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Nolden Drl's And Sidelights

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Hi, I have bought some Nolden Daytime running lights for my 2011 Focus. I am aware that one step needs to be skipped in the UK, as to not disable the sidelights when fitting otherwise it would fail an MOT. What I was wondering was, will the DRL's dim when the sidelights are turned on or just when dipped beams are on or will it need to be rewired slightly differently?

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    Hi, easy one this. Just splice (for best results solder and heat-shrink) blue wire to left hand headlight live feed at headlamp (Brown/blue wire).DRL's will dim when headlights are turned on. No need to go anywhere near sidelight circuit. Hope this helps.

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    Thought DRLs had to be off when dipped lights are on?

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    Mine passed MOT wired like this.

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    That's great thank you, obviously didn't want to lose my sidelights. Hoping to get this done on Thursday :)

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