Fog Light Wiring Question

[Christato71]

How would I go about wiring up fog lights using a switch I just bought. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390181447415&viewitem=&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1&category=40017) I dont have the fog lamps yet, but I want to know what all I would need to set them up.

[cavaliers60]

Are you going to buy the stock fogs that come with the car or are you getting aftermarket? I"m guessing you are going stock...

[Christato71]

I'm looking to buy stock fogs

[Alerojester]

i might end up doing this too but idk

[Shiwnath]

What I did was wire the fog lights in parallel with the passenger side headlight. For me this hasn't caused any problems such as headlight dimming.. I have an oem fog switch in my car but I haven't hooked it up yet..i haven't burnt any fuses yet and I did this in early july.

[cavaliers60]

I would think as far as the fuse box goes, it would be already wired up.... As for the switch, you will most likely need to wire that up yourself. Not sure how to go about doing this. Shouldn't be too hard to find a wiring diagram on it though.

[Shiwnath]

I know that if your car didn't come with fogs, the fuses and the relay are not there... You can check the passenger side fuse box, that's where the fog light fuses are. The best way to do it if you didn't have fogs is to find a power source and just use the chasis ground and just wire the switch anywhere. Also don't forget to fuse it.

[Ttop191]

And you dont have the mounting plates for them...at least mine didn't...

[Philbar71]

I know that if your car didn't come with fogs, the fuses and the relay are not there... You can check the passenger side fuse box, that's where the fog light fuses are. The best way to do it if you didn't have fogs is to find a power source and just use the chasis ground and just wire the switch anywhere. Also don't forget to fuse it.

Not true. My car didnt have fogs either but there was still a 10A fuse for it.

[heineck]

u r going to need the 3 wire connector that plugs into that vent.

[Christato71]

And you dont have the mounting plates for them...at least mine didn't...

What do you mean? Aren't they just behind the current flat plate?

u r going to need the 3 wire connector that plugs into that vent.

You mean the one that plugs into the switch? Where would I get that at?

[Christato71]

http://www.360tuners.com/99-04oldsmobilealerooemfoglights-pair.aspx

[Christato71]

What I did was wire the fog lights in parallel with the passenger side headlight. For me this hasn't caused any problems such as headlight dimming.. I have an oem fog switch in my car but I haven't hooked it up yet..i haven't burnt any fuses yet and I did this in early july.

I thought the fog lights had a two or three pin connector. How did you wire them up? And Wont the fog lights turn off the the headlight turns off?

[heineck]

yep its a 3 pin, purple black and green iirc. as for the connector; just go to a junkyard and snip one off a vent.

[Christato71]

I ordered that vent and it came with the wire already cut off. The question I have is how would I wire both fog lights up just using normal wire, because the fog light wiring is 3 wires...

[Shiwnath]

I ordered that vent and it came with the wire already cut off. The question I have is how would I wire both fog lights up just using normal wire, because the fog light wiring is 3 wires...

you only need the orange and the black wire. the purple is just for the little light in the switch..i JUST wired in my switch yesterday...before when i said to wire it in parallel to a headlight..i wouldnt suggest it anymore because when i wired my switch, i realized when the fog lights are on they dim my headlights. since it's a switch you can basically wire it in anywhere you would like..just put one end of the switch to your power source and the other end to the two purple wires on the fog lights.

EDIT: I never noticed the dimming before because I never really got a chance to compare with/without fog lights on until i wired up my switch...so now i just have to get a fused power source from elsewhere and just wire it up.

[cavaliers60]

http://www.360tuners.com/99-04oldsmobilealerooemfoglights-pair.aspx


Holy expensive fog lights, Batman!! :eek: I bought a pair brand new off of ebay for $60! :lol:

[Christato71]

you only need the orange and the black wire. the purple is just for the little light in the switch..i JUST wired in my switch yesterday...before when i said to wire it in parallel to a headlight..i wouldnt suggest it anymore because when i wired my switch, i realized when the fog lights are on they dim my headlights. since it's a switch you can basically wire it in anywhere you would like..just put one end of the switch to your power source and the other end to the two purple wires on the fog lights.

EDIT: I never noticed the dimming before because I never really got a chance to compare with/without fog lights on until i wired up my switch...so now i just have to get a fused power source from elsewhere and just wire it up.

How would I wire up the little light in the switch? Do you have any suggestions of where I could tap into for power? What gauge of wire do I use? and Do I run each wire separate to each fog light?

[Shiwnath]

You could just get power directly from the battery but fuse it. And if you want to get the little light to light up when the switch is on..then you can wire up a relay to it and use the switch as the input and the battery as the source...also you can use the chasis ground to ground whatever that needs to be grounded.

[Christato71]

Is there a wiring diagram that I could look at? And would the OEM fog lights that I buy just screw onto my car? Or do I need to buy something else?

[Shiwnath]

Is there a wiring diagram that I could look at? And would the OEM fog lights that I buy just screw onto my car? Or do I need to buy something else?

Do you have a haynes manual? If you got one, the wiring diagrams are that the back and it shows you exactly how everything is hooked up. Also, when I did my fogs the screw holes were already there..but I had my front bumper replaced so you might not be ask lucky as me.

[Christato71]

This (http://carimages1.everycarlisted.com/33854/63891_1.jpg) is what that front of my car looks like (not my car). No fog lights, but I believe you can remove those black panels??

[Shiwnath]

Remove one of your headlights and look directly down from where the headlight sits..on the side closest to the front of the car you should see two holes,,just feel around for them..but they might not be there so worst case senario you might have to remove ur bumper and drill it in youself or something

[Christato71]

Sorry for bringing back this old thread, but, I just bought a pair of stock fog lights and I believe its only a two-pin connector. There are only two colors: purple and black. I assuming that the black is negative and the purple is positive?

[03Sleepr]

yea..blacks always negative or ground

[Gr1m]

just ground the fog and then run the positive lead to one connector on the switch, and then run the other lead on the switch to a 12v ignition source. this will prevent your fogs staying on when the car is off and killing your battery.

[Christato71]

How would I ground the lamps if there is not a wire for it?

[Christato71]

Would 37.5W be too much for the wiring?

[Shiwnath]

You can ground straight to the chassis. Thats how my fogs are currently grounded.

[XanderWiFi]

I was thinking about adding some fog lights but this all sounds like a huge pain in the ass. Pass maybe.