dim dip removal

[Primal_Concrete_Micra]

anyone know an easy way to disable the dim/dip function on a '94 k11?

 

[K10Daz]

So you just want to drive around blinding people with your full beam? I also think it would be illegal as your car requires, side lights, dim dip, main beam for MOT purposes.

Why would you want to do this anyway?

 

[James]

I think he's referring to the circuit that makes the main lights come on with the sidelights but very dimly, I don't think not having this is illegal as the Almera doesn't have dim/dip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_lighting#Dim-Dip_Lamps_.28UK_Only.29

A dim-dip device operates the low beam headlamps (called "dipped beam" in the UK) at between 10% and 20% of normal low-beam intensity.

I find this part amusing:

In 1988, the European Commission successfully prosecuted the UK government in the European Court of Justice, arguing that the UK requirement for dim-dip was illegal under EC directives prohibiting member states from enacting vehicle lighting requirements not contained in pan-European EC directives. As a result, the UK requirement for dim-dip was quashed. Nevertheless, dim-dip was (and is) still permitted, and while such systems are not presently as common as they once were, dim-dip functionality was fitted on many new cars well into the 1990s.

 

[K10Daz]

Didnt know the k11's did this. My K11 only has the three settings, sidelights, dipped and then the main beam!

 

[James]

Yeah, it seems to only apply to come with the pre facelifts. The dim-dip operates automatically with the sidelights