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Old May 18, 2012 | 02:01 AM
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Fog lights help

I have a 2005 maxima and for a while ive seen tons of maximas without the corner/ fog lights not working but about 3 months ago i notcied they would turn on if my signals were in use.

So for example: i use my left turn signal, my left fog light comes on, i use my right turn signal my right fog light comes on.

Ive only seen 1 maxima with these lights working ever!

Just wondering how i can fix them? Or if they r supposed to be that way? I really dont think so.


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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:41 AM
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They are not fog lights. Cornering lights are supposed to come on with your turn signals. Your fog lights are in the headlight housing.
Old May 18, 2012 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by DAlastDON
They are not fog lights. Cornering lights are supposed to come on with your turn signals. Your fog lights are in the headlight housing.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 08:33 AM
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Not sure what Nissan was thinking when they decided to do that in 03. They came back to their senses for the 6.5gen lol.
Old May 18, 2012 | 02:26 PM
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Not sure what Nissan was thinking when they decided to do that in 03. They came back to their senses for the 6.5gen lol.
Went from 04 to07 and I love the new headlights, and actual fogs...
Old May 18, 2012 | 04:51 PM
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Old May 18, 2012 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DAlastDON
They are not fog lights. Cornering lights are supposed to come on with your turn signals. Your fog lights are in the headlight housing.
Thats stupid, ive seen ever single car with these lights on. I dont think thats whats happening.

See like your car, u have both of them on. I wanna do that to mine
Old May 18, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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Ok it seems all u guys have ur corner light on when your lights are on. Can u guys tell me how? Pleasee.
Old May 18, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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Thats stupid, ive seen ever single car with these lights on. I dont think thats whats happening.

See like your car, u have both of them on. I wanna do that to mine
Swap your 6th gen bumper with a 6.5 gen bumper.
Old May 18, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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See like your car, u have both of them on. I wanna do that to mine
Originally Posted by heylee
Ok it seems all u guys have ur corner light on when your lights are on. Can u guys tell me how? Pleasee.
They have '07-'08s that have the actual fogs in the bumpers. You have an '04-'06 that has the fogs in the headlights.

You would need to do an '07-'08 front end swap.
Old May 18, 2012 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by heylee
Thats stupid, ive seen ever single car with these lights on. I dont think thats whats happening.

See like your car, u have both of them on. I wanna do that to mine
Bro, everyone is trying to explain to you that your lights are cornering lights, not fog lights. They are only supposed to come on when turning a corner or changing lanes... Your fog lights are in your headlight housing. This was the case up until 2007, when Nissan moved the fog lights down to the front bumper, as seen on da last don's car.

Why on earth would you want the cornering lights on all the time? To light up the road for the guys beside you?

If anything, it would probably just confuse other drivers, making them think you are trying to turn.

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Old May 19, 2012 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by CRiME
Bro, everyone is trying to explain to you that your lights are cornering lights, not fog lights. They are only supposed to come on when turning a corner or changing lanes... Your fog lights are in your headlight housing. This was the case up until 2007, when Nissan moved the fog lights down to the front bumper, as seen on da last don's car.

Why on earth would you want the cornering lights on all the time? To light up the road for the guys beside you?

If anything, it would probably just confuse other drivers, making them think you are trying to turn.
Thats just really wierd, ive seen all the cars around here with the corner lights on ive never seen another car with the same corner light thing.

I kmow there is a way to do it. And i would buy a new bumper but my man is not gonna let me at all. So i just have to figure out how to fix it.

I live in cali, EVERYTIME i drive i see EVERYCAR with these on ive never seen a car with then not working.
Old May 19, 2012 | 10:47 AM
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Thats just really wierd, ive seen all the cars around here with the corner lights on ive never seen another car with the same corner light thing.
That's Nissan for ya At least they fixed it in '07.
Old May 19, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by heylee
Thats just really wierd, ive seen all the cars around here with the corner lights on ive never seen another car with the same corner light thing.

I kmow there is a way to do it. And i would buy a new bumper but my man is not gonna let me at all. So i just have to figure out how to fix it.

I live in cali, EVERYTIME i drive i see EVERYCAR with these on ive never seen a car with then not working.
I mean, I guess if you really wanted to, it could be done with some wire splicing. You could find the parking light harness and then splice the corner light into it. This way, they should be on whenever the parking lights are on...
Old May 19, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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The ones haylee is seeing is HID's modified. They can be annoying to other motorist so it's advisable that she uses a foglight harness with a on/off switch that you could turn off when in traffic and in the city of local streets at night.

Another down fault in this mod is that the lense eventually melts due to the excessive heat that the HID buld give off. If don't matter to me because it's my winter mode bumper
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Old May 21, 2012 | 08:00 PM
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I did the 6.5 gen swap problem solved , I'm still getting use to the new look .
Old May 22, 2012 | 03:50 AM
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corner lights = fail
fogs in the housing = fail
Old Sep 19, 2023 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by smittybizzle
I did the 6.5 gen swap problem solved , I'm still getting use to the new look .

how do you do this do you just buy an 07 or 08 bumper and your done or what
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