Running Offroad Lights Using the Foglight Curcuit

[RED 97]

Hello, I plan on removing the front valance on my rig and was wondering if I could run a pair of lights on the stock foglight wiring and switch?

 

[drdoom]

No problem you should at least be good up to the stock wattage.

 

[corkey]

i use the one side of the stock harness to trigger a relay that powers 4 roof rack lights on my Explorer,,
it's not real hard to do,,

 

[Black99Snake]

Im doing it been that way for months with no issues. Was running the factory fogs with the second lights on top of them till I broke the factory lights off

 

[Dannyboy]

I would recomend using a relay. I tried this back in the day and burned up my headlight switch. It literally had a smoked black mark on the circuit board. That was the last time I tried to run anything on the factory wiring without a relay.

 

[drdoom]

OP if you are replacing the fogs with the off road lights, it should be a direct swap. If you are adding off road lights in addition, add a relay as well.

 

[RED 97]

Thanks for the replies. I think I'm gonna go with a pair of KC halogen driving lights; either 5 inch 55 watts on the factory wiring or 6 inch 100 watts using a relay. I'm currently trying to think of a way to mount the lights and a couple of tow hooks to my front end. Will the draw amperage be a concern?

 

[corkey]

the stock system is only good for 35 watt lights,, 55 watt lights will burn up the harness,, as stated by another poster,

use a relay, avoid all the hassle ,,