Fog Lights - a different approach

[bina12834]

Originally Posted by coasterswim

This is true, though, so it still might be what you are looking for.

so what terminals would i have to connect the jumper wire to and what is a jumper wire? lol

can you take pics of your installed jumper wire?

[coasterswim]

^ I was saying you were correct about your theory with the parking lights. It still doesn't have anything to do with what I did.

[jgarrido]

input 5 whit input 2 and fog light go on whit headlamp 1

[ardoin489]

what if i hooked a switch up to the wire that goes from 2 to 13? could i turn them on and off?

[coasterswim]

Yes.

[lilballa]

Hey, this is a question not regarding this situation, but still related to fog lights. (i didn't want to start another thread, and never really had my question answered). I had my fog lights installed by a aftermarket place about a year ago. He made it so I had a switch to turn the fog lights on and off, but they could be used even when the vehicle was not on. I didn't like this, because if I forgot to turn off the switch, it would drain my battery. Also, he made it so that my fogs would turn off when I high-beamed. I want it so that the fogs can only be used when the car is on, but can also be toggled on and off with the switch. I just moved the power wire from the battery and spliced it in with the parking lights, but am afraid this is putting too much of a load on the parking lights. Is there anyway to connect the power back to the battery, but still have the fogs work only when the car is on, or parking lights/lowbeams are on. Thankss

[09 DSG SL]

Originally Posted by lilballa

Hey, this is a question not regarding this situation, but still related to fog lights. (i didn't want to start another thread, and never really had my question answered). I had my fog lights installed by a aftermarket place about a year ago. He made it so I had a switch to turn the fog lights on and off, but they could be used even when the vehicle was not on. I didn't like this, because if I forgot to turn off the switch, it would drain my battery. Also, he made it so that my fogs would turn off when I high-beamed. I want it so that the fogs can only be used when the car is on, but can also be toggled on and off with the switch. I just moved the power wire from the battery and spliced it in with the parking lights, but am afraid this is putting too much of a load on the parking lights. Is there anyway to connect the power back to the battery, but still have the fogs work only when the car is on, or parking lights/lowbeams are on. Thankss

if youre running the power straight off the battery they will always be able to work with the car off. I would re-wire everything the right way. Im sure there is a write up on here for installing fog lights on a car that is not pre-wired maybe that will give you the answer you are looking for.

[specboy]

Originally Posted by lilballa

Hey, this is a question not regarding this situation, but still related to fog lights. (i didn't want to start another thread, and never really had my question answered). I had my fog lights installed by a aftermarket place about a year ago. He made it so I had a switch to turn the fog lights on and off, but they could be used even when the vehicle was not on. I didn't like this, because if I forgot to turn off the switch, it would drain my battery. Also, he made it so that my fogs would turn off when I high-beamed. I want it so that the fogs can only be used when the car is on, but can also be toggled on and off with the switch. I just moved the power wire from the battery and spliced it in with the parking lights, but am afraid this is putting too much of a load on the parking lights. Is there anyway to connect the power back to the battery, but still have the fogs work only when the car is on, or parking lights/lowbeams are on. Thankss

you'll want to move the foglight power back to the battery. what you want to do is move the Foglight Switch power cable to a "switched" source such as the front Cigarette lighter plug. this way, when the car is off, there is no power connection through the on/off switch (so the lights will be off). when the car is on, you can switch them on/off by flipping the switch.

to do this without putting strain on any other circut, you will want to have the lights powered off of the battery. remember, it's not the battery that turns them on/off but the switch inside the cabin that determines the on/off status so that's what you should have rewired.

~SB

[ardoin489]

Originally Posted by jgarrido

input 5 whit input 2 and fog light go on whit headlamp 1

so is that all id have todo?

[lilballa]

hey thanks a lot specboy, thats exactly what I was looking for. I guess i didn't read deeply enough when I looked over gatorglaze's write-up, and am def. no wiring pro. Thanks again.

[Nycest]

I'll bring this thread back to life with a question I have, couldn't seem to find the answer searching.

I believe my car is prewired for fogs. Now, theoretically, if I install fogs and plug them in will they turn on with the headlights (Since there is no switch)?

Do I still need to install a switch or is it completely optional?

[coasterswim]

You need the switch. Without the switch, the car assumes the fogs are "turned off" all the time.

[jgarrido]

hey i live in canada and my car is on the parkin light all the time.how install yhe fog light

[Tonychanman]

the parking light has nothing to do with the fog light... do you mean daytime driving lights?? those also have nothing to do with fog lights.. install fog lights and hook them up to your low beams if you want to use the method that's used in this thread.

[jimnmaine]

Originally Posted by jgarrido

hey i live in canada and my car is on the parkin light all the time.how install yhe fog light

WHAT????