Fog Lights

[purduefarmboy460]

Alright, I have the factory fog lights on my '01, I am trying to figure out how to have them turned on without the headlights being on. I am thinking about taking out the light switch and splicing a seperate switch into the harness, anyone got any suggestions? Is there an aftermarket product that keeps brites/dims/fogs all on at once? Any help here would be appreciated. I just miss the parking lights and fogs coming down the road at dusk...

[Ramsmoker]

Hey Adam, I have been interested doing this to mine but haven't had the time. I'm to busy mak'n big HP and lift on mine. My son has a 99 super that didn't come with the factory fog lights. He told me the harness is there. He wants me to hook up his new lights to work independant of the factory ones. I have had to make mounting brackets for some of my switchs. I used some old street sign. I drilled holes, then put the piece in the vise to make the bend into an angle shape. There are factory bolts on the bottom edge of the dash on either side of the steering wheel to fasten the bracket to. This way you don't have to drill a hole in any part of the dash. Find a keyed power sorce to hook up to the switch. Drill a hole through to the engine bay via the clutch plug. Feed the wire through and follow the factory harness up front. Once there you can tap into the power wire for the fog lights. You don't have to cut the wire either. That way they will still work the old way too. Also you can get toggle switchs that light up when in use. This is really easy and if you take the time when running the wires, putting them into the corregated factory harness, only you will know its there. Good luck Bill

[lancer]

What i would do is hook them up to a relay. Than hook the relay to your running lights. That way they come on with the running light and stay on with the headlights on to. I did this on my wifes Escort and it worked great!! Good luck!

[Ramsmoker]

Hey thanks, That is simple enough. I've been working all day on my son's superduty removing an old alarm system. What a mess. But the bright side of this I have 8 relays now.

[purduefarmboy460]

what happens when you try and turn just the parking lights on then?

[Ramsmoker]

This is what makes this such a cool forum. I even convince myself I know everything. Then I find out I know nothing at all. I wonder what the switch is like for the newer trucks. I don't know what year they changed. You must be able to pull out the switch in park and headlight positions. If I had a decent dealer close to me I think I would have the parts dept. let me look at them to see if they would interchange. Anybody out there that has better knowledge, Please jump in here. Bill

[lancer]

Purduefarmboy460 i'm not sure what you mean. What i did was took the relay that came in the kit and mounted it under the hood by the battery. One terminal goes to ground and one goes to a switched wire to operate the solinoid. This is the wire i hooked into a parking light wire by the signal light. Than you hook a heavy from the battery to the solinoid and one from the solinoid to the driving lights. Be sure to use an inline fues between battery and solinoid. Now when you turn your parking lights on the solinoid is activated and turns your driving lights on with no headlights. Be sure to use a relay. Driving lights can draw alot of power and can be hard on switches!! Hope this helps!