91 explorer fog light installation

[gmere32]

Hello,

I have a 91 explorer i'm going to put in some pilot fog lights and someone told me to wire them into the parking lights so i don't have to have extra switches what does everyone think? If I shouldn't wire into the parking lights, were is a good place to put switches please send pictures. And how do you mount the lights in the 2 slots of the bumper?

Thanks

 

[beauboy]

I agree that you should wire them into an existing power source, but I also believe that you should always incorporate a separate on/off switch for your fog lights/driving lights. A simple rocker switch (usually provided with your fog light kit) fits nicely directly underneath the rear window defroster and wiper switches. There's plenty of room there to cut a nice rectangular hole to flush-mount the switch.

Also, where are you going to locate your ground? I obviously haven't yet found a suitable ground for mine because it keeps blowing my fuse.

 

[fixxxer]

I've done what you are about to do; There is a brown wire that is easily accessable from under your X, right behind the bumper. It goes to the right hand parking light power. I scraped a bit of insulation from that power lead and soldered a pigtail wire to to it and that ran to a standard auto relay, to one of the relay coil connections, grounded the other side of the relay coil through a on/off sw. I connected the two ground wires from my fog lamps to the battery neg terminal. The actual switch part of the relay connected to battery pos. on one side and the other side of the relay went to the power lead of the fog-lamps. the parking lights supply a power signal to the relay and energizes it, then power can flow directly to the fogs so you don't overload the park lamp circuit. Don't forget to put a fuse in that main power lead from the battery for protection from shorting out the whole system!

 

[beetlebz]

I second fixxxer's post. RELAY! you can (if you wanted to) add a switch in addition to the relay also, allowing you to switch the lights on and off but also come on automatically when the parking lights come on. You could use your parking light leads, low beams, high beams, I've even installed an air horn using a relay powered by the horn ring.

and fixxxer, hah! I dated a girl from aurora. awesome.

 

[fixxxer]

Hey, that's pretty cool and I used to work with a guy from Hartford Ct.