Need help with fogs modification..., How to re-wire fogs...any help would do!!! Options

[str8thugginit4ya]

Hey guys,

I was about to put back on my fogs on the car when I thought, it would look nice if I could turn on the fogs with the parking lights alone. Is there any way I could re-wire the fogs to come on whenever I turn on the parking lights alone??? I thought that there would be a remote wire or something of the sort that turns it on, but not too sure. Right now, they can only come on when I turn the headlights on(factory setting). I also have the factory lights switch inside where you can turn on and off the fogs when the headlights are on too. People may have "How-to's" for this, but I have searched and haven't found anything about this yet. Please, if you can help me out it would be much appreciated.



Thanks, Ryan

[trdproven]

HIDs pull more power upon warm up after that it settles down into the 35 watt range supposedly. As you have wired your fogs to your parking lights you are drawing too much power from that wire an extra 55 watts, I've seen people burn their harnesses and wiring all the way through just from extra wattage. If you understand electrical right fuses, amps, wiring gauge, wattage draw, etc., all have a meaning. Never do what is not suppose to be done, just because people have had for 6 months or whatever, this site is suppose to teach you how to do things right and legit for the most part, not rigging it. Just run seperate wiring and call it a day - simple as that. If your mindset is stuck in shortcutting and rigging, your car will not stay nice or last very long.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Jul 6, 2009 - 2:55 AM

[razor7]

HIDs pull more power upon warm up after that it settles down into the 35 watt range supposedly. As you have wired your fogs to your parking lights you are drawing too much power from that wire an extra 55 watts, I've seen people burn their harnesses and wiring all the way through just from extra wattage. If you understand electrical right fuses, amps, wiring gauge, wattage draw, etc., all have a meaning. Never do what is not suppose to be done, just because people have had for 6 months or whatever, this site is suppose to teach you how to do things right and legit for the most part, not rigging it. Just run seperate wiring and call it a day - simple as that. If your mindset is stuck in shortcutting and rigging, your car will not stay nice or last very long.

That's funny.

Yeah, I rigged my car... Are you kidding me? I spent much time splicing into stock cables and doing a proper wiring job. I can guarantee that the electrical draw from just the front running lights is not NEARLY as bad as you think, and worst case scenario is that I blow a fuse/drain my battery. I know all about wattage, amperage, in line fuses, etc. I'm a hardware technician, it's part of my job.

Don't question my car's integrity. You've never seen it, you've never been in it, and you've certainly have never touched anything on it. I take pride in my work, and riggin it is NOT an option for me. Simply splicing into a harness to pull power, power that was not being used by that socket in the first place, does not indicate a rigged car.

I could see it becoming an issue if you DID NOT solder/cover everything properly. I could understand if you just twisted a pair together and figure'd it would be fine. However, spending the time to make sure that they are spliced in correctly, and with no room for fault (wires touching, coming untethered, etc.) will ensure integrity. Seeing as how it's lasted for 6 months with no issues, I'm going to figure that the only way for me to blow my harness at this point would be to have a huge fluctuation in power draw at one interval. For instance, if the wires were to cross creating a short. This is impossible to do on my car currently. The only other way would be if water got into the fogs themselves, which I check for cracks every day. If anything, this extra power draw would create a brown-out for the running lights and fogs, causing the halogens to actually burn up from too little power. Since I check my lights daily, I'll know at the first sign of a brown-out.

Just because it's not what YOU do doesn't mean it's not VIABLE. I will gladly keep my wiring the same, and if I have any issues with it I'll let you know. Until then, putting down my work, my car, and myself will not make you any friends.

Your friend's harness died from a **** job on how he spliced it in. Duct tape doesn't fix everything.

-TC

This post has been edited by razor7: Jul 9, 2009 - 5:15 AM