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You need to identify the parking light wire that activates the relay to turn on the fogs. Once you know which wire it is cut it and connect it to a switched wire like the windshield wipers or someone has mentioned the w/s washer wire is close by.
Could someone explain to me again what connector I need for the wide one. I am not very experienced with the electrical side of things. I was hoping to get some type of part number or something similar to the other side as I don't know what a 3m connector is. Thanks in advance. This mod will be very well appreciated.
This totaly cool mod only took about 120 seconds to complete. The smile on my face will last a life time. The good things in life are free. Thanks for posting this.
old subject i know but just went outside popped the cover off removed the relay
( BTW all were full none empty ). removed the relay from slot #2 clipped the one plug off replaced it and checked and BANG fog lights when in parking / LOW beams / and HIGH beams. EXCELLENT JOB on the posts and pics they say it all, made this take me a whole 2 minutes and that was only because the relay wasn't co-operating coming out. like i said EXCELLENT EASY MOD.
I went out to do this mod but there is no relay for the fog lamp isolation. I looked inside the socket and there are no terminials just empty holes. I had the jumper already made and ready to do this but now I am at a loss. My fog lights still turn off with the high beams but earlier in this thread they said that the isolation relay does this. any ideas?
Auxiliary Relay Box next to the air intake. Has the front and rear washer relays, the High Speed Blower Relay and the Fog Lamp Relay but no Fog Lamp Isolation Relay.
Perhaps someone before you pulled it out???
Look at the pics at the beginning of this thread and put the jumper in the slots as shown and see what happens. I know this is not the best info but without pics of what you have in the relay box its my best guess.
Thanks guys,
That was the easiest 3 minutes I've ever spent on my car. I just pulled the relay and put a pre-fab jumper across to make sure it'd work, then i pulled the two outside mini terminals off of the relay and sure enough, works like a champ.
I went out to do this mod but there is no relay for the fog lamp isolation. I looked inside the socket and there are no terminials just empty holes. I had the jumper already made and ready to do this but now I am at a loss. My fog lights still turn off with the high beams but earlier in this thread they said that the isolation relay does this. any ideas?
This mod is for '99 to '01 (and maybe later) model years. If your profile is correct, you have a '98 and need a different mod. It's here in the archives somewhere.
I went and did the mode so my fog lights are independent of the headlight switch. I can now turn my fog lights on and off without even having the headlights on.
I know this thread is over 4 years old now so I thought I'd bump it with my own experience. I drive a '99 as well. Ultimately I followed Al's method but I read and re-read the thread numerous times so I got it. I then isolated the relays controlling the fogs, then the one I needed to modify. The actual mod took about a minute. I didn't even bother removing my air intake. Was pretty easy to get at the relays without doing so. A 5 second cut with a Dremel and cutting wheel and voila! I've got fogs with or without highbeams. This mod wasn't of interest to me when I had a low beam only HID kit, but I just switched over to a bi-xenon kit. For the first time in over a year, my high beams count for something again.
Very simple mod. Well done boys.
Yet another reason why this site is a superb resource and well worth the price of eliteness.
I'm going to give this a shot tomorrow afternoon once I get home. I went out earlier tonight to take a look, found the box but couldn't get the damn cover off. Decided to just wait until there's enough light to actually mess around with it. Hopefully once I pop off the cover on the relay box it'll be cake. We'll see what happens
