6 Lo/hi Mod With Aftermarket Fog Lights?

[p89cajun]

O.K. So I want fog lights (mine didn't come with them) but I want to do the mod where the highs/lows/fogs all come on when you turn on the highs. Is it possible to wire aftermarket fog lights to do this or do you have to have oem lights. I am still searching for the right lights to fit in the factory holes but if I have to have oems i'm not sure which way i'll go.

[blankey]

I would say yes, but it would take a little more work. Getting the low beams to come on with the high beams would be the easy part. The foglights would come with a relay so all you would have to do is have the high beams trigger the relay.

[Silverado_Monkey]

I've always wired the relays on my fog lights to the parking lights on all my vehicles. This way i can run the fogs with no headlights at dusk. This is how the stock system works on the Silverado. Since the parking lights are on with the low beams and high beams you'll be able to run all 6 at the same time...

 

Hope this helps!

[p89cajun]

You wouldn't know how to make the highs trigger the relay do you. I did the lows and highs already and it was simple the fog lights not so much. I guess it's turning into more of an electrical question now.

 

Monkey do you pull from the power wire going to the parking lights? Wouldn't that draw a lot more juice than what the wire was intended for.

[Silverado_Monkey]

You wouldn't know how to make the highs trigger the relay do you. I did the lows and highs already and it was simple the fog lights not so much. I guess it's turning into more of an electrical question now.

 

Monkey do you pull from the power wire going to the parking lights? Wouldn't that draw a lot more juice than what the wire was intended for.

 

 

Nah, the tap you take from the parking lights is just a trigger to the relay. The main power source comes from the battery.

 

Here's a link to a schematic:

 

http://www.classictruckshop.com/clubs/earl...ch/foglites.htm

 

The ignition/Battery Power is the lead you connect to you parking lights +.

 

Hope it helps!

 

Good luck!

Bruno

[blankey]

If you want the high beams to turn on the fog lights then you would have high beams trigger the relay. It would be the same as the schematic but the parking or high beam light would be in place of the switch.

[chuck16]

Or you could just do what I did and use an ignition controlled lead on the relay so that the relay get's power when the key is in the on position only! That way you can never leave your lights on and don't need any lights on to power your Fog lights!

[p89cajun]

I think I understand. The wire coming off the 85 pin would be hooked up to the 85 pin of the fuse for the highs right. If this is true could I run a diode from the highs to the fogs and hook up a switch that way they could be run from a switch but still come on with the highs? If it can only be ran off the highs that would be fine but I just thought it would be cool if it was set up to work in both configurations. Also does the relay plug into the fuse box or is it like a stand alone thing.

[blankey]

The relay would be a stand alone, and it would come with the lights. The relay would have a wire already attached that you would use for the turn on. This is the wire that you would either splice into the parking light or high beam. I'm assuming the fog lights will also have a switch on them, so that if you don't want the lights on when the high/parking lights are on.

 

You could also wire it with a switch so you could just turn them on without the other lights being on, it would just be sorta redundant.

 

The 85 pins only really matter for the factory lights. I hope this clarified it some.

[p89cajun]

Blankey that helped alot. It might be a couple of weeks before i try because i think I am leaving to go offshore soon, but I will let you all know how it turns out.