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Fog Light Rewire Revisited...

Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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Fog Light Rewire Revisited...

Yes. I searched and searched. Followed the directions on housecor's website regarding the rewire. Now my fogs don't work at all!

Anyone wanna weigh in on my dilemma?
-J
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:44 PM
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blow a fuse?
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:44 PM
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im guess is that u either cut the wrong wire, or u dont have good connection so ur fogs are not gettin power....dude where in ri do u livE?
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 03:57 PM
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You have a 2000, whereas housecor wrote the writeup for an 02/03. There is a good chance the wiring was a different color in the 5.5 gen Max. It's either that or you screwed something up, because his directions worked just as expected with my fogs.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Brian - His write up includes instructions for the 00-01 max as well...
Max in action - I'm in Providence.
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by MaxMed
Brian - His write up includes instructions for the 00-01 max as well...
Max in action - I'm in Providence.
-J
Sorry bout that, guess I shoulda looked before jumping to conclusions.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:17 PM
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that is the only modification that I have done to my car that has had absolutely no side effects or problems.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by maseo77
that is the only modification that I have done to my car that has had absolutely no side effects or problems.
So true. Every mod breaks something else.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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So Maseo, break it down...look at housecor's writeup and give your $0.02!
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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doesnt igore911 or whatever have it on his sig.? I believe it was a green wire. but dont quote me on that
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Housecor's writeup, where is this??
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by nyautostyle
doesnt igore911 or whatever have it on his sig.? I believe it was a green wire. but dont quote me on that
I think it's Igor911, and he has the mod to hook the fogs up so they stay on with the brights, not so they can be turned on without the headights. I'm pretty sure it's a different mod.

Housecor's writeup is with the rest of his write-ups at www.innerbean.com/housecor, bookmark that site!
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:41 PM
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Bigdu thanks alot man that site rocks I never knew you are the man!
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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Bigdu thanks alot man that site rocks I never knew you are the man!
Thanks, but all I did was link. Housecor is the man!
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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probably a blown fuse....when we did one of the local guys' fogs we couldn't get the damn thing to work and it turned out to be a blown fuse....
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MaxMed
So Maseo, break it down...look at housecor's writeup and give your $0.02!

From what I remember you need to splice to a yellow wire
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:13 PM
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Damn...I guess i have some troubleshooting to do. I'll check the fuses and the wiring tomorrow morning. Wish me luck. If anyone thinks of anything else, holla at me.
-J
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 09:42 AM
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i think you cut the correct colored wire but you spliced it to the wrong end? because there is one you should put tape over, so the other you splice into. try it the other way around.
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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fog lights

Hey I just did mine in about 20 min and it worked perfect thanks to bigdu and housecor you guys rock!!!!!

Jason
Reading PA
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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Finally got it to work! Seems that the radioshack tap wasnt getting a good connection...
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by MaxMed
Finally got it to work! Seems that the radioshack tap wasnt getting a good connection...
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Case closed. Good deal!
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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yea man i didnt use a tap just electrical tape looks great right cant wait till dusk!!
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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I need to do this. Simple as it sounds?
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Snolife
I need to do this. Simple as it sounds?
Yea, it's basically cutting two wires, using some electrical tape and a quick splice connector. Very short and simple mod. And a nice effect.
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