I want to put LED daytime running lights on the front of my 2003 Acura TL. I have already put the lights in place, i just need to wire them now so they will work when the car is on. I am thinking about wiring them to the radio, but I'm not sure if that will work. Has anyone done this before and if so can you help me out on how you did it? if not any help or suggestions would be appreciated

 

i use my fog lights as daytime running lights

do the fog light mod, and wire them to the fog lights.

fog light mod:

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/fog-light-mod-alternate-version-549015/

taken from DIY thread:

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706083


if you don't want to go through that (although trust me, it is very easy), wire them to your cig lighter.

 

You could always hot wire to the battery and have a switch inside the car

 

Dont connect it to the radio, connect it to the back side of the drivers side fuse panel. There are 4 spots to hook up to. 1 is switched, one is when lights are on and 2 are constant.

 

I thought about wiring to the the battery with a switch but that would kind of defeat the purpose cause I wouldnt want to have to turn them on every time. I am thinking about either the cigarette lighter or radio cause those i feel like might be the easiest since i have the passenger side panel off under the radio/middle console. I have an after market head unit for the radio already in so wiring to radio would be very easy, but i may take a look at trying the fuse box on drivers side

 

Its easier just to do the fog light Mod IMO.
I too use fogs as DRLs with no Problems with the Fog Light Mod.

 

you could just use the fod light mod, fuse with the add-a-circuit and wire it where you want and get the same effect