OK. with the HID's i can see your issue. i dont have HIDs in my 97 and was driving me nuts, with the auto lights. The '97 model year uses a different kind of sensor at the base of the windshield to control the auto headlights. in stock form, the sensor typically does not get enough light to work properly. The fix for this, if you want to try and keep the auto headlights is this-- remove the oval shaped plate at the center of the dash, at the base of the windshield (small screw driver may help here) untwist the sensor, and remove the oval piece from the car. use a 1/4" drill bit to enlarge the hole on the top side of the plate. reassemble the sensor to the plate, and put back in the dash. the auto headlight function will now be less sensative, and act more like the later model years.
if you do want to disable the auto headlights and DRL's --
essentially two things... first, remove the access panel at the end of the dash, on the drivers side (open door) you may need to use a flashlight here, but the drl module is just inside the opening, towards the front of the car, on the outside. (so your hand would go in and to the left immediately. remove the plug there, and there is a fuse in the glove box for the auto headlamps. remove that.
(there are also mods to re-route your DRLs to the fog lights...
