Fog light question
JK Junkie
Joined: May 2007
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From: Kingston Ont.
The wiring harness AFAIK comes with the foglight kit, i dont know a seperate number for it.
From the factory, the foglight wiring is an integral part of the main front harness. More than likely if it wasnt ordered that way, you wont have it (although you have rears so who knows?)
Adding foglights is easy, getting them to function on the factory stalk without factory wiring would be far more invloved than what i have gotten myself into. I do not know how that stalk is wired into the Jeep. If it controls the computer (ie feeds it an input, and it in turn powers the lights) i have nada clue how to do it.
If it is inline after the computer, then you would need to determive which output is hot when the fogs are turned on. That is more involved than i have information on to aid you, I do not have the factory schematics to even begin searching.
I had factory fogs, so i just used one of the power wires at the lights, as the trigger wire for my new relay.
Hopefully someone else can give you a hand with this.
From the factory, the foglight wiring is an integral part of the main front harness. More than likely if it wasnt ordered that way, you wont have it (although you have rears so who knows?)
Adding foglights is easy, getting them to function on the factory stalk without factory wiring would be far more invloved than what i have gotten myself into. I do not know how that stalk is wired into the Jeep. If it controls the computer (ie feeds it an input, and it in turn powers the lights) i have nada clue how to do it.
If it is inline after the computer, then you would need to determive which output is hot when the fogs are turned on. That is more involved than i have information on to aid you, I do not have the factory schematics to even begin searching.
I had factory fogs, so i just used one of the power wires at the lights, as the trigger wire for my new relay.
Hopefully someone else can give you a hand with this.
The Hella kit I got had the relay and all needed wiring already in line.
It would have been actually harder to wire into an aftermarket switch..like cutting holes and what not....
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JK Freak
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Kuwait, Kuwait City
I just added some Black Magics Hellas on Friday. To the stock switch. Wasnt that complicatd, just had to figure out which wire from the hella harness I needed to hook into the hot wire of the stock harness. (Yellow one BTW)
The Hella kit I got had the relay and all needed wiring already in line.
It would have been actually harder to wire into an aftermarket switch..like cutting holes and what not....
The Hella kit I got had the relay and all needed wiring already in line.
It would have been actually harder to wire into an aftermarket switch..like cutting holes and what not....
Eternal ***erator
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 18,270
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From: Niagara, New York
I just added some Black Magics Hellas on Friday. To the stock switch. Wasnt that complicatd, just had to figure out which wire from the hella harness I needed to hook into the hot wire of the stock harness. (Yellow one BTW)
The Hella kit I got had the relay and all needed wiring already in line.
It would have been actually harder to wire into an aftermarket switch..like cutting holes and what not....
The Hella kit I got had the relay and all needed wiring already in line.
It would have been actually harder to wire into an aftermarket switch..like cutting holes and what not....
Awesome!
Thanks for the info!
If you have the switch already... the wire "should" be there i would think...
I love this forum.
i think i need to get the wiring from the lever down, does anyone know where i can get that?
JK Freak
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: NY
A little off topic but...Has anyone mounted their factory fogs on an aftermarket bumper that did not come with cut outs for them. I saw a thread where someone drilled holes they would fit in but I'm not lookin to do that. I was thinking about trying to house them in some pvc or something and make some type of bracket. Anybody do anything loke this?
Eternal ***erator
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 18,270
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From: Niagara, New York
A little off topic but...Has anyone mounted their factory fogs on an aftermarket bumper that did not come with cut outs for them. I saw a thread where someone drilled holes they would fit in but I'm not lookin to do that. I was thinking about trying to house them in some pvc or something and make some type of bracket. Anybody do anything loke this?
Yes, someone used what i think was a PVC endcap to house them in to do that, i'll see if i can find it.
Edit: The "Homemade Crap" thread post #33 <--click there
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