JDM fog lights installation - In need of some advice.
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JDM fog lights installation - In need of some advice.
First Happy New Years. I need some advice in relation of my JDM fog lights. I want to connect my fog lights directly to my lower beam lights instead of putting an on/off switch somewhere in my dash. Any pointers on that. Thanks.
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re: JDM fog lights installation - In need of some advice.
It is something that you will recommend Grumblemarc, or you rather to put a switch in the dash.
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Re: JDM fog lights installation - In need of some advice.
What frigging car do you have? On the 92-95 model you simply change the fuse box wire from one location to another
Unless I'm misunderstanding the question.
I think i am.
Take the wires that go to the switch...splice the wires together. If it has a lit up switch find the correct wires
Unless I'm misunderstanding the question.
I think i am.
Take the wires that go to the switch...splice the wires together. If it has a lit up switch find the correct wires
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"Fog lamps should be turned OFF almost all the time. [...] Fog lamps are meant to be used in heavy fog, rain, or snow to help the driver see the edges of the road close to the car so s/he can safely make progress through foul weather at very low speeds." -danielsternlighting.com
Lay off the bling. It's distracting and glaring for other drivers, and actually makes you LESS safe on the road when used improperly.
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SWITCH IN DASH.
"Fog lamps should be turned OFF almost all the time. [...] Fog lamps are meant to be used in heavy fog, rain, or snow to help the driver see the edges of the road close to the car so s/he can safely make progress through foul weather at very low speeds." -danielsternlighting.com
Lay off the bling. It's distracting and glaring for other drivers, and actually makes you LESS safe on the road when used improperly.
"Fog lamps should be turned OFF almost all the time. [...] Fog lamps are meant to be used in heavy fog, rain, or snow to help the driver see the edges of the road close to the car so s/he can safely make progress through foul weather at very low speeds." -danielsternlighting.com
Lay off the bling. It's distracting and glaring for other drivers, and actually makes you LESS safe on the road when used improperly.
1. You can control whether they are on or not, regardless of the headlights. That's nice.
2. If you so desire, in rare instances, you can run fogs alongside high beams for extra roadway illumination. Do NOT do this with other cars around.
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http://autoparts-standard.org/index/...0J583-2011.pdf
7.5 Front Fog Lamp Switching
Parking, tail, side marker, and license plate lamps shall be activated whenever the front fog lamps are activated. It is permissible to switch the front fog lamps on and off independently of the low beam headlamps.
Parking, tail, side marker, and license plate lamps shall be activated whenever the front fog lamps are activated. It is permissible to switch the front fog lamps on and off independently of the low beam headlamps.
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Nc law (where i live) does not permit both high and fogs. However i have always done them independent. Keep a switch in dash and leave it set to on.
I grew up in the back woods and having that extra light was and is wonderful. Also nice to be able to park late and not shine lights in someones windows while they are sleeping
I grew up in the back woods and having that extra light was and is wonderful. Also nice to be able to park late and not shine lights in someones windows while they are sleeping
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I'd recommend using the switch, as I'm literally about to install mine today. But if you're dead set on wiring them to the Headlights, use a relay, because IIRC if you wire them straight to the headlights, that takes amperage (and therefore brightness) away from the headlights, pretty much negating the fact that you put in fogs for more higher visibility.
Unless you're only putting them in for the look, which... well, to each his own, I guess.
Unless you're only putting them in for the look, which... well, to each his own, I guess.
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Re: JDM fog lights installation - In need of some advice.
Nc law (where i live) does not permit both high and fogs. However i have always done them independent. Keep a switch in dash and leave it set to on.
I grew up in the back woods and having that extra light was and is wonderful. Also nice to be able to park late and not shine lights in someones windows while they are sleeping
I grew up in the back woods and having that extra light was and is wonderful. Also nice to be able to park late and not shine lights in someones windows while they are sleeping
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Re: JDM fog lights installation - In need of some advice.
Parking lights only + fogs is actually useful in REALLY inclement weather (like, the kind of stuff you shouldn't be driving in anyway, but maybe you have to for some reason like your wife's giving birth in the back seat). BC regs mirror this, Ontario's do not. Canada is a patchwork of rules vis-à-vis fog lights, though universally the way the Can/US OEM wiring functions is permissible in all North American jurisdictions.
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