ref: http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/fog_rewire.html

hey guys, i am going to attempt this on my 6th gen but i am lookin for some info ya'll could possibly clear up.

on housecor's mod, he cuts the power wire from the relay to the oem fog light switch on teh stalk.

then he connects it to the parking light.

is the parking light hvae constant 12v at all times or is it switched with the ign is in pos 1 or 2?

thanks!

 

switched on anytime the parking lights are on...that can be done without the key in

 

soonerfan - so housecor is pretty much bypassing the trigger wire that senses if the headlights are on and constant power is supplied at all times? so does this mean i could just splice into any hot wire then?

 

try it the only thing that can go wrong is you blowing a fuse

 

you have to have a way to control when you want the fogs on...that is done by turning the lights to parking. so you have to splice in to that.

 

The hardest part for me was getting the damn cover of the fusebox off.

 

I did this on my max a couple of years ago - rather than putting it to the parks, I wanted to run mine on their own with nothing else on. We tied into the AC fan, so that way it would be off when the car was off but was a constant hot. Hope this makes sense. I've been without a max for a while and was just checking out the site & going off memory

 

sooner - i thik i follow, are you saying that if u splice it into the parking light; when you turn the dial on the stalk one click, the parking lights come on as well as the fogs?

dlhot, thats the info i was looking for! i want to be able to control the fogs at will. this is also on a 6th gen so now all i have to do is figure out which wire is my signal wire i belive.

 

yes....

 

Be careful using the AC fan wire. (I think that would only work when the AC was running anyway, like only when the climate control is on?) But, anyway, since there is a lot of amperage on that circuit to begin with, I don't think you want to add something like fog lamps to it.

Your best bet for independent control is to use housecor's Angel Eyes installation guide for an independent switch. The place he chose for his switch won't work for you if you have heated steering wheel (or, maybe the 6th gen switch positions are totally different, IDK), but the concept is the same. Install a separate switch. If you want the OEM look, get something like a heated wheel switch from DaveB to install in one of those holes.
Just my .02.

 

sooner, perfect. i rather would have that. merlot, yes, i have heated steering but there is still one more blank. i forgot aobut the switch idea. i remmeber doing that for my civic when i wanted to just drive with them on. [hids ftw!] i guess the "work" part of this would be to do the wiring to the bumper to the fogs and get the signal from the factory fogs in the headlight assy.

thx guys for the input!

 

Merlot
I went to the fan wire - ran it on my 98 & my 02 with no problems. it's hot all the time when the car is on & is off when the car is off, so there's no chance of forgetting and leaving them on and draining the battery.

 

I would definatley go into the parking light that way the lights work as they always have. Love the Mod. Makes a huge difference, for me anyways.

 

if you did it to the fan wire, worst case is you'd just blow the fuse, right?

 

I guess. To me, it's as it should have been from the beginning, anyway. Fogs on their own. I don't like the way it looks with the parks...

 

you want to be able to control them...thats why you use the parking light wires
at least on HIDs...parking isnt that noticeable

 

Dropping down to a 4th gen here, but honestly (even on the 5.5) without the parking lights at all looks the best (of course IMO):

 

4th gen

i like the parking lights and fog lights on...imo it looks badass

 

can you still turn on the headlights and fogs at the same time?

 

yeah, the fogs are just independent of everything. the key just has to be in the acc position at least to work

 

This is how mine are







I don't know which way I like it better, but the way I have it now the side markers don't even come on.

 

on my 6th gen, i guess the parking light wouldnt be too bad because im installing h11 3k hids down there. ill try and see which one i like better!

 

the way i had mine, you could still control the fogs with the stock switch, with/without regular lights/parks on. basically, it was like back in the day when i installed some bigass fog lights on my toyota corolla on it's own switch. my my how much we've learned in 14 years!

 

Holy crap man! Youre back?

 

For those who have HIDs fog lights. How do you wire the fogs to stay on with the parking light but not damage the HIDs when your parking light flashes when you arm and disarm your car. I used Housecor mod before when I had normal fogs but now that I have HIDs I had to switch back in order to not damage my HIDS when I arm and disarm my car.

 

I've been thinking about HID fogs and what I'd do is simply run the fogs straight off the battery, using a relay with the factory fog wire as the trigger and an on/off switch inside the car. That way, you can't turn the fogs on without the relay having power from the factory fog wires, yet you must manually turn on the fog light switch on the steering column.

 

I have mine wired up to my angel eyes, its a really good simple mod to do. Funny thing is, one of my angel eyes will be dimmed for the first 2 minutes then it gets to full brightness after I drive around. No idea why that is though.

 

don't run the fogs off the parking lights, run them off the tail light. (basically the same thing... but not really) They come with the parking lights also, but don't flash when arming the alarm.

 

If both fog lights are reciving power on the same wire I would look for a loose ground on the light that takes a while to get to full brightness. It sounds like added resistance to the one bulb over the other. this can be caused by:

Corrosion
Bad connection
Loose connections
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With your one fog light working normally we can assume that the power and ground to that light is good so the problem should be between the two. this can be tested with a voltmeter. Not a test light. Poking holes in wires looking for voltage is not going to tell you how much voltage is available at that point. And by poking holes you have now opened up the insolation enough to allow moisture in which will???? Add more corrosion. Corrosion adds Resistance, Resistance will create voltage drop. with it getting full brightness after driving I would assume this is a loose connection.
hope that helps.

Oh and tying into AC and Fan curcuits doesnt sound like a good idea to me. Just my opinion though. If you send me a schmatic and tell me when you want the lights on I can figure out where to splice it for you.

 

Angel eyes and fogs do not flash with alarm. Basically the angel eyes come on, 2nd position from last(with all the lights on). And I have the option of turning off the fogs to just leave on the angel eyes. It is wired up correctly. Most of the time they will come on at full strength. But yesterday 3 rings lit up with 1 dimmed, and about 1 minute later they were fully bright. I need to sodder the connections.

 

i just got mine done, now gotta mess with the wiring.

 

they dont flash when you arm the alarm...the blinkers blink...not the parking lights

 

but your headlights are on...right?

 

'Kinda defeats th purpose really.

 

Lol.

 

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