OEM Fog Light Switch, wiring... Options

[UTSlickVic]

Well I'm installing my OEM Fog Light "push" Switch I got on ebay- Switch located beside diver side vent. Its of of a ST202. I figured its alot cleaner look than after market switches. Anyways, I ran into some confusion on how to wire it. There are four wires. But the wiring (not stock) leading to my fogs now only consist of 2 wires- well at least from a quick glance under the dash. However, the wiring was from after market fogs (later I just hooked up OEM fogs using the same wirring) came with a light up switch (which I did not use). So I think the wiring has capability of lighting up a switch (I think).

Need some direction...

Does anyone know what each wire does? Can I neglect a couple of wires?

here's a pic of the OEM wiring from the button.

[Jaws4God]

in my experience... green is usually the power... white and black is ground..

[Hanyo]

there are 4 wires

wire a: ground
wire b: parking light ( so the switch lights up at night)
wire c: postive for relay
wire d: neg. for relay

only way to tell is to use a volt meter and measure the values of the wires.

[UTSlickVic]

there are 4 wires

wire a: ground
wire b: parking light ( so the switch lights up at night)
wire c: postive for relay
wire d: neg. for relay

only way to tell is to use a volt meter and measure the values of the wires.

Cool. THx Hanyo.

I think Jaws is right:
black/white are ground, green is power.

I think I remember orange being elumination.... so is the red/black wire for neg relay? Not sure what neg relay means. Is it the same as ground.... (I feel dumb)


heres a pic of the button on RHD
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...26&#entry380526

[Shea_K47]

im thinkin this is how it works. the led in the switch should have its own power and ground. on a stereo wiring harness ORANGE=ILLUMINATION so i geuss that would make GREEN=GROUND so u can wire those into your parking lights so the light comes on when you turn your headlights/park lights on. RED=NEGATIVE and BLACK/WHITE=POSITIVE on the fog relay. boom your set.

This post has been edited by Shea_K47: Mar 17, 2006 - 12:26 AM

[UTSlickVic]

so you're using aftermarket wiring? are the fogs hooked up to just the switch/power/ground or did you use the stock relay?

Yeah its not a stock harness/wiring... I assume all the aftermarket wiring has is power/ground/and maybe elumination... just because the switch it came with had a light up switch.... but thats me assuming. I will be for sure tommorrow when I take a good look.

[Batman722]

hey I posted that pic

UT, do you know how to wire in fogs (aftermarket) ?

[Shea_K47]

i used to have after market fogs and the wires were positive(white)/negative(red)/ground(black). the LED needs its own ground but shares power with the fogs. then again i had them ghetto rigged. but that doesnt help ya here. refer back to my 1st post.

[UTSlickVic]

hey I posted that pic

UT, do you know how to wire in fogs (aftermarket) ?

Yeah I did it when I had aftermarket ones... but is was much easier because everything(switch/harness) was suposed to work together. Actually my bro helps me alot with wiring... he is pretty good at that.

[UTSlickVic]

Hey its me again. Finally getting around to installing the switch... but I thought I had everything figures out but the wire I thought was whate and black is actually white and green! What is this? does anyone know? Is it still ground?
thx,
Vic

Orange/Red: Button Illumination
Green: Positive
Red/Back: Negative relay?
White/Green: ? (ground ?)

Do I have this (somewhat) right?

This post has been edited by UTSlickVic: Apr 15, 2006 - 3:14 PM

[UTSlickVic]

bump... for HELP

I must be color blind... OK, this is what wires I have coming out of the OEM switch:
GreenRed/Orange
White/Green
Red/Green

The wire colors I have on my aftermarket fog wire harness are:
Red
White
Black

I know what these (aftermarket harness) wires do, but what the hell do the OEM colors signify? Help... ?
My first attempt thus far has been connecting the following

OEM ------ Afternmarket Harness
green ---> Black
red/orange -----> did not connect (assumed it was illumination)
white/green -----> White
red/green ------> Red
This was just a test to see if it would work...this did not work.

I kinda followed what Hanyo listed. Can anyone give me some recommendations? I may have to just go junkyard hunting to look for an OEM harness.