I have decided to contribute to my useless existence on the forum by compiling some of the stuff I found out there,including from other forums,that might me helpful to the many new 2011 & 2012 owners/members of the forum.
Quite frankly,I am not a fan of this mod,mainly because your DRL bulb is also your high beam . Disconnecting the DRL would eliminate your high beam all together. This is not advisable as well as dangerous.
Quite frankly,I am not a fan of this mod,mainly because your DRL bulb is also your high beam . Disconnecting the DRL would eliminate your high beam all together. This is not advisable as well as dangerous.
You can disable DRLs and keep your high beams (or split them off and run Halos or something else instead for the DRL while keeping the high beam Halogens; it's what I plan to do at some point with Halos, although some prefer to just disable them and have them come on with the parking lights so you can have no lights/stealth if you want; I'd kind of like a separate switch to just turn them off when I want, but have them on the DRL circuit, personally):
If you are interested in analyzing your oil you can go to Blackstone Labs .They will send you an oil collecting kit free of charge.You must then take a sample & send it to them.And for a cost of $ 25.00 you will receive an oil analysis.
The manual says synthetic. It doesn't have to be Subaru brand as long as it meets the specs (and I'd have to find a link to the lab analysis, but I've been told it wasn't exactly a top performer, which is why I'm saying you're better off with Valvoline or Mobil 1 or whatever that is high rated).
If you click on that link it will elaborate in that thread and includes a picture of the plug you need to disconnect in order to disable the DRLs but keep your high-beams (little silver box/plug near the right side fender).
Okay,I guess the only way to find out if the DRL DIY will work is to try it out.I'm done removing my front bumper or I would have experimented.If anybody is going to remove their bumper for any reason & decided to try this out please inform us about the results.
I'm still against doing it due to safety issues.
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