Getting Rid of Daytime Running Lights

[sboost]

I've got a 2000 Boxster with halogen headlamps. It's a Canadian model type with daytime running lights. I recently replaced the headlight assemblies because both main beam lenses had yellowish burn marks. I see this regularly on typically half the Boxsters I look at and have neve been able to get a good explaination as to why this occurs from either my dealer or other Porsche forums. My car has never used anything but the standard 55W H7 bulbs from day one. I'm convinced that it is probably related to having daytime running lights, because I don't see it mentioned very much on this forum, presumably because the majority of members have model types without daytime running lamps. I can't help but feel that running with the headlights on in addition to the hot midday sun reflecting into the lenses must at least be a contributor.

So now I'm determined to not have the same thing happen with my new headlights, and I want to loose the daytime running light feature. I've read the threads on the subject and removed the daytime headlight relay. As expected, it was as simple as that and the lights only came on when I turned the switch. All of them worked perfectly with the exception of the license plate light which never comes on without the relay installed. Does anyone know of a simple hack to bring the license plate light on along with the rest of the lights when the daytime relay is removed??

[CJ_Boxster]

you can probably tap into the rear parking light power and have that as a power source for the license plate light power.... its close by and would run off the headlight switch just like the parking lights and as if you still had the daytime running relay installed still.

[koya1893]

you can probably tap into the rear parking light power and have that as a power source for the license plate light power.... its close by and would run off the headlight switch just like the parking lights and as if you still had the daytime running relay installed still.

From what I read in one of the hacks out there to have daytime running light, the canadian model have an additional relay just for the daytime running light finding that would be a good start to eliminate your daytime running light. I have a 2000 S I did the hack and incorporated daytime running light. One question. have you used this new product that polish and removed the yellow tint on the head lights. I notice that on my headlight had the yellow tint and got some of the polish and rub off the yellow tint of my car. Got it at Advance Auto.

Ben