ok before you all say search i did that and couldnt find any helpful info on what i want to do

i bought the oem fogs directly from honda and they are all wired up. im kinda dissapointed how they can only be on when the headlights are on and how they turn off when you engage the brights. does nyone now how to modify the harness so they can be turned on w/o the headlights and stay on when the brights are on? i assume it has something to do with the connecter that hooks up to the headlights, but i dont wanna start hacking up the harness bc im a total newb at wiring

thx

 

I know the OEM JDM harness doesn't connect to the headlight switch. Does the OEM USDM one connect to the headlight switch?



Take the connector off from slot #4 and put it in slot #3. See if that works.

 

ya theres a plug that you remove from the headlight switch, connect that to the harness, then theres another harness plug that connects into the headlight switch...there was no wiring that required tapping into the fuse box either

 

So this is for a 92-95 Civic right???

 

correct

 

If it is similar to the 99-00 harness try this...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1991524

 

thx for the link...ill check it out, hopefully that works

 

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There should be two wires that go to slot #1 and slot #4. The connectors are brown.

 

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There should be two wires that go to slot #1 and slot #4. The connectors are brown.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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There should be two wires that go to slot #1 and slot #4. The connectors are brown.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sry im really bad at wiring, what exactly do you mean by that...there was a brown connector on the harness

 

so there was no connectors that used the fuse box?

 

no, however one wire has a fuse on it that just clips next to the fuse box, but no wires are hooked directly up the the fuse box

 

up top help plz

 

when do you want them to come on ?

if you want them to come on when the car is runing the easest way is to pull the fog light swich out and cut the red/white wire and run a new wire from the swich side red/white wire to a swiched power fuse in the fuse box like the radio

then they will come on when the car is started

 

i dont want them on all the time, i want them to come on when my parking lights are on and stay on when i switch to brights, currently they wont go on unless my headlights are on and they turn off when i turn on my brights

 

in the picture above, you have something plugged into the green square area, this is the relay-switched power. It sounds like you have this power coming from the headlight circuit, so you will only get power to the fogs when low beams are on (as you described it) when i hooked mine up into the green square i hooked it up to the running lights power, which sounds like what you want to do. simply move the connector to a power source that is on the running light circuit, it should be one of those optional blocks.

sorry if its confusing but thats basically it.

 

i understand that, is that a stock plug that hooks up there or one that came with the harness? bc mine didnt have a plug for that

 

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Odd, even my aftermarket Depos had a connector that went into the under-dash fuse block as pictured above. Any chance it's not for your model year?

 

my friends had the plastic clip but i bought my foglights off ebay and they just had a female spade, the op may have the same style as me

 

nope, i bought these directly from a honda dealership they are the complete oem kit for a 5th gen

 

mine came on when the parking lots were on and stayed on when the high beams were on

 

is it an oem kit from honda? or an oem style...the wiring is very different.

 

anwers?

 

The OEM USDM harness piggybacks off the headlight switch. it allows the fogs to be turned on when the parking/headlights are on, and to go off when the brights are on. The fogs are only powered on the low side of the headlight switch. i believe this prevents an overload of the circuit.