I read on an Sport Trac forum that by breaking off a contact on a relay that the foglights would come on when the parking lights come on. Could this be done the same way for an Explorer, instead of having to cut wires and reconnect them to other wires?

This process seems awhole lot simpler! Please advise if this came be done.

I don't believe it'll work for your '97. That only applies to '99-'01. Follow this link:

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=58767

I did that too and it works great. Good luck!!

I believe breaking off the lead on the relay is used for keeping the fogs on with the high beams. I did this and its great!