I bought a pair of 959's and want to have them installed, i have all the wiring, transformer? and switch, but i was thinking why can't i just splice the wires from the old fogs and attach the 959's? The PIAA's have an 85w high powered bulb and the ones i have now are 100w, will i blow something, melt something or just being damn cheap to shell out $150 to have them installed? Thanks.....

 

You really should use a relay set up to run them. You could splice them into the factory harnes, but why risk it?

 

Just google relay... not transformer. It's simple once you figure out what you are doing. Just don't run those high wattage bulbs from the stock fog wiring!!!! Run new wires from your battery w/relays installed

 

Thanks for the input, i do in fact have the relay, i couldn't remember what the hell it was called. Thanks again............

 

i spliced into my bumper lights with a relay, no issues at all.. they turn on when you turn your parking lights on, and stay on with your headlights

 

to run them from your parking lights, like LLZuB did ... you can do this.

from parking lights:
relay pin 85 is ground, pin 30 is 12v power in (from a fused circut), 86 is your trigger (signal in) and pin 87 is your output (to the lights) These don't change, no matter what the setup is. First off, find a good place for a ground. Neg term on the bat works well. Next, you need power in to the relay, so a couple of ways to do this. You could run an inline fuse directly from the battery (say a 20a or so) then into the relay (that is what I'd do), or you could pull power from another circut that is already fused - but you risk blowing that fuse if you try to pull too much power from it. You're best bet is to run an inline fuse - much safer. Then you need to tap into the parking light lead (+) and hook that to pin 86 (trig in). Next, run your pin 87 to the (+) of your lights. Ground the (-) from the lights, and try it out.

If you want to run to a seperate switch -

Same as above for the most part, but you want your trigger in (86) to go to the switch, not the parking lights. You'll need to run it a bit different but the pins don't change. Run your 12v (+) to one side of the switch, the other side goes to pin 86. This will allow you to trigger the lights w/o having your parking lights on. Either way is a good set up .... just make sure your connections are good and you might want to waterproof them. Sillicone works well for this, or hot melt glue.


Hope this helps. I'm at work today and VERY bored! lol

 

You know thinking about it, i'd rather have the lights installed professionally spending $350.00 for the lights i guess another $150.00 isn't gonna make much of a difference and i'll have the peace of mind that when i turn them on, they won't fry something or cause a fire. Being cheap pays off with your longtime g/f, but not with your car. Thanks for the response.

 

lol hahahaha do we dare ask?

 

Trand ... if you're anywhere close to Springfield, Missouri, I can help you.

 

Sorry, i'm in Co. a little far from Mo. As far as the quote as being cheap with your g/f and not your car i meant, you can go a lot further with your car than your g/f, that didn't sound right but taking care of both, damn never mind........