FYI---If your headlights/parking lights are NOT on, the fogs won't be on either (high beams or not.) What I mean is if you are flashing your high beams during the day by pulling the blinker lever towards you then the fogs will not come on. They will only work when the parking lights are on.

I can't say for sure the wiring is the exact same on a 2k2. Can anyone else with a 2k2 compare with my photo?

 

The 2k2 and 2k3 are identical. Okay. I took the "Blue w/silver dots" and soldered it to the "Red w/green line". That's all I did and my fogs work in all the positions you described with the exception of the high beam position. I can't figure it out.

 

Actually, that's my bad on that one. You are right. I couldn't remember for sure but I tried it on mine and mine turn off with the high beams. I wouldn't have expected Nissan to make the wiring that complicated.

If you want that functionality then it probably won't be a simple re-wire at this point. The parking light rewire you did overcomes the + relay input for the DLs, but I'm guessing that the high beams cut the - side of the DL relay, which I will have to research to confirm. This could very well involve a relay and could be much more involved.

How far do you want to get into this my friend?? This will go beyond a "simple" change to a much more involved one that you may not feel comfortable doing unless you're electrical.

Considering the amount of questions you have asked I assume you are not able to troubleshoot this stuff and may very well get in over your head.

Just a suggestion....

 

but what if i want to have the fogs on in the auto position int eh daytime and ahve the parking lights off and the headlights on and the corner light on??



lol j/k

 

HAHAHA

*shrug* Guess I can't be right all the time!!!

 

LOL!

 

This is by design. The entire voltage load of the low beams, high beams, fog lights, and all the parking lights is too close to exceeding the amperage for the lighting circuits in the car. So Nissan played it safe and had the high beams deactivate the fogs whenever the high beams are used. I would not recommend changing this, as an electrical short/fire could be caused if all the bulbs were lit up at the same time (over a period of time which is yet to be determined).

 

Actually there is another way around this..... just take out the light bulbs!

~limsandy

 

There are still only 2 answers to this question... Yes and No!

Limsandy's method qualifies under the Yes section. It's another way to make it happen, but it's still illegal and will get you pulled over at night.

But still... it's another way that is possible. And I'm sure there are many more. Wiring the fog light relay to the battery (or ignition-switched source) and pulling the parking light fuse (or relay) is another way to do it. And so on... and so on...

 

I don't understand why it would start a fire. At a glance the wiring does not circumvent any of the fuses, so it seems that worse case, would be a blown fuse?

Also, I haven't tried it yet but it seems if you wanted to get the fogs to work with the high beams you would have to track down a green/yellow wire from pin 32 (2K-2K1) @ the fog switch. You'd cut this wire and attach pin 32 to gnd. You'd then attach the other half of the wire to green/orange @ pin31 (2K-2K1) of the fog switch (other side).


SHIFT_woosh

 

maybe you electrical guys acn help us here...
https://maxima.org/forums/showthread...hreadid=211665

 

Done. But do your research before you attempt installation. I'm not responsible for its accuracy.

 

I have some questions.... Number one... what is a tapped wire?

#2 Do you solder the blue/siler wire to the red/green wire or do you solder the other cut part of the wire?

#3 By just wiring the blue/siler wire to the red/green makes the fogs work with the parking light? And still makes the factory switch work too? Or do we need to cut more wires?

 

1. The "tapped" wire is the source wire that you are splicing into.

2. I think the pic is self-explanatory. I soldered both. Solder won't corrode like copper.

3. Yes. Yes. No. Only cut the blue/silver and splice into the red/green as shown in pic.

 

thankyou

 

i think he means making it so the amber lights will only be used as blinkers, not constantly running lights. This is perfectly legal and can be done in about 5 minutes.

This is copied over from the How-to sticky. (thanks to IceY2k1)
STEALTH Running Lamps(FREE Mod)

Eliminates the AMBER running lamp filament on the 1157 bulb used for a 2K-2K1 headlamp, but still uses the blinker filament. This mod makes the headlamps only produce white light until the blinker is activated, which looks better in my opinion especially with clear front corners.

1)Remove the bulb/socket from the headlamp housing.
2)Remove the bulb from the socket.
3)Place SMALL piece of black electrical tape over ONE "knub"(small contact on bottom of bulb).
4)Reinstall bulb into the socket.
5)Turn on hazards(or blinker with keys in ignition). If it flashes reinstall bulb/socket into the headlamp housing, if not, remove bulb from the socket and move the electrical tape to the other "knub".

 

Howdy, folks! I've tried to follow both links to the "Fog Rewire" write-ups, but come up empty-handed on both (404 not found ).

Does anyone have the write-up that could fire off a round to me?

I'm driving an '02 I-35, so I think the wire is blue from what I've red (as opposed to yellow?)...

I'm pretty certain I can figure it out, but I don't want to toast anything!

I've got PIAA fog-lights and RAZO high-beams, so I'd like to take my HID's out of commission during the day. I have always driven with my headlights on as common sense because I live in South Carolina and we have more wrecks per mile than any other state, so I've been told.


(ratledge@cs.com)


Thanks!

 

Dang rookie - nobody fire on me, now - I've got my Nomex suit and a flamethrower handy just in case. I didn't read the thread from top to bottom. I feel like the old "Saturday Night" skit: 'nevermind'...

 

Its okay... hey, maybe you can write a write up now!

 

Hey - it works, and I'm driving an '02 I35, so I'm a happy camper!

 

Thanks for great instructions!
I finally done mine. Soldered it too.
On 2k the fog wire is not blue like on your's, it is yellow with two silver dots. The rest is exactly the same.
Thanks again.