hey everyone,

I know that there are writeups for rewiring the fog lights. But from the writeup, they are tapping the foglight wire to the taillight or sidemarker. By doing this, the foglight switch becomes useless. Is there a way to rewire the foglight so that I can switch the foglight on without the headlights being on AND being able to use the foglight switch

 

You need to read the FAQ and IMPORTANT threads before posting a question.

Any way here it is:

http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/clear_HIDs.html

 

Tapping into the taillight wire doesn't make the fog switch useless. It functions just as before. how-to is actually here: www.innerbean.com/housecor/fog_rewire.html

Thanks custommaximaSE.

 

thanks guys, actually i have read the FAQ before I posted but some ppl told me that the foglight switch would become unusable if i did it, so i wanted to confirm

 

its EZ you will be fine i did it like a week ago the link tells you step by step

http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/clear_HIDs.html

 

im trying to do this with my car, what is a quick splice?

 

this is a quick splice http://www.iboats.com/products/7/383...ck_splice.html

 

could i get that at like a home depot?

 

You can get them just about anywhere... they're very common. The next time you're in an auto parts store or Radio Shack, etc look for them.

 

i got mine from radio shack for pretty cheap

 

ok im trying to do my foglights right now, i have a cuople questions, i cant get my fuse box all the way off ( i got the cover off though ) i took the tabs off and i press those two tabs towards each other and i still couldnt get it off, and i cant find the corner tabs towards the body, i need help with that and... when u splice the tailwire to the fog wire how do you do that, like do you cut the tailwire or what? thak you

 

from housecor's website, you don't cut the taillight wire, you cut the foglight wire and quick splice it to the taillight, and since you have a 2001 you cut the yellow wire.. someone correct me if i'm wrong.. let me know how it goes.. I haven't tried taking off the fuse box yet so i can't help you there.. try looking at the picture's of housecor's website, it should help

 

The website forgot the picture for the corner tabs close to the body so i cant find them, and when i splice the tailight and the fog how is it going to work if the taillight is not stripped or anything? thanks for the help

 

i just cut both wires in half, the foglight wire gives a bit more slack than the tail light one does so don't do like i did and cut your tail light wire too short. then i just twisted the top ends of the fog and tail wires together and clamped/crimped them in one end of a connector and put the bottom of the tail light wire in the other end. then i covered the connection in friction tape.

like i said i cut my tail wire too short so i had to wire the short end in to the top of the fog wire so it's a little ghetto in my car.

 

If you're using the quick-splice things from RadioShack or wherever, it works because the thing slices into the wire a little when you crimp down its metal piece (the quick-splice connectors have a metal piece poking out the top that you crimp down with some pliers after you insert the wires)

 

Ok, where is the corner tabs located close to the body i cant find them at all.

 

They're on the body side corner of the box. To release them, you'll need a very small screwdriver or pointy object. Stick this into the tiny access holes on the body side corner of the box. I'll throw that missing pic up after work.

 

thanks spirilis for making it clear.. here's the writeup by someone else for the foglights.. he noted the side tabs. i'm doing this as we speak..

http://www.max-world.org/writeups/5t...fogrewire.html

 

IM doing it as we speak too, ok i finnaly got the fuse box all the way open, now i have a 2001 soo im looking for a red with green stripe wire comming from the fog relay i cant find it... its for the tail light so can you guys help thanks!

 

thanks spirilis for making it clear.. ok i just removed the fuse box.. u should see 2 small holes in the fuse box toward the fender, stick a small flathead screw driver in there and push toward the engine, it should then come out

 

here's a link
http://www.max-world.org/writeups/5t...fogrewire.html

 

Yes i got that, now i cant find the tail light wire

 

ok, i just finished doing mine... it works.. took forever.. the taillight wire is coming from the taillight fuse.. its a red wire with green strips and silver dots... i'm remembering that from the top of my head so someone please confirm that.. peice of advice.. when you cut the foglight wire, don't cut it too short b/c it'll be harder to quick splice it.. that was my mistake and it made it harder for me

 

I succefully did it, thank you for everything guys!

 

Im happy to hear it workd out for u