Once I came to the conclusion that there are wiring harness differences that would make the installation of the factory Canadian daylight running light module impractical I gave some thought to alternatives to have "always on headlights" for safety and insurance discount. I came up with 3 choices.
1) cover the light sensor to always force the "auto" light function on.... pro- easy to do; con- HID light very bright and will cause earlier failure of expensive HID bulbs.
2) modify the wiring to turn on the fog lights whenever ignition is on... requires installation of a relay and some wiring changes con- fog lights are aimed low and thus do not provide the best visibility. Actually I had previously made changes that allowed the fog lights to be on whenever any lighting option, e.g. marker lights or high beams were on and thus the change to have the fogs powered by the ignition being on would be a snap for me to make.
3) The best solution would be to imitate the functioning of the Canadian factory option which I have worked out the wiring mods for and plan to do this weekened. What they do is to run the high beam lights in serial when the ignition is on but when the lights are turned off, thus dimming them to about 1/2 the normal brightness. It does require the cutting and splicing of 3 wires and tapping into 2 others and the installation of a 3PDT relay but it will work great. With an additional relay I can also provide the function to not turn the running lights on unless the handbrake is off just as the factory module works.
This is obviously not a job for the "feint of heart" but if you have the guts and some basic skill to find the correct wires and crimp wire connectors this can be done for under $15 and frankly the hardest part was to figure the wiring out. If you are interested in the instructions send me a private message with your email address and I will send them to you next week once the job has been sucessfully done.