This is such a poor design by Nissan, the Auto function should be in a different direction than the parking lights and "On" position. It should go Auto-Off-Parking-On. That way we wouldn't have to cycle through Auto to get to the "On" position.

Anyway, here is what I do: The Auto lights will not turn on unless the ignition is on so in the morning or evening I turn the switch to the parking light position before I start the car. It took a little while to remember to do it when I got in the car but this way I have control over the lights and I don't have to worry about damage to my HID's because I'm quickly going through the Auto function. And I turn my car off first then turn the lights off for the same reason..

 

 

Alright Blue02 I'll try and help seeing as half the jack***** on this forum just make fun of people for asking simple, although valid, questions. I've actually thought of this before myself and I similarly wondered if it was significantly shortening the life of my HID's. I had my dad watch the HID's while I turned the switch. It seems they did not come on if you flip it quick enough. So there is your answer, test it yourself by driving up to a vertical wall (e.g. garage door) and see if you catch any light on the surface when you flip the switch.

 

LMAO!

 

i wasnt the one who said "trying to get to 15 arent we" you did and i just laughed at the remark cause it was pretty funny


but i want to get 22's with an eibach drop

 

make sure to do it on stock struts..

 

I told him this on the last page,trying to answer a stupid question with a solution, why is this thread still alive?

 

WOW, I got so for asking how to eliminate the auto function. prety funny how even the know it all's have such a firm grasp on thier comprehension skills to tell me "just turn them off" when i clearly asked how to disable them completly....yup...you are my hero's


thats alright though...my car doessen't lose any oil...how can i make it start?...should i clean my t.b. and move the blade? maybee is should go spam the pic thread and tell people not to b.s. there, just to do that very thing with out posting pics....hmmm.....my hero

maybee i should take my god like skills to the dealership and convince them to give me a new motor because it looses oil....after all you only need to talk to them in hte right manor and don't take any ****!

 

still haven't answered my question....
are you doing this because you've seen so many HID owners blow their bulbs and thus you're preventing this from happening to you. the bulbs cost $150 a pair. i'm at 5 years and still the same OEM bulbs. at 5 years, i don't think it matters if they die, but the point is, they won't. so far i'm at $25 a year on my life of my bulbs, and they'll keep on working.

what i'm mocking you is for trying to avoid something that so far, hasnt happen to many, IF ANY, 02-03 owners yet. it's a complete and total waste of time.

put a poll together of owners who still have their OEM bulbs and who had to replace them. i think you'll be very disappointed.

 

Yup mine are still working after 5+ years too. I just leave the dam things on Auto... they come on in my carport and when its dark. If I drive a short distance at night, guess what, I still leave it on Auto. It's amazing, they even stay on a short time after I get out of the car. I sure hope my bulb life isnt being decreased.
I hit a deer and the damn things are still working, so when I get my new headlight I'll sell you the old capsule so you don't have to "disable" your "auto" function Blue02

 

My OEM bulbs are still in perfect working order. I haven't had 1 problem with them.

 

well, you see i am in the residential light industry and is a know fact that operating hid lamps and equipment for short periods of time decresses thier life alot faster that leaving them on for a while, they need to stabalize and "warm up".

now as far a hid's for automotive application may be different, perhaps that don't use ballast, ignitors, etc... and there for don't become efected by the same things that hid systems with ballast, ignitors etc.. do

now, perhaps the lamp for the automotive industry are less prone to those of the residential...this i don't know.

i am just looking to find a way to get rid of the auto function....my 99' gtp had a button to turn the fuction off...i am just try to see if there is a easy way to do it in hte max.

 

That is a reasonable question, just hard for people to believe why you'd wanna do that. I believe there have been several explanations within this thread on how to do this. Now the thread is just starting to get pointless and a waste of time.

 

and all i could think of was dr. evil doing his "quotation fingers"

 

Thats what I was thinking of.

 

Besides when we high beam someone or give them a flicker of our highbeams the h.i.d goes on and off again. If we hit the panic button or the alarm is going off the headlamps are flashing, i dont think by them going on and then off in a few seconds will do anything, but if you do leave the auto switch on and you go and start your car let them warm up for a mintue and then turn them off. Or you can leave it off and switch it on yourself, and when you go from off to the parking lights fast enough the h.i.d do not come on, i do it all the time.

 

for auto's, it is the same cause and effect. short periods of time shorten the life span. but from what? 10 years to 8 years? you'll spend more on useless mods than on replacing the bulbs. you might even change the bulbs for the hell of it before they even die. NOW THAT WOULD BE IRONIC.

 

Plus I Never Saw Any 02/03 Maxima's With There Headlamps Blown Out, I Do See Alot Of Them On The 01-03 Acura T.l. Sucks For Acura Owners

 

yea i do see alot of acura owners with blown bulbs....never seen a MAXIMA 02-03 WITH a blown HID....ive seen Acura RL's and Acura Tl's with bulbs going bad as well...you know when the color starts to get really really dark on one light. Ive had my HID's in my headlights for almost a year and i leave mine on AUTO and i have yet to have a problem

*knocks on wood*

 

ONE THING NISSAN GOT RIGHT!

 

im just gonna resist making fun of you. polo is right. HIDs have way longer life span than regular halogen bulbs. ive had mine for 4 years, sometimes theyve been on long periods, sometimes they only been on for like 1 min. sometime when i come home the lights deciides to turn on when i pull in the drive way.these will probably last 10 years. if you flickered them on and off constantly, you would still get 8 years from them. and im sure your not doing that. so what is the problem dude? turn them off, or on. thats all you gotta do. look you turn them off when you dont need it. since your so cheap and dont want to turn on the lights until it gets dark, turn them to auto when it gets dark. when your done driving, turn them off. very simple. you see?

 

Does no one understand the original question in this thread? Devildog(s), I understand you are/were a Marine. Your reputation as a dumb jarhead has been fulfilled. The "why," or reason the question was asked, should not matter. HID's have a longer life and for how much they cost, they damn well better. Now who wouldn't be interested in extending the life of their bulbs if it were at all possible, especially if they could find a workaround for a poorly-engineered switch?

 

Your my F'n HERO.

I must be a f'n moron to think that i want to COMPLETELY DISABLE THE AUTO FEATURE, I mean all i have to do is keep the stalk in the OFF position and turn it to the on position when it gets dark, why didn't i think of that

now lets give this a rest and let the thread die since its such a useless thread and i am a cheap bastard

 

Dude STFU!!! You posted 2 BS posts before deciding to suck blue02's *****

 

wow, is that what they teach you in high school these days? i swear all the sacrifices these people make just to make this country more safe from all these terrorists. you have no idea!! i dont care how dumb you think marines are, they are dying out there so we can have live our lives without terrorists. just know that. you obviously dont know what your talking about.

 

wow, some great questions in this one. but im kinda with him i do like to drive arround with just my dde's on (parking lights) and need to get past the "auto" on the stick but (knowing its a bad idea) how much will the life of the bulbs and the ballasts be reduced anyway from just flipping over em?

 

so why didnt you?
you still havent explained why that option doesnt work for you.

 

Apparently reading is > you.

 

yeah...he has been b1tching and whining so much in this thread that i must have missed the one line where he kinda addresses that.

 

haha you should just rig a light to the sensor for the Auto feature so it always senses light. This way they wont turn if you're too slow to get past the Auto feature and it'll keep you busy doin something pointless... which seems to be your goal.
My guess is the HID's will outlast you, and the time you've spent wasting on this thread you coulda worked & made enough money to buy new HID's anyway...

I agree the stalk should go OFF-parking lights-ON-AUTO but it doesnt!

 

wow...your hypocracy never seems to do anything but amaze me...

90% of your post are nothing more than *****ing about searching and ****...i don't go spamming everyone elses **** *****ing and moaning like you.

i'm gonna p.m. the mods and get this locked

 

how many people (out of all maxima owners) will run their parking lights when its dark enough for the headlights to automatically come on?.
sometimes i run my parking lights (and rewired fogs) at dusk and i go right past auto and dont think twice. it isnt a huge issue to me.

 

you can delete the thread yourself by deleting the first post.
please do us a favor and do that

 

I keep mine on Auto! If there was a reason that I wanted to be ****** awesome and run with just the parking lights I would turn it to them without losing any sleep over the alleged lost lamp life...

You should have this locked Blue02, you've had your answers awhile ago. If you wanna get into all that for some satisfaction, go ahead. You should definitely list that as a modification too....