster signal indicators. However, I would highly recommend relays.
Use the two I/P signal wires for signals to energize the relays, and use direct battery power for the switch side to actually turn on the bulbs. Protect those circuits with a 15 AMP fuse, and all should be well.
The reason for the use of a relay in each circuit is that the wires to the I/P are thin, they are sized only for low draw bulbs inside the cluster versus some pretty good draws from the actual turn signal bulbs.
Problem is, I can't say this would not set a code in the BCM since the BCM does monitor that circuit.
If this happens, just install some resistors in the old DRL circuits from the BCM to the DRL bulbs (the wires you cut). That way, the BCM sees the voltage drop and thinks the bulbs are working.