Fog Lights ONLY
OK guys, I have figured it out, it was fairly easy for me and If you use the instructions in banana's link to take the column cover off it might take the average guy 20 min or so and you'll need a piece of wire and a ring terminal.
*It should be noted that the mod here will allow you to run the fogs with the high beams on, but not with the park lights on or with fogs only (no other lights on) - this is what I wanted because it has always bothered me that he fogs shut off on high beam.
What I did was determine that the foglight circuit gets it's ground from the hi/beam circuit + wire, so when you hit the high beams that wire will change from a ground to a + signal.
What I did was find the wire that supplies ground to the foglight switch which was fairly easy since the fog and headlight switch are integrated so the wires are all in one place.
You will see the wire (green/blk) in my pic. it is already pulled out.
All that is required is that you pull this grn/blk wire out and ground it. I simply put a ring terminal on and used the lower column screw to ground it. I used a small zip tie to secure the ring terminal in place while I installed the cover.
If you wanted to make the fogs run anytime I have not investigated how to do it and I am not sure if it'll be possible with such simplicity.
***On a side note, I was looking at the banana mod wiring and I am not really sure how that will work , does it disable the factory foglight switch? I looked at doing it and it seems like what he is telling you to do will not really work? I know others have done it so I am puzzled...
*It should be noted that the mod here will allow you to run the fogs with the high beams on, but not with the park lights on or with fogs only (no other lights on) - this is what I wanted because it has always bothered me that he fogs shut off on high beam.
What I did was determine that the foglight circuit gets it's ground from the hi/beam circuit + wire, so when you hit the high beams that wire will change from a ground to a + signal.
What I did was find the wire that supplies ground to the foglight switch which was fairly easy since the fog and headlight switch are integrated so the wires are all in one place.
You will see the wire (green/blk) in my pic. it is already pulled out.
All that is required is that you pull this grn/blk wire out and ground it. I simply put a ring terminal on and used the lower column screw to ground it. I used a small zip tie to secure the ring terminal in place while I installed the cover.
If you wanted to make the fogs run anytime I have not investigated how to do it and I am not sure if it'll be possible with such simplicity.
***On a side note, I was looking at the banana mod wiring and I am not really sure how that will work , does it disable the factory foglight switch? I looked at doing it and it seems like what he is telling you to do will not really work? I know others have done it so I am puzzled...
thats the new wire in the first pic? and connects to the harness? how?
The fogs would come on normally, they just wouldn't shut off when you flip the high beams on like they do from the factory. A benefit for those of us with HID fogs who don't want the bulbs being shut off and refired every time you turn the high beams on and off. When I'm using the high beams I always have to turn the fogs off because its not good for the bulbs to be turning them on frequently when they're warmed up.
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Aug 8, 2008 09:21 PM