| Busted Yuppie |
On my 09 LE, there is a light housing just outboard of the HID headlamp projector and just inboard of the side marker light.
See: http://www.nissanusa.com/img/wallpapers/murano/murano_03_1024.jpg
It doesn't light up no matter what I do: high beam, flashers, etc.
Is this just for looks or is it possibly a Daytime Running Light housing for cars sold outside of the USA? (Like Canada).
I'd love to put a light in there and turn it into a DRL.
Any ideas? |
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| benhui86 |
is it a fog light? try turning on your fog lights.....
or you can try reading the manual to see wat it is... |
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| Busted Yuppie |
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Originally posted by benhui86
is it a fog light? try turning on your fog lights.....
or you can try reading the manual to see wat it is...
Nope--not a fog light. The fog lights come on as normal but are much lower down on the front fascia panel. I've read the manual cover to cover and I'm not seeing these lights (or light housings) listed anywhere. |
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| benhui86 |
| maybe you should see if theres actually a bulb in it... maybe its just a reflector or something.... |
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| njjoe |
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I took a look in the 2009 sales brochure and I think I see what you are referring to. It looks to be more of a design element than an actual lamp housing. It looks like the designers needed something to fill the space between the HID lens and the side marker. That's just a guess.
-njjoe |
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| yangas |
| Yes, I agree, if that can become a DRL, or parking light, it will look even better. Maybe we should find an aftermarket company to make one out of LED lights. |
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| phoward_15 |
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Originally posted by yangas
Yes, I agree, if that can become a DRL, or parking light, it will look even better. Maybe we should find an aftermarket company to make one out of LED lights.
I've been reading a couple of articles on the new MO and those are reflector lights, yes, on the front of the car.
So when a car comes headon with their lights on, their lights will reflect into those so it looks as though you do have dim DRLs.
I'm really surprised with having the Auto On/Off headlights that they didn't put DRLs on the MO. Most cars these days do have DRLs. |
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| Gonzo |
| I know there are many arguments against it but I wish DRLs were required on all cars. |
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| hfelknor |
Me too.
They are standard on my other car.
Homer |
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| Busted Yuppie |
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Originally posted by phoward_15
I've been reading a couple of articles on the new MO and those are reflector lights, yes, on the front of the car.
So when a car comes headon with their lights on, their lights will reflect into those so it looks as though you do have dim DRLs.
See my new post with pics of the light. Are these the "reflector lights" you are talking about? Do you have a link to the article you could post here, please?
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Originally posted by benhui86
maybe you should see if theres actually a bulb in it... maybe its just a reflector or something....
I could not see a bulb in there even with shining a flashlight into it. Looks empty to me.
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Originally posted by yangas
Yes, I agree, if that can become a DRL, or parking light, it will look even better. Maybe we should find an aftermarket company to make one out of LED lights.
I put a DRL module from Daniel Stern lighting in my 05 Pathfinder and lit up the turn signal bulbs. Yee-haw! It was pretty neat to have some DRLs on that rig, so I just may do the same on my 'Mo. Daniel Stern website: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/ |
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| yangas |
| I guess Nissan probably trying to push out this model to fast, and forgot left out the DRL in that non-working housing.... |
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| phoward_15 |
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Originally posted by Busted Yuppie
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See my new post with pics of the light. Are these the "reflector lights" you are talking about? Do you have a link to the article you could post here, please?
Yes those are the reflector lights I spoke about above. I just tried to find the article I'm referring to but can't. Let me keep looking for it and as soon as I do I'll post it.
If anyone figures out how to turn those into DRLs please let me know. |
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| njjoe |
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Can you access the rear of the phony lamp housing from under the hood? If so, is it a closed housing or does it appear to have been fabricated to accept a lamp socket?
njjoe |
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| Busted Yuppie |
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Originally posted by njjoe
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Can you access the rear of the phony lamp housing from under the hood? If so, is it a closed housing or does it appear to have been fabricated to accept a lamp socket?
njjoe
I took a look in there tonight and the only lamp socket I see in that area is the one for the side marker light. I need to get a shop mirror out and poke around, but you'd think it was obvious if Nissan intended for that to be a real useable light housing.
I'm going to pull off the grille to put in my Hella Supertone horns in a couple weeks and when I do, I'll check out that light housing up close and personal. While I'm at it, I am going to see how hard it is to wire in some DRLs. I'll take some pics of the back-side of our mysterious bit of lighting hardware and post here when I'm done. |
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| phoward_15 |
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Originally posted by Busted Yuppie
I took a look in there tonight and the only lamp socket I see in that area is the one for the side marker light. I need to get a shop mirror out and poke around, but you'd think it was obvious if Nissan intended for that to be a real useable light housing.
I'm going to pull off the grille to put in my Hella Supertone horns in a couple weeks and when I do, I'll check out that light housing up close and personal. While I'm at it, I am going to see how hard it is to wire in some DRLs. I'll take some pics of the back-side of our mysterious bit of lighting hardware and post here when I'm done.
Yuppie thanks for doing this. I'd be curious if there is a way of adding DRLs. Another thing I was thinking, which goes against another post I added, would be to have your fog lights as DRLs. It can be annoying but on my way to work today, in the rain, I noticed a lot of people just had their fog lights on (maybe those that didn't have DRLs but just auto on/off) - that could be the reason for it. |
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| hj3! |
| I think the Canadian Mo's have DRLs. It would be interesting to find out what light is used for the DRLs up there on the 09's. |
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| Busted Yuppie |
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Originally posted by hj3!
I think the Canadian Mo's have DRLs. It would be interesting to find out what light is used for the DRLs up there on the 09's.
I'm going to Whistler at the end of April and if I remember right, I drive right by a Nissan dealer. I just may have to stop in and check it out! |
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| Stoker |
Canadian Mo's are equipped with DRL's be using the fog lights. It has been that way since the 03 model and nothing has changed that I know of.
I personally think that everyone should have DRL's for safety while driving:2: :2: |
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| phoward_15 |
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Originally posted by Stoker
Canadian Mo's are equipped with DRL's be using the fog lights. It has been that way since the 03 model and nothing has changed that I know of.
I personally think that everyone should have DRL's for safety while driving:2: :2:
A-ha....so your DRLs are really the fog lights??? Interesting. So I guess you guys have that blank headlight as well then. LIke I said before I think it's just a reflector that they put in the front in case you don't have your lights on, at least the car coming at you will see you a little. Though I have not confirmed this with anyone. Just the article I read which I can't seem to find anymore. Maybe I'm going crazy. |
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| Stoker |
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Originally posted by phoward_15
A-ha....so your DRLs are really the fog lights??? Interesting. So I guess you guys have that blank headlight as well then. LIke I said before I think it's just a reflector that they put in the front in case you don't have your lights on, at least the car coming at you will see you a little. Though I have not confirmed this with anyone. Just the article I read which I can't seem to find anymore. Maybe I'm going crazy.
Our head lights work as normal and you can have both fog and head lights on at the same time. The reflectors in the head lights will not reflect light from on coming traffic be does a decent job reflect outward, the light from the headlight bulb. Unless, of course, you have HID lights. |
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| phoward_15 |
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Originally posted by Stoker
Our head lights work as normal and you can have both fog and head lights on at the same time. The reflectors in the head lights will not reflect light from on coming traffic be does a decent job reflect outward, the light from the headlight bulb. Unless, of course, you have HID lights.
Stoker - just to verify we are talking about the HID lights. On those set of lights is a 4th "light" (right next to the turn signal) which actually does nothing. That's the one I read about that is actually a reflector, at least I think it is. |
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| njjoe |
phoward_15-
I have attached a photo of the dummy light. Although it might function as a reflector, I think it is simply an attempt by Nissan designers to make the front end more dazzling. If that is their intent, they have succeeded in my opinion.
I think the DOT limits the number of front lights that can be on at any one time, so maybe the dummy light is intended to only be illuminated in other markets. I may be wrong, but I think US law permits only two sets of front headlights to be on at any one time. Can someone verify this for me? However, it could still be modified to be used as a marker light.
-njjoe
The photo is courtesy of Busted Yuppie. |
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| Stoker |
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Originally posted by phoward_15
Stoker - just to verify we are talking about the HID lights. On those set of lights is a 4th "light" (right next to the turn signal) which actually does nothing. That's the one I read about that is actually a reflector, at least I think it is.
No, I was talking about the standard lights that the Mo is equipped with. Sigh, I wish I had the HID lights maybe in a future Mo. |
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| Stoker |
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Originally posted by Stoker
No, I was talking about the standard lights that the Mo is equipped with. Sigh, I wish I had the HID lights maybe in a future Mo.
I finally was able to see the picture that you added, major computer issues at work . That reflector that you have is a new addtion on the Mo, that is not on me 03 version. Does that reflect light from on coming cars?, interesting addition. |
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| njjoe |
If I bought a 2009 MO, sight unseen, without having any prior knowledge of the car, I would probably think there was a wiring problem or the bulbs were burnt out in those lights. It does look like something is amiss.
When you consider that Nissan installed marker lights in the small triangular lenses that were in the inboard part of the lamp housings on 1st-gen MOs, you have to scratch your heads and wonder why they left these lights dark.
-njjoe |
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