DIM DIP unit

Edson · Post by **Edson** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:51 pm

Hi all,

I just read in the 4G manual that there is such thing as a DIM DIP unit.
What is it and what does it do.

I want to wire up the Canadian DRL's and I hope it could work with this part, if I can get ahold of it.

Cheers,
Edwin

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:04 pm

When you turn sidelights on, it puts the dipped headlight beam on, at a low intensity. Then when you put the headlights onto dipped, the dipped headlights come on full intensity.
It was mandatory in the UK for a short number of years and was then ditched again.

Don't know where the kit is exactly, but the manual will explain. You'd need to get the parts off a UKDM breaker.

Post by **indigolemon** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:46 pm

Lives on the bumper support under the offside headlight of a UKDM. I unplugged mine to stop it killing the HID's.

Edson · Post by **Edson** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:28 pm

Yeah found that in the manual.
Also found out that the DIM/DIP part is a part of the 'integrated control unit' in the under dash fusebox.

In JDM cars - seatbelt reminder circuit
In CDM cars - DRL circuit
In UKDM cars - Dim/Dip circuit

All different and therefore IMO impossible to combine, except when you have a electrician background...
I'll stick with my JDM option and keep the DRL option as a back up.

batkosio · Post by **batkosio** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:35 pm

I have 2 integrated control units- a JDM one and an EDM one

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:00 pm

Working simultaneously @batkosio?

batkosio · Post by **batkosio** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:03 am

Yes mate, nothing too complicated, you can run all of them at the same time with the proper input signals. As replies Chuck Norris when asked how many push-ups can he do- all of them